Couple of friends are in this position.
#childless
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/28/unspoken-grief-childless-men

If you wanted kids but didn't get to have them, for any reason, you are invited to participate in #WorldChildlessWeek.

They're taking submissions of stories, essays, letters, poetry, and images until August 27.

You can be anonymous or use a pseudonym or be credited basically any way you prefer. No critique, if it meets the guidelines they publish it.

https://worldchildlessweek.net/past-events (for the topics)

https://worldchildlessweek.net/submission-fact-sheet (for the submission guidelines)

#writing #writingPrompts #creative #childless

Hey that's me!

I wrote a thing for World Childless Week

https://worldchildlessweek.net/theblog/books-no-kids

#worldChildlessWeek #Childless

I made a thing!

https://nokidsbooks.com

It has lists of books for, by, and about childless and childfree people.

It also has some information for librarians about making libraries more inclusive around these issues.

It's a little rough around the edges still, but I'm proud I've gotten it this far.

#books #reading #bookstodon #childless #childfree #imadethis @bookstodon

#Childless Adults Will Bear the Brunt of #Republican Cuts to the #SafetyNet
https://newrepublic.com/article/172942/debt-ceiling-work-requirements-snap

I had a good time at a family wedding last week and seeing baby nephews and cousins, but the childlessness hangover has come for me today.

Sad morning and a slow day. Focusing on what my counsellor calls "letting go of the struggle", and what I call "just letting things be shit without also making them a shit action item panic".

Not sharing to elicit sympathy, but because I don't see these things voiced in public much and invisible pain is isolating, and I don't want that for others. Solidarity.

#childless #cnbc

ISO the best response to "why don't you want to have children?" The snarkier, the better.
#childless

She's an angel...A muddy, drippy angel, but an angel nonetheless.

#comic #comics #webcomic #webcomics #webtoon #webtoons #parent #parents #parenting #mom #dad #dads #moms #momlife #dadlife #kid #kids #child #children #childless

Haven’t I thought about adoption or IVF? Are you kidding me? Of course I’ve thought about every option! Do you think I just woke up yesterday and realized that I’m at the end of my fertility and damn, too bad, I missed my window? Do you really think I haven’t researched and obsessed over my options for the past decade? https://yaelwolfe.medium.com/stop-giving-unsolicited-reproductive-advice-to-childless-women-d1bb1fb97a2b?sk=c156be5c8052caca501738279778b5db #childless #women

I fucking love this.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cof7ELmDNZ0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

#Childless

Also before you fit follow #childfree = no kids ever (bio, step, adopted) #childless no kids yet, unsure, open to adoption ect . World of difference.

#ChelseaHandler #Sad #Childless #Women #Freedom #GetYourBootOffOurNecks

"The study sheds light on people who voluntarily live without children and suggests that being childless is not always the result of opportunities and external constraints, but it could be a choice originating from personal and intimate domains of life"

#childless #ChiaraFrancini

Dopo il monologo di Chiara Francini a #sanremo2023 si parla di donne senza figli (anche come scelta).

Ne avevamo scritto qui, parlando anche della stabilità o meno della scelta di non avere figli:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616696.2020.1764997?role=tab&scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=reus20

#childless #childfree

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I'm totally fine with growing older. It's a gift. That being said, I'm not sure I'm going to get over being old enough to be my bartender's mom.

#ChildlessNotByChoice #childless #childfreelife #childfreebychoice #oldFolksOfMastodon #childfree #xennialproblem #xennial

@chelseahandler Discusses Being #Childless by Choice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTyJ77Y7XB0

Me when a child scampers by my legs at what is supposed to be a party

#childless #ewww #lgbtqia

We're looking forward to being with you through 2023, to Storyhouse Live and gathering in person. Take good care of yourselves and thank you for being part of our story in 2022. We appreciate all of you x
#childless #NewYear #infertility #2023
https://www.thefullstoppod.com/community/2022

If you don't celebrate, then #HappyHolidays to you, but otherwise, #MerryChristmas , everyone! I plan on #smoking and #sleeping #BabyJesus' #bday away, like a good #childless man in his 30s should. I hope the day is #magic for everyone else as well! #Peace to all ✌️

We are wishing you a peaceful holidays and Christmas. We recognise that for many of us, it can be a difficult time of the year to navigate, we may feel alone in our storm but many of us travel in boats beside you and with you.

Maybe you'll find a new tradition this year, however small or large and moments in the coming days that may bring you comfort even if that’s coming back to your own sofa.

#childlessnotbychoice #infertility #childless #christmaswishes #mentalhealth