# Specifically, why are some people so disturbed by another's childfree status?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 18, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-why-are-some-people-so-disturbed-by-anothers-childfree-status/704927 "2014-11-18T01:25:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-why-are-some-people-so-disturbed-by-anothers-childfree-status/704927/161 "2014-11-30T22:45:16Z")

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I’m female, straight, 56 and have never given birth. For reasons that are nobody’s business.

Very, very occasionally someone asks me whether I have kids, I say no, and that’s it. I can honestly say I’ve never encountered hostility, disturbation, consternation or anything remotely similar in regards to my childless status.

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