WE ARE CHILDFREE

“My life is fab just the way it is and I feel children would ruin it somehow.”

Asten, 31, UK

When I was younger I just always assumed I would have kids one day, but that changed in my late twenties when I discovered childfree groups on Facebook.

I never really realised it was a choice which sounds a bit weird now, but it made sense. I’m autistic and disabled and blatantly I would be a rubbish parent.

Luckily I’m engaged to a man who also doesn’t want children. He has nephews and nieces and he finds them a struggle so not having kids is the right decision for us.

I’m also a writer and coincidentally most of my main characters have been childfree 😊

I didn’t intentionally write them that way, apart from one story, but that’s the way it is.

I’m so grateful I found the childfree community. My life is fab just the way it is and I feel children would ruin it somehow.