You are here: Home / Archives for Readers' Stories
Readers’ Stories
Are you childless by choice or circumstance? Share your story
Aralyn’s Story: I had a great relationship with my mother but chose not to have children of my own
December 7, 2020 3 Comments
Until the year my mother died, she called me on my birthday to tell me this story: “I wasn’t sure I wanted another child after your brother was born.… Filed Under: Readers' Stories
Tom’s Story: Fatherhood isn’t for me
May 27, 2020 1 Comment
I think it’s fair to say that the experience of most men is very different to that of women when it comes to being childfree. In fact, if I’m honest, until I reflected on it in any meaningful way recently in writing Your Children Are Boring, I didn’t realise quite how different it was.… Read the rest
Filed Under: Readers' Stories
Aubrea’s Story: I wish more people understood how lovely life can be without children
March 11, 2020 1 Comment
I was never into children, even when I was a child myself. My sister was the total opposite and always wanted to babysit younger children or hold anyone’s new baby, which probably helped clarify how uninterested and un-enamored I was myself with children.… Read the rest
Filed Under: Readers' Stories
Sandrine’s Story: I am finally free!
December 18, 2019 1 Comment
My name is Sandrine NGatchou. I created the Facebook Page Ovocytemoi. You have read my story about my struggles to become a mom.… Read the rest
Filed Under: Readers' Stories
K’s Story: I am finally OK with my life as a woman without children
May 8, 2019 1 Comment
I had my first miscarriage in 1986, followed by one during my not very successful marriage in 1996 and then the saddest one in 2006 with my soulmate.… Read the rest
Filed Under: Readers' Stories
Lisette’s Story: I have always preferred work over children
January 30, 2019 1 Comment
I’m 64, childless and now also grandchildless, and I still love to work. It suits me well that I am not asked, like many of my peers, to have a fixed grandma day a week so the young parents can continue their two track lives of family and career.… Read the rest
Filed Under: Readers' Stories
Lisa’s Story: I just love being single and childless
December 26, 2018 1 Comment
I’m 61 years old. I have never been married. I never had kids. And I love every minute of it! I was raised in a strict conservative pre-Vatican II Catholic Christian family.… Read the rest
Filed Under: Readers' Stories
Amy’s Story: How I ended up childfree
December 5, 2018 3 Comments
I’m 45, so I guess that’s the age that we realize it’s almost too late to have children. The regret of not having children should start to creep into my mind.… Read the rest
Filed Under: Readers' Stories
Keturah’s Story: The simplicity of knowing you do not want children
November 23, 2018 1 Comment
Looking to pitch a story about childfree black women to a mainstream publication, a journalist friend asked me: “When did you know that motherhood was just not for you?”… Read the rest
Filed Under: Readers' Stories
Cleo’s Story: People don’t believe you when you say you are a happily childfree woman and here’s why
July 18, 2018 1 Comment
How do you feel when someone begins a sentence with “I’m not X, but…” or “I don’t hate X but…”? It doesn’t matter what words follow the buts because the “I’m not X, but…” evokes immediate suspicion.… Read the rest
Filed Under: Readers' Stories