Comments on: Childfree House vs. Child-proofed House

By: Margaret

Margaret — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:39:19 +0000

I am with you on this one! My husband and I are very happily childfree. Our home is a sanctuary. This is so far removed from the chaos that is the home life of parents of young children. I do not like loud noises (well, unless they are coming from a punk rock band at
a concert). I don’t like picking up after other people. I do love being childfree!

Our cats can be high maintenance, but this I can deal with!

By: SCOTTIE C.

SCOTTIE C. — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:33:24 +0000

Great piece about CF houses….it’s great to come home at night, pour a cold beer, roll-up a little something, watch or listen to whatever I feel like at any given time, eat (or not eat) whatever we feel like for (whenever we feel like) dinner, sleep in on weekends….ad best of all, NO CONSTANT STENCH OF THE COMBINATION OF BABY POWDER/ BABY SHIT SMELL THAT LINGER IN MOST KIDDIE-HOUSEHOLDS !!!
My wife was visiting her brother, his wife, and their two kids….and his wife spent half the time moaning about how hard it is (..she spends most of the day glued to daytime t.v. ..). Finally, my wife had enough of the moaning and blurted out “…well, you should have thought of that before having them…” That pretty much did the trick…….

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:14:38 +0000

I LOVE your blog! I am putting it in my bloglines right now!!

PS I found you through the Childfree Myspace group Stepher told you about

By: stepher

stepher — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:58:48 +0000

Thanks, Mel.

I reposted in the group, Childfree And Lovin’ It.

Here’s the URL: http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=41574369&groupID=101124498&adTopicID=23&Mytoken=5DA7002A-9788-4FBF-9413C4E7BBD4CD2741832538

If you have a MySpace do join us. I’ve met some of the most incredible people through this particular group.

BTW, I read your profile and I’m just north of you near Huntsville so there are at least TWO of us in this state – LOL.

Thanks again!

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:04:32 +0000

Childfree in NYC: I absolutely agree that pets are so much easier to have around the house than kids. I don’t even want to imagine what my nerves would be like if I had to constantly pick up after them.

Bookchronicle: Ah yes…I have a few things that tiny hands are not to touch. Heck, I consider myself one of them.

Stepher: Sure! Have at it. It’s funny how so many that are childfree can tell the same story.

By: stepher

stepher — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:57:13 +0000

I absolutely LOVE this piece. May I have your permission to post it [w/appropriate credit and a link of course] in a CF group that’s very active on MySpace? I know everyone else there would also nod in agreement.

I live in suburbia and I can’t tell you how many of those stupid plastic tricycles I see in front of expensive homes — so you KNOW the insides look like Toys R Us stores.

Peanut butter in the DVD player? Oh HELL no. Not in my house!

Our home is exceedingly non child-friendly. We have acid-stained concrete floors that are polished and waxed regularly; you can slide from one room to another in your socks. Imagine Bratleigh falling and busting his ass twelve times a day? No way.

By: bookchronicle

bookchronicle — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:09:13 +0000

Too true. I have a great (sometimes bordering on unhealthy) love for books and I realized the other day that it would be impossible to maintain my collection with children anywhere near it. The first time one of them would rip a page, spill milk on one, or draw on the cover would be enough for me to want to kill them!

By: childfree in nyc

childfree in nyc — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:51:29 +0000

I sooo agree. I absolutely adore our Manhattan apartment… and the fact that we only have to share it with our cat. It’s decorated exactly the way I want it, and the main concerns in how it’s set up are how easy it is for me to fix myself a cocktail after work and how comfortable I will be on my couch in front of the TV watching Entourage — not how I can best arm it against some dumb kid.