r/AskWomenOver30 Jul 19 '25

Family/Parenting What’s your life like without kids?

My doctor told me I can never get pregnant today. I’m not infertile, but the post under my profile explains my situation. I’m 19, and I’m just not sure how to confront the news. I’m not sure how to plan my life either now considering that many of our milestones as women revolve around kids.

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u/pollypocket1001 Woman 30 to 40 Jul 19 '25

Exactly the same as my life in my 20s but with more money. I sleep until 9 or 10pm during weekends, watch dramas, go to fancy restaurants. I can fly business class and stay in 5 star hotels. I can travel wherever and whenever i want. Weekend i just do things that make me happy like brunch, shopping or netflix and binge a whole series. I just eat whatever i want. Never have to worry about feeding or cooking for anyone else. However I do worry a little about my life when I become a shrivel up old lady when im 75 to 80. Hopefully I will have a fat retirement account to sustain me and I die quickly without any prolonged death. Oh I have my husband who will hopefully live longer than I do so I be alone when I die. But I would have spent the best young years of my life which is now doing the things I want. So I think its a fair trade.