For those who didn’t always know you’d be childfree, but accepted it was the right path for you over time, how did you figure it out?

I’m still recovering from trauma from my abusive childhood, it would be irresponsible to be a mother with unresolved issues. I also see so many friends and coworkers resent their kids or having kids to “save their marriage” because they invested time and effort in their relationship. I could never do that as I would sort of do the same as my parents and people I know and it never works. I’ve been in unhappy relationships and having kids is just another very complicated factor to add to it. I also can’t imagine myself going through pregnancy and childbirth as women still can have serious health issues due to it. Then all the money and effort you have to put into it, I wanted at first but when I factor everything in and everything can can go right and wrong, I rather not have kids. It’s also not the best time to put kids into the world right now in my opinion.

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