Tell me about childfree, please. What does it mean to you? Do you dislike being around children, or do you not want to live with or near them, or do you just not want to breed? When did you first realise you felt like this? Did you figure it out by yourself or did you hear about the concept before you formed your own ideas, and incorporate it into your philosophy later?
I dislike being around children when they are noisy (and I have quite a low threshold for "noisy", of children, and I don't believe any child is consistently not-noisy); I certainly don't want to be responsible for anyone's wellbeing except my own, except to a degree with adults who can provide mutual support - especially in the way that a child does, with little or no opportunity to take time off; I don't want my spare time and money, which are stretched quite thin by my existing interests, further consumed; and while I still find babies quite cute, I don't have that reaction to older children, and I find most teen and young adult behaviour very unpleasant.
I already felt like this at 22 or so when I was dating LNR - which was when it became an issue that actually needed consideration; I suspect from around age 17. I certainly knew before I knew there was a word for it, in spite of the usual childhood stuff that assumes everyone will have a het marriage and kids.
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I already felt like this at 22 or so when I was dating LNR - which was when it became an issue that actually needed consideration; I suspect from around age 17. I certainly knew before I knew there was a word for it, in spite of the usual childhood stuff that assumes everyone will have a het marriage and kids.