So I was just wondering what peoples' experiences are with this? Like the title implies, I was wondering about both the childfree and parenting worlds while BP.

I turn 24 in April and I'm still undecided as to what I want to do about this. I know that there is a lot of discrimination regarding the former. However, I have two aunts and an uncle who never married or had children on my paternal side. No one ever said anything about that. So I like to think my view is a little different from most.

When I was younger, me and most of my friends and classmates thought we'd be CF forever. I didn't care if I got married or not (they didn't want to), but my father hated parenting. Then I met some women in their late forties who told me it's different when you get older. You start wishing you had kids. They went through many relationships which ended. Now they don't regret them. But they still wish they had children. And it looks like that's not gonna happen.

The rest of my fam has done their part. All my cousins have married and have kids except two who have married with no kids. I have an older sister four years my senior and she has no husband or kids either yet.

It makes me kind of anxious to think about the future. I did consult my LCSW a while back (summer of 2015). All she said was that I better be careful since my father does not want to raise any potential grandkids. Also, it is often difficult to get pregnant when taking bipolar medications.

I've since gone through two BFs. One did not want kids. The other seemed to but not at the time, thankfully.

Sorry for ranting. I really needed to get this out. Thoughts? Thanks in advance.