Saw this on reddit and thought of this thread
I've noticed that abroad too... If you do hear kids playing up, they are usually British!This
I've recently been in Paris and we went for dinner in an Italian restaurant in a busy neighbourhood. Came two families consecutively, and one sat right next to us, but the kids were so well behaved we barely heard them! I was genuinely surprised as I'm used to utter chaos back in UK
“Infested”I can't go to a historic place / on a day trip somewhere etc without it being infested with children running around
Tempting...
I am childfree by choice but simultaneously also imagined having kids at some point. I'm now 33 so time is ticking!I see people on the discontent thread complaining about the cost of childcare. It is so expensive and it seems many women don't go back to work for a while because of that reason!!
Same here, my main reason was the costs as all our families live far away so we would have to rely solely on nursery, and last I checked (a couple of years), it was £80 a day!!I am childfree by choice but simultaneously also imagined having kids at some point. I'm now 33 so time is ticking!
The main barrier is childcare costs. We can afford to only have 1 wage and childcare costs will wipe out most of one of the wages, so would effectively be down to one wage anyway!
We have a combined salary of nearly £100k but it still isn't attainable. I know we could cut back on some things, but we need two cars and the mortgage isn't going to go down overnight
God, and people tell me I must be minted because I have a couple of horses! (Average cost over a year about £200 a month!)Same here, my main reason was the costs as all our families live far away so we would have to rely solely on nursery, and last I checked (a couple of years), it was £80 a day!!
Yeh we don't have the option of grandparents either.Same here, my main reason was the costs as all our families live far away so we would have to rely solely on nursery, and last I checked (a couple of years), it was £80 a day!!
About £200 I wish I spend probably triple just for my one. He is on part livery though so if I was to move to DIY it could be done cheaper but I like my bed too muchGod, and people tell me I must be minted because I have a couple of horses! (Average cost over a year about £200 a month!)
This is my absolute bug bearGod, and people tell me I must be minted because I have a couple of horses! (Average cost over a year about £200 a month!)
Two hairy natives, one of whom is retired, and I'm lucky enough to be able to keep them at home with enough land that we don't really need much extra hay over winter.About £200 I wish I spend probably triple just for my one. He is on part livery though so if I was to move to DIY it could be done cheaper but I like my bed too much
Couldn't agree more. I'm 43 and I've never heard my so called biological clock ticking.I’m 39 and as I’ve got older my mind hasn’t changed and I have never ever felt the so called ‘biological clock’
I think it’s bollocks made up by men/society to control women
So women think they better have kids soon because of this mystical biological clock or if you’re over the hill and not pregnant you’re faulty and there is something wrong with you because that biological clock didn’t tick
for me there is absolutely nothing appealing about having kids
I feel sorry for friends who have kids but I’m sure they think the same about me
You never will, the biological clock thing was debunked but people still love to ‘use it against us’!Couldn't agree more. I'm 43 and I've never heard my so called biological clock ticking.