Being child free allows you to walk away from situations you dont like and it gives you more freedom than you would think.

The title might seem as if im stating the obvious but let me explain.

Im a 30 year old man and I dont have any children and dont intend on having any either. I've always said it from a young age that I dont want children of my own. Dont get me wrong I think a lot of babies and children are cute and adorable but i couldn't deal with the stress and day to day effort that comes with being a responsible parent.

Ive always focused on working and making money my entire adult life because in my eyes if your finances and health are in check then most things after that just fall into place. Usually.

Moving onto the title topic. I've been able to quit 4 jobs on short notice because I either didnt like them or because I was being treated badly ( work place bullying and harassment).

I used to work as a bus shift technician and the shifts were horrendous. I once worked a shift pattern of 10 days on and 4 days off with a mixture of early and late shifts. The only pro was the pay. A rumor went around that the management were looking to place me on permanent night shift and I purposely said that I would just quit if it came to that, knowing that would go back to management. They never put me on night shift but either way I quit that job because the shift pattern became unbearable. You know why? Because I didnt have children to support, due to saving up all my spare money because I didn't have children to support .

A few years after that a started being bullied and harassed on a frequent basis in a hgv main dealership. i could handle it though and I had no problem talking back to supervisors and managers when they targeted me, you know why? Because I didnt care if they fired me. Eventually they started giving me all the hard and slave labour jobs so I just handed in a 1 week notice and got the hell out of there with no job to go to. If I had children to look after I couldn't have managed to do this.

Ive worked with a lot of men who had kids and the amount of times they talked about having no money or not being able to afford to miss work was crazy. What I found funny is how they hated on me for not having the responsibilities they had as if they were forced to impregnated their spouses. I had one weird coworker who asked me if he could borrow £ 5 pounds to buy cigarettes because he was skint until pay day, what i didnt like is he said " i know you've got money" as if he was entitled to me resources just because he was broke due to the fact of having 2 small children he couldn't afford to have. In fairness he did pay me back the next day without me asking him for it.

Further more ive had periods of depression and low mood. when life feels unbearable ive been able to just stay in bed all day for a few days to recharge my batteries while watching films. You know why this is possible? because I dont have a crying baby who needs looking after.

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