• Childfree, Not Childless - My Life

  • Jan 18 2021
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
  • Podcast

Childfree, Not Childless - My Life

  • Summary

  • Omonike is a childfree (by choice) woman - she does not want kids. She talks about aspects of her childfree life and her decision to have a tubal ligation - sterilization surgery which will ensure she never has children. This connection was made on Reddit r/childfree. Transcript: ----more---- 0:00:00.080,0:00:03.199 and she found some of our stuff when we 0:00:01.680,0:00:04.720 were kids and 0:00:03.199,0:00:06.960 i think i was in the second grade she 0:00:04.720,0:00:08.639 saw this little booklet i made and had 0:00:06.960,0:00:10.960 all of my aspirations 0:00:08.639,0:00:12.400 for the rest of my life in there was 0:00:10.960,0:00:13.840 like i wanted three kids 0:00:12.400,0:00:17.900 and she showed it to me i was like burn 0:00:13.840,0:00:19.000 it burn it now 0:00:17.900,0:00:24.000 [Applause] 0:00:19.000,0:00:27.199 [Music] 0:00:24.000,0:00:29.439 hello welcome to life is it just me this 0:00:27.199,0:00:31.599 is the podcast where we look at things 0:00:29.439,0:00:33.040 that we all go through things we all 0:00:31.599,0:00:34.719 think about things we all 0:00:33.040,0:00:37.440 have to deal with in life this first 0:00:34.719,0:00:39.120 season has been and still is all about 0:00:37.440,0:00:40.879 the decision as to whether to have kids 0:00:39.120,0:00:44.000 my name is paul i'm joined as always 0:00:40.879,0:00:46.640 by ryan hello ryan hello 0:00:44.000,0:00:48.399 and our guest for this episode is oh 0:00:46.640,0:00:51.840 monica hi monikay 0:00:48.399,0:00:52.960 hello how are you i'm good 0:00:51.840,0:00:54.640 good to have you here thank you so much 0:00:52.960,0:00:56.840 for joining us tell us a bit about 0:00:54.640,0:01:00.000 yourself to start off 0:00:56.840,0:01:02.719 um you know i just turned 35 0:01:00.000,0:01:03.039 last week um happy birthday from last 0:01:02.719,0:01:06.320 week 0:01:03.039,0:01:07.920 i'm a public sector worker uh so i um 0:01:06.320,0:01:10.560 i'm a trainee appraiser for the state of 0:01:07.920,0:01:11.280 illinois and you know by night i have a 0:01:10.560,0:01:15.280 bunch of 0:01:11.280,0:01:19.119 weird hobbies i watch anime 0:01:15.280,0:01:22.880 um i love horror movies uh i am a brony 0:01:19.119,0:01:24.720 a furry uh just a lot of weird stuff i 0:01:22.880,0:01:25.600 like sewing as well i usually sew like 0:01:24.720,0:01:28.159 stuffed animals 0:01:25.600,0:01:29.360 i should one day sell practical things 0:01:28.159,0:01:32.640 right now 0:01:29.360,0:01:37.360 like things but just sitting again 0:01:32.640,0:01:39.680 you're having fun yes oh absolutely yeah 0:01:37.360,0:01:42.880 i think that my little pony episodes 0:01:39.680,0:01:42.880 we'll do in the next season 0:01:43.200,0:01:47.119 i've seen them all because uh obviously 0:01:45.040,0:01:48.720 i've got children and 0:01:47.119,0:01:50.000 and i've got an excuse to watch my 0:01:48.720,0:01:52.960 little pony even though i've watched it 0:01:50.000,0:01:56.320 without them but don't tell anybody 0:01:52.960,0:01:56.320 i think it excuses the wrong word 0:01:57.360,0:02:02.399 desire the want okay take us back to 0:02:01.040,0:02:03.680 your childhood and tell us 0:02:02.399,0:02:05.280 about your upbringing police which we 0:02:03.680,0:02:06.640 know is going to be relevant to the 0:02:05.280,0:02:09.759 conversation we're having today about 0:02:06.640,0:02:12.640 about children um 0:02:09.759,0:02:14.480 at a very normal childhood uh i grew up 0:02:12.640,0:02:16.319 in a two-parent household 0:02:14.480,0:02:18.640 and i mean i don't live with them 0:02:16.319,0:02:22.000 anymore but they're still together 0:02:18.640,0:02:24.480 uh just standard mom and dad uh 0:02:22.000,0:02:25.840 i am the oldest of three children uh i 0:02:24.480,0:02:27.360 have a brother in the middle who's six 0:02:25.840,0:02:30.319 years younger than me and my sister 0:02:27.360,0:02:32.800 is 13 years younger than me she's 0:02:30.319,0:02:36.000 currently a college student 0:02:32.800,0:02:38.239 but i had a very good childhood i 0:02:36.000,0:02:39.680 definitely didn't want for anything i 0:02:38.239,0:02:42.800 got a lot of 0:02:39.680,0:02:44.400 opportunities that others didn't um 0:02:42.800,0:02:46.319 some of which my dad didn't care for 0:02:44.400,0:02:48.400 like video games but 0:02:46.319,0:02:50.239 uh my my mom wanted to have as many 0:02:48.400,0:02:53.120 experiences as possible 0:02:50.239,0:02:54.160 uh uh you know i grew up i guess middle 0:02:53.120,0:02:56.160 upper middle class 0:02:54.160,0:02:57.920 i i don't really know i don't know how 0:02:56.160,0:02:58.720 much my parents made some of my business 0:02:57.920,0:03:02.480 but 0:02:58.720,0:03:05.840 um my mom was a general practitioner 0:03:02.480,0:03:07.200 so a physician and my father was a civil 0:03:05.840,0:03:11.280 engineer both are currently 0:03:07.200,0:03:14.480 hired so you know they 0:03:11.280,0:03:16.959 they made a decent amount of money and i 0:03:14.480,0:03:19.360 grew up going a bunch of...
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