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As I come closer to hitting my thirties, I'm seeing my friends have the weddings, the baby showers, sending their kids to school for the first time, celebrating their parents 25th and up anniversaries. I'm seeing the joy in their eyes and more and more because of the life choices I've made, I get a little saddened when I realized these things will not be a part of my life. What I mean:
- I've decided that I'm not interested in marriage.
- I've LONG decided that I do not want any children.
- I've probably reached the height of my education career with completing a hard program.
- One parent is dead and one is done with looking for love (probably for the best.)
So anyone who has decided on a childfree or anti-marriage life, how do you deal with the fact you won't hit some of life's biggest checkpoints?
I felt that much richer... anymore lifes 'checkpoints' are all about gifts and $$$$$...don't believe in it, never
have, never will.
Koale
So anyone who has decided on a childfree or anti-marriage life, how do you deal with the fact you won't hit some of life's biggest checkpoints?
I have. I crushed a 20 year drug addiction. I gained self respect and love for the first time in my life about five years ago. I'm living on my own without relying on others for the first time in my life, going on two years now. I may never have kids, or fall in love and get married, but I have a life better than I ever could have imagined just a few short years ago, and it gets even better with every passing day. While falling in love and getting married and possibly adopting (I can't have kids) would be great, I don't need those things to live a life fulfilled.
I have. I crushed a 20 year drug addiction. I gained self respect and love for the first time in my life about five years ago. I'm living on my own without relying on others for the first time in my life, going on two years now. I may never have kids, or fall in love and get married, but I have a life better than I ever could have imagined just a few short years ago, and it gets even better with every passing day. While falling in love and getting married and possibly adopting (I can't have kids) would be great, I don't need those things to live a life fulfilled.
I'm pretty much in the same boat as far as wanting to be single and independent for life. I'm not the wifey mom type. Hardly any family and ok with that. Don't want my own. Meh.
Yeah, sometimes I think my life will be more boring than my peers, but then I realize I can travel and do anything I want, and that cheers me up.
Just follow your dreams, your passions. Create a rich and fulfilling life with friends and pets and confidence and you'll be just fine.
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