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'ello world. You can call me Tuonetar. I'm currently fifteen years old and happily certain that I never want to reproduce.

As the oldest of the four children in this house I've seen the stress it puts on time, finances and energy. The kids are loud and bratty all the time, and I just don't want to deal with it.

In fact, I've never wanted children. It might have been due to the fact that at the tender age of five I had the misfortune of seeing The Miracle of Life, and seeing childbirth in action. I was disgusted. And from then on, even the baby dolls I played with as a child were never my children, always a sibling, cousin, or poor orphan I found in a dumpster. To this day childbirth is perhaps my biggest phobia. >.<

As a lesbian I'm fortunate not to have to worry about any... surprises. I plan on devoting my life to the study of the arts and humanities. I want to be an author/poet and maybe a professor of english or the humanities someday. Who knows?

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?

Well hi there. I'm Becca, might be easier for y'all to call me Caira. I'm 21 years old, and a junior in college. I'm engaged to my boyfriend of 3 years and happy to say that he hates kids too! biggrin
Why don't I want kids? More like why WOULD I want kids... good lord, do they have ANY redeeming factors? My mother likes to say that there is no greater sound than a baby's laugh. To me, it's one of the most annoying sounds there is, beaten out only by screaming children and alarm clocks. I've known I was childfree since I hit puberty at 8 (YES EIGHT) years old. They're loud, obnoxious, dirty, time-consuming, and the worst part- they ALWAYS want your attention. 24/7. Sometimes I have trouble giving my boyfriend the attention he needs, how the @#$* would I give some brat all my attention? It doesn't help that my childhood was cut short by too much responsibility too early, or that I've never, ever had prolonged contact with a child. I'm not related to anyone younger than me that I know of, except the fetus in my cousin's womb. When I was in girl scouts and we had to "help the younger girls"... I dreaded every second of it. Kids tend to like me... it doesn't work well. I've babysat once and it was a bloody nightmare.
...I hate kids. My friends have said before that a good graduation present for me would be a room full of orphans and a chainsaw. Now, I'd never actually hurt a child- or any person, for that matter- but sometimes... sometimes it's nice to imagine. evil

hello, guys! my name is Melissa and i'm 18 years old, turning 19 in about 2 months. i've told my mom that i didn't want any children since i was 5 years old. she always told me "well, you might change your mind or you might not, but you're five so don't worry about it". i'm lucky to have a mother that supports my choice to remain childfree as well as all the other choices i make in life. since i'm the oldest out of all the children of my family, i've had to baby-sit A LOT when i was younger, which is what made me certain i never want to reproduce. i've never been able to stand little kids, and i don't see that changing any time soon. not to mention, the thought of being pregnant, of something growing inside of and feeding off of me scares the hell out of me. weird, huh?

anywhoo, i plan to go to college next semester (i took a year off so i could save up some money) for website development. since i don't have any kids to worry about i can take my time and figure out what i really want to do with my life. in my spare time i like to draw, read, write and chat with people here on Gaia.

*huggles Adain-chan* I loves you, too!
And I am so getting you into video games. There's now way to escape. Woh pah!
*snuggles more* Welcome to the guild X3

Hello, I am Airadi~Sama. I just literally joined like 10 seconds ago. surprised
My age is none of your concern.

My childfree experience started back in the good ol' days of being 13. It was during breakfast and my mother must have been on crack or something cause she decided to give me the 'talk.' (Which I didn't actually need by the way. Oh internet, how I love thee >3<) After the aformentioned talk, she said she is expecting grandchildren and told me what to name them. Yes TOLD me. Not suggested. It was right then that i decided that kids are not for me.