r/ChildfreeFriendships

Hey all, so I want to know with the added financial flexibility of not having kids, how do you find that changes the way you look at money?

For example, do you find yourself prioritizing different things than your friends with kids? Maybe it’s travel, retiring earlier, buying a home in a location you want to live, investing more, working less, or even just having a bigger financial cushion.

I’m interested in how being childfree has impacted your relationship with money. Has it changed your long-term goals or the way you define financial success?

33F.
I woke up this morning and was thinking about family members around my age having babies and felt a wave of gratitude that I am free to baby myself instead. Life is complicated enough as it is, especially with ADHD.
I do mourn the closeness that is lost after friends or family has kids though, and I would love to find platonic friends online who share the need for some community with other childfree people.

Some of my interests:

-food (vegetarian)
-reading (mostly fantasy)
-watching shows (lots of genres)
-hiking (especially in shady forested areas)
-traveling
-painting and other art forms (although I’ve been lazy with this lately)
-feminism
-pets
-house plants (trying to dye my thumb green)
-going for evening, night or really early morning walks
-sharing things about your day with friends (not social media posting though)
-streaming shows or movies together over discord (not horror movies, unless it’s vampires)

To all the DINKs out there, do you find being childfree has certain benefits that are built in that lead to having a stronger relationship? I’ve found that the extra time and the lack of stressors that come with kids means that childfree couples have more time to focus on themselves, and this often times leads to stronger relationships.

It’s not a silver bullet but I think there is definitely a correlation.