Comments on: Parenthood versus the childfree life Part I http://lauracarroll.com/2010/05/parenthood-vs-childfree-part-i/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parenthood-vs-childfree-part-i Talk the Childfree Life & Beyond with Author Laura Carroll Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carla http://lauracarroll.com/2010/05/parenthood-vs-childfree-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Carla Sat, 29 May 2010 18:59:46 +0000 http://lauracarroll.com/?p=1831#comment-211 That is an interesting question and the answer to that is very individual. I am 31 years old, childfree and not really feeling so well-off at this point. :) Having been on disability from work for over a year due to a chronic illness was just another reminder that there are no guarantees in life, children or no children. That is an interesting question and the answer to that is very individual. I am 31 years old, childfree and not really feeling so well-off at this point. :) Having been on disability from work for over a year due to a chronic illness was just another reminder that there are no guarantees in life, children or no children.

]]> By: Laura http://lauracarroll.com/2010/05/parenthood-vs-childfree-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Laura Fri, 14 May 2010 14:44:44 +0000 http://lauracarroll.com/?p=1831#comment-184 Here is a post that talks about childfree ER (early retirement) and Deegee's story on this: http://lauracarroll.com/2010/02/childfree-early-retirement/ Indeed, being CF creates more potential for ER. Deegee, in addition to being CF, you also really had a plan and and commitment to the execution of that plan to get to ER...not something a lot of people do with kids or not. The timing of retirement also depends on the kind of lifestyle one wants when s/he does retire. I have also found that in watching the lives of CF that they have more freedom along the way to retirement to do the things they have always wanted to do, whether they be personal or work experiences -- they don't necessarly have to save these kkind of experiences for "when the retire." ~L Here is a post that talks about childfree ER (early retirement) and Deegee’s story on this: http://lauracarroll.com/2010/02/childfree-early-retirement/
Indeed, being CF creates more potential for ER. Deegee, in addition to being CF, you also really had a plan and and commitment to the execution of that plan to get to ER…not something a lot of people do with kids or not. The timing of retirement also depends on the kind of lifestyle one wants when s/he does retire. I have also found that in watching the lives of CF that they have more freedom along the way to retirement to do the things they have always wanted to do, whether they be personal or work experiences — they don’t necessarly have to save these kkind of experiences for “when the retire.” ~L

]]> By: deegee http://lauracarroll.com/2010/05/parenthood-vs-childfree-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-181 deegee Fri, 14 May 2010 14:09:00 +0000 http://lauracarroll.com/?p=1831#comment-181 Being childfree can surely enable someone to retire early, which is what happened to me in late 2008 when I was 45. Not wanting to have kids was the biggest reason I was able to LBYM and put money away for an early retirement. It is the ultimate freedom. If you look at some of the many early retirement websites and blogs, you will find a great many people who are striving to ER or who have already done so are shildfree. Sure, you can ER if you have kids, but it is much tougher and can't be done as early as it could have been had they been childfree. While we childfree have to often suffer bingos and other types of scorn from the childed, I would say the same thing they say to us when they talk about how tough it is to raise kids: "It is all worth it!" Being childfree can surely enable someone to retire early, which is what happened to me in late 2008 when I was 45. Not wanting to have kids was the biggest reason I was able to LBYM and put money away for an early retirement. It is the ultimate freedom.

If you look at some of the many early retirement websites and blogs, you will find a great many people who are striving to ER or who have already done so are shildfree. Sure, you can ER if you have kids, but it is much tougher and can’t be done as early as it could have been had they been childfree.

While we childfree have to often suffer bingos and other types of scorn from the childed, I would say the same thing they say to us when they talk about how tough it is to raise kids: “It is all worth it!”

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