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The logic behind thinking that not having kids is selfish is really lacking. With all the countless reasons someone could not be having kids, by choice or not, how can you just toss around the accusation that they're selfish?

If there's a horse in dire need of a new home, am I selfish for not adopting him? I live in a rental in town with a little yard. I don't have enough disposable income to afford a horse. I know the care and attention horses need, and that's why I know I can't---nor do I want to---provide for one. I like horses, but I know I should not try to adopt one. I could name 50 reasons why I will not adopt that horse and most sensible people will understand and support my decision.

So why is it different for having kids? They need plenty of space, 100% of your attention and care, they're very expensive, and on and on and on. I can make a sound and solid list of... forget 50, more like 100 reasons why I don't want to have kids. And despite it all, I will still get told that it's a selfish decision.

I think it's much more selfish to have a kid to fulfill yourself, to prove something to people in your life, or to expect the kid to take care of you so you don't die alone. At least if I adopted the horse, I wouldn't be doing it for any of those reasons.

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I have the most urgent need to be insufferably over-educated. Like i need to read literally every book ever written.

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“Call me Ishmael” 🐳

Herman Melville's proof of American citizenship made at New Bedford, Massachusetts, immediately prior to his joining the crew of the whaler Acushnet. December 26, 1840.

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Caspar David Friedrich, Lady on the Staircase; c. 1825

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Evelyn Cunningham in the Pittsburgh Courier, Pennsylvania, November 14, 1953

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If my body is a temple, then I am a god. My body is a place where I worship myself. I clean it, I repair it, I decorate it, and make it the ultimate tribute to myself. My body is a museum, a vessel, an instrument, a temple.

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you know the drill, op disabled reblogs etc etc etc

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“The cost of not following your heart is spending the rest of your life wishing you had.”

— Unknown

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“I may have lost someone who didn’t love me, but you lost someone who truly loves you.”

— Unknown

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Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I’m one of them.

Ray Bradbury

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I take great care of myself by carefully shutting myself away.

Vincent Van Gogh

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"hey why are all the barrier garments like linen shirts or chemises or combinations going away?"

"oh we have more washable fabrics now! you don't need to worry about sweat reaching your outer clothing when you can just chuck it in the washing machine!"

"cool!"

[100 years later]

"so uh all of those new washable fabrics are leaching microplastics into our water, and the constant machine-washing wears garments out faster. they're also not really sturdy enough to be mended, so we keep having to throw them out and now the planet is covered in plastic fabric waste that will never break down. also it turns out that the new washable fabrics hold odor-causing bacteria VERY well. so could we get those barrier garments back please?"

"sorry babe linen now costs $100000/yard and since it's been so long without them, nobody knows how to adapt barrier garments to the current styles anyway"

"..."

"maybe try this new $50 undershirt made of Special Sweat-Wicking Plastic Fabric! :) :) :)"

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every girl should have a terrace or a balcony or a sprawling secret garden hidden from the outside world but containing beautiful mysteries and hidden worlds but we don't and that's why the world is going to hell in a handbasket

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The Paducah Sun-Democrat, Kentucky, August 21, 1939