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My problem with a lot of anti childfree articles

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As I've discovered the childfree community I've decided to look at some articles geared toward being "anti childfree" to get a glimpse into what they think as well as how the discussion tends to be framed. I came away with some things I found problematic about these anti childfree articles Having a child doesn't guarantee that your  family will visit you when you're in a nursing home at times other than Thanksgiving and Christmas e  1.  They zoom out focusing on society, not inward about personal choice  I t is MY decision whether to have a child or not. Society doesn’t get to make that decision for me. Society won’t be there for the 2am bottle feedings, Society won’t relieve a tired Mom when she’s burned out. SOCIETY won’t take my husband out on a date when we get tired of parenting and just want to be ourselves. SOCIETY won’t babysit for me, so why does SOCIETY get to pressure me into having a child because they’re falling below replacement rate. There are...

The Amazing Race: 13 of my Favorite Teams

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 The Amazing Race...all I knew about it was that a gay couple Chip and Reichen won it in 2004 and said they got 620k after taxes. Then came the Watermelon boomerang  of Season 17 and frankly, it's just as funny as when I first saw it. Other than that, I didn't really know much of The Amazing Race until I ran across it on Pluto TV. I'd watched enough FrirendZone and thought to myself...what else can I watch? Enter The Amazing Race. What I saw was fun, drama, adventure and great teams. In fact, a strong cast really makes a season unforgettable like Season 5, of which three teams listed come from  Since I have quite a few teams to get through, let me get to it  #1 Kicking off our list is Bopper and Mark  Bopper and Mark of Season 20 are the epitome of the phrase "You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy" The two are lifelong friends that seem to have so much fun on the race and really take it in. In Tanzania, they ...