![]() ![]() ![]() “My husband and I didn’t get married to have children. “Babies have just never interested me,” she said. Instead, she deflected the questions and wondered why most people assume that all couples want kids.Ĭonnolly, a Chicago retail saleswoman, and her husband have no plans to have children. “Um, they’re not,” Connolly wanted to say. “But that’s just not true.”Ī lot of young women today, she said, are realizing that the feminist ideal that you can have it all - kids and a successful career - is not feasible.Įmily Connolly, 24, and her husband, Jimmy, hadn’t even cut the cake at their wedding reception before friends and family started asking: When are the babies coming? “There is this assumption that all women have a biological clock that one day is going to start ringing, and we’re going to become baby maniacs who have to give birth no matter what,” Shawne said. Jennifer Shawne, 32, author of “Baby Not on Board: A Celebration of Life Without Kids,” says she has even been accused of being un-American. Some childless couples report that not everyone is comfortable with this trend. One reads: “If I want to hear the pitter-patter of little feet, I’ll put shoes on my cat.” ![]() ![]() No Kidding! and The Childfree Ring are among the most active. There are many reasons why a woman might not conceive, but a conscious decision not to have children appears to be playing a larger role these days.Īlthough accurate numbers tracking such couples can be hard to come by, many groups have formed nationwide that seek to connect them. ![]()
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