media depictions of childlessness

Did You Miss These Top Ten Childless by Marriage Posts?

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Dear friends,

I’m recovering from a surgical procedure I had yesterday. It’s no big deal, I promise, but it has left me feeling a bit puny. I keep thinking about being old and on my own. Not having kids or a partner means you may have no one to drive you to and from the hospital or to hang around and make sure you’re all right afterward. That’s something to consider when you’re planning a life without children. But you don’t need to hear me whine, so let’s step back and take a look at what’s happening here at the blog.

Since Aug. 2007, I have published 859 Childless by Marriage posts. I’m hoping to get to 1,000 before I hang it up, but I’ll be honest. I’m running out of ideas. The older I get, the harder it is to reach back to my fertile years and remember how I was feeling then. I will continue to mine the internet, podcasts, books, and other media for inspiration. Usually even when I wake up with nothing, God or the muse provides the spark of an idea and I get busy writing. Today not so much.

WordPress, my blogging platform, gives me stats showing which posts attract the most attention. From the past year, here are the top ten:

  1. Who Do You See as Your Childless Role Models?
  2. Is the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’ Only for People with Children?
  3. Media Depictions of Childlessness Miss the Mark
  4. Can a Dog or Cat Take the Place of a Human Baby?
  5. When People Having Babies on TV Make You Cry
  6. ‘You’re So Lucky You Don’t Have Kids’—Are We?
  7. Childless Marriage: Would I Do It Again?
  8. Want to Be Seen as Radical? Don’t Have Children
  9. Once Again, They Assume Everyone has Children
  10. Different Generations Have Different Ideas About Having Children

If you missed any of these, I encourage you to read them and comment on them. Scroll around to see what else is there. What would you like to see discussed at Childless by Marriage? Is there something bugging you that we have not addressed or need to take another look at? Let me know. I need your help to keep this thing going. If you feel inspired to write a post yourself, do it. See the guidelines on this page and give it a shot. The Childless by Marriage community works best when we do it together.

Happy Valentine’s Day, dear ones. Here is my virtual Valentine to every one of you.

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