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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Childfree "Role Models"
Whether you do or don't plan to have kids, did you have any childfree role models from your parent's generation?
Feel free to discuss whether or not this influenced your decisions about kids of your own.
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Re: Childfree "Role Models"
I have a childless aunt. I wouldn't consider her a role model though.
Nothing about her life persuaded my decision to have kids or not have kids.
I realize role model might not have been the best phrase, but I could really think of anything better.
Also, the two childfree couples in my life are actually great role models. While very different, their lives always seemed so great to me. It is very likely that they are both a powerful influence for me not to have kids.
My dads twin sister is child free. She is a teacher and is fulfilled with her husband, pets and job. It has influenced my decision to have kids a little. I think about the relationship that I have with my parents and how I'll be able to care for them when they are older. I've also thought about the fact that I may have to take care of my aunt when she gets older because she doesn't have kids and we are close.
I think the most important thing that her child-free life has shown me is that you don't NEED to be the average American family with 2.3 kids to be happy. Happiness and fulfillment should come from many aspects of life.
I had two inspirational a professors in college who were childfree- one was married and one was not. I suspect the married couple had infertility problems (he was in his 60's and always said they didn't plan on being childless) and the other was single on purpose and childfree on purpose.
They did not influence my decision, but they did influence my view of childfree people and their important role in society: they both had an extra opportunity to love and pour into the lives of other children/teens/young adults since they did not have children of their own to take any time or energy. Childfree people have space in their lives that people w/ kids do not have - I think the best way to use that space is to enrich your life for the sake of enriching others. They both exemplified a generous life.
TTC September 2010 thru October 2011
SA February 2011: Normal
RE App. October 2011 - Recc. Clomid and IUI
Taking a break from TTC to pursue adoption
Met our 2 year old son in Russia July 2012!
Court trip October 2012
Home November 24 2012!
adoption blog: addingaburden.com