We are taught that it’s important to be respectful, yet the practice of questioning a couple’s decision to not have a family is still openly frowned upon. A woman who doesn’t want children is still considered abnormal, a childless man is thought to be selfish and immature.

It is not the business of anyone but the couple (and potentially their doctors) whether they should decide to have children. That means it’s none of your business, so think before you utter any of these condescending phrases to a childless/childfree person.

All I hear from anyone when I say “I’m most likely not going to have kids” are sayings like these, sometime they are even worse. They start talking about how I’m going to regret it, or why wouldn’t I want to pass up something like motherhood.

(Source: preservedcucumbers, via heart4rescue)