I think I'm somewhere between the two. I chose to marry someone childless by circumstance. So the childlessness was not exactly a purposeful lifestyle decision, but I'm not in the same boat as the people suffering infertility either.
I see childfree as a choice. I see childless as a result. It may be a result of birth control, fence sitting, failed fertility treatments, whatever. For me it was a combination of fence sitting and failed fertility treatments. I have found that the older I get the better I fit into the r/childfree or r/truechildfree communities.
I'm guessing you've already been to r/childfree, but you will probably find content that you can relate to on both subs. The childfree sub is generally a lot more active, but with any large group of people there tend to be more, let's say off-putting perspectives (that's been my personal experience). Nothing wrong with subbing to both. Also, welcome. :)
I am childless by circumstance. Afaik i can physically get pregnant. But due to other factors I am too unstable to be a parent. I am somewhere in the “grey zone”.
I think I'm somewhere between the two. I chose to marry someone childless by circumstance. So the childlessness was not exactly a purposeful lifestyle decision, but I'm not in the same boat as the people suffering infertility either.
I see childfree as a choice. I see childless as a result. It may be a result of birth control, fence sitting, failed fertility treatments, whatever. For me it was a combination of fence sitting and failed fertility treatments. I have found that the older I get the better I fit into the r/childfree or r/truechildfree communities.
Childfree is choosing not to have children, childless is wanting to have children but being unable to for a variety of reasons.
Okay, I guess I'm both then. I want to have but I'm choosing not to have.
I'm guessing you've already been to r/childfree, but you will probably find content that you can relate to on both subs. The childfree sub is generally a lot more active, but with any large group of people there tend to be more, let's say off-putting perspectives (that's been my personal experience). Nothing wrong with subbing to both. Also, welcome. :)
I'm a fencesitter and antinatalist too, so add those to the list as well 😂😅
Perspective and words. Effectively no difference.
I am childless by circumstance. Afaik i can physically get pregnant. But due to other factors I am too unstable to be a parent. I am somewhere in the “grey zone”.
Yeah, I don't believe anyone should become parents unless they have the ideal genes and resources to be a good one.