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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't want a dog, but I don't feel the need to loudly observe to my dog-owning friends that I can't imagine having a dog because they smell, bark, need to be walked or sent to expensive doggy daycare, whatever.  I just don't get a dog and I go about my life.

I don't understand why childfree people can't do that[/quote]

Because you don't have a whole world constantly telling you that you are less than a full human being for not having a dog. [/quote]

DP.

I have to say this just hasn't been my experience in life, as someone didn't want kids until into my 30s. And yes, people would ask me about having kids, why I didn't have any, when I would have them, etc. It just didn't bother me and I don't feel like I got excessive comments about it. Most people have kids, I didn't, people were going to ask. No big deal.

I guess I can relate on some level to what people who identify as "childfree" experience from others. I got married very young, and got a lot of questioning and comments and even rude/bizarre comments about that. But I didn't identify as a "married young" and join forums to talk about it and disparage single people or people who married older.

I think a lot of people who make "child free" into an identity label instead of just a fact (a person who doesn't have or wants kids) have intense childhood trauma and a particular hangup about it. [/quote]

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