I saw an interesting article today on MSN Real Estate highlighting 10 neighborhoods where being childless or childfree is the norm. Check it out.
Lets be honest. One of the great things about being childfree is having more time and disposible income to do fun things like dining out and shopping. While our childed friends are draining their ban...
My family has a tradition on Mothers Day. We have a barbecue at our house for our mom and my brothers and I do all the cooking. And we always have gifts for my mom. It always goes over really well wi...
Legendary childrens book author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, died recently at the age of 83. While Sendak was known for his beloved childrens books, most did ...
One of my facebook friends (who is a mom, of course) posted this on facebook. She got a lot of replies from other parents like "Amen!" "I so agree with you!" It took all of the se...
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Here is a news story about a New Jersey mother who apparently took her young child into a tanning salon and allowed her to ta...
...on the wall Whos the fairest of them all? Beyonce of course Shes on the cover She sings, she dances But above all....shes a MOTHER!!!!! Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news abou...
I think its interesting how people find this blog. Blogger analytics tells me that these are the most common search keywords that land people here (in descending order). Looks like there are hoarde...
Proctor & Gamble - the maker of brands like Crest, Head & Shoulders, Olay, Oral-B, Pantene, Bounty, Charmin, Dawn, Downy, Gain, Pampers, and Tide - knows who butters their bread - moms. So th...
Bill Burrs solution to all the worlds problems. This had me cracking up! Thanks to Lauren for the forward.
I always get a kick out of the articles that pop up on the internet about how moms are all that and a bag of chips. The most recent specimen was forwarded to me by Trista (thank you!). Its an artic...
One of my favorite television shows in the 1990s was Ally McBeal. I really loved that quirky show. So recently, when hubby and I ditched cable t.v. and switched to streaming, I was excited to see t...
Looks like WestJet pulled a good April Fools joke on its passengers. Too bad its only a joke!
Ive been following your blog for about a year now, and LOVE IT! About a year ago I decided to live a child free lifestyle and always turn to your blog for support, because unfortunately everyone else...
PRODUCT PLACEMENT Thanks to CFVixen for the forward
CFVixen sent me an article called, Happily After Giving Birth - 10 Things They Dont Tell You. Read it and if youre a childfree-by-choice woman, count your lucky stars you will never have to deal wi...
Is your blood pressure rising? Are you feeling dizzy? Is your heart palpatating? Are you irritable and yelling? Is your family walking on eggshells around you because you are a ticking time bomb?...
Heres a thought that occurs to me all the time. I wonder if it occurs to other childfree-by-choice folks. On a regular basis I think to myself (or say to hubby), its a good thing we didnt have kids...
Last night, Firecracker Hubby and I did something we dont often do. We babysat. For 5 hours. For my best friend, Sara, who I write about a lot in this blog. Sara is one of my oldest and dearest frie...
I was heating up my lunch today in the office kitchen when an associate (who I do not know well) asked me how I was doing and how my holidays were. We got to chatting about holidays and winter and I...
Happy holidays to all of my readers. I hope you have been enjoying a joy-filled season. I have been busy - like most people - feeling like life is spinning out of control the past month, but its al...
Thanks to CFVixen for directing me to a thread that is currently running on a site called CafeMom in which moms are venting about how much they hate motherhood, regret having kids and are angry that ...
How much money does your household spend on groceries in a month? Probably a whole lot less than someone who has kids. I was out with my friend Sara on Saturday. Shes a mom of 2 young boys, so her ...
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Question of the day: Who is responsible for the obesity epidemic among children? My answer: Parents The food police would lik...
Hi Mandy, I just found your blog Childfreedom and your Top 100 list not to have kids and I agree with your points. My husband and I decided not to have kids for many of those same reasons. And most o...
Heads up to my readers: If you are doing any online shopping today on "Cyber Monday" be sure you are registered with Ebates. They are offering double cash back at 500 stores today, so you c...
I know many of my readers will find this hard to believe, but there are some people who think I am doing a grave disservice (to humanity, perhaps?) by vocalizing critical judgements about parenthood....
Dear Mandy, There is going to be a baptizing of a little boy in my boyfriends side of the family and I do not wish to go! There are kids everywhere and if you finally find a good behaving child to pl...
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