I don't care about falling birth rates and I'm tired of the pushy attitude towards child free people
You know the quotes. "You'll change your mind when you get older." "You'll change your mind when you meet the right person." "You can't just allow the human race to die off!"
I. Don't. Give. A. Damn. I never wanted to have kids and I've been very vocal about it since being a teenager. Yes, I'll keep enjoying my free time and hobbies for the rest of my life. I'm married to an amazing woman now, almost thirty, and my opinion still remains unchanged. My wife doesn't want to have kids either so it's not like I'm holding anyone back. Both of us made peace with it and our decision is final. But people still can't wrap their heads around it! No, I'm not giving my parents grandchildren. No, I don't care if the Muslims take over Europe because of our low birth rates. The Muslims I know are lovely people, so why should I mind it again? No, I'm not being selfish for making this choice and sticking with it. It's as much of a personal choice as deciding whether or not to have a car, which I don't have either. And finally, no, I'm not a burden on the social system. Because of not having kids, I don't get tax breaks, which means that I pay MORE in taxes than people who do have kids. Not less like some morons suggest.
It's not my responsibility to have a kid and it's not my responsibility to do anything at all about falling birth rates. When people tell me that it is, I simply tell them to have even more kids if they care so much. I don't and that's okay. The way we see it with my wife, our lives are our own and we get to live them however we choose to. Because that's the time that belongs to us. When we're dead and gone, that's the time we're already not entitled to, so the world can go on however it pleases. Whether that be with a lot of people or not that many of them, I do not care at all. And to those who tell me that I must hate children? My brothers in existence, I'm a teacher, I do more for the future of our children than the parents who just stick a tablet into their hands. Fuck. Directly. Off.
Signed, a dude just living his life. I love my family and they are wonderful people, but this bloodline dies with me. And I'm absolutely fine with it.