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Honestly, I love that my wife is a childless cat lady. It makes everything cheaper and easier. My life is better because I don't have kids, and I'm happy that we made that choice together as rational adults and that we were able to agree that this is the best path for us.
Anyone who chooses to have kids based on their values and circumstances is totally cool, whatever, as long as the kids aren't being abused or neglected, of course. That's your option and I respect it - someone has to have 'em.
But if you don't think people are capable of making the choice not to have kids and that it makes them sociopaths to not have kids, I'm pretty sure you're just an authoritarian who either hates women or has a breeding fetish. Maybe both.
Considering the sheer strain on the body pregnancy and birth have, I feel like being a mysoginist would automatically qualify one for a breeding fetish
To be fair, not having children is hard on a woman's body as well. Increased risks for uterine, ovarian, and breast cancers to name only a few.
Patriarchal medical providers often don't inform childless women of this and don't encourage additional and more regular cancer screenings.
They just ignore women's concerns, sometimes until it's too late--an all too familiar story for women and the history of medicine.
Cheaper? My childless catlady wife spends a fortune on our elder cats with health problems.
I have no problem with it, that's what I knew I was marrying. But they certainly aren't cheap. The vets know us like we're regulars.
Still cheaper than if you had to pay for human health problems (in the USA at least)
You'd think that. I know someone that spent $50,000 back in the '90s trying to save her collie that had cancer.
Wait till you hear what human cancer treatment costs.
Have you looked at the cost of day care? And diapers? Or just having a place to live with the extra necessary bedrooms? Pre pandemic I read some article that (as I vaguely remember) estimated it costs at least $100k to raise a child to 18 in the US. I imagine it's closer to $150k or more by now. Probably way more.
I believe it's closer to 500K. That's assuming no paid education.
You can always put down your cats. Gotta pay if that kid has cancer tho.