HAVING children is a big decision to make – one that comes with a lot of responsibility and change.
But one woman has gone viral for reasons why she never wants children, and it’s not just the typical excuse of hating the idea of changing nappies.
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Maria Angelopoulos, from Australia, took to TikTok to declare her long list of reasons why she never wants to get pregnant and raise a child.
The 21-year-old has not held back on her views as she listed 15 reasons that are stopping her from ever wanting to have a child.
Maria uploaded her video to TikTok with the caption ‘I like kids, I just don’t want my own’.
In the video, she took a screenshot of the points she had listed and explained her reluctance to conceive.
Maria started off on the most ‘important’ reason as to why she doesn’t want to have a child, as she explained: “Reasons I will not be having children number one and most importantly I don’t want to.”
Secondly, Maria admitted she was very put off on the thought of her belly growing.
She added: “Number two I don’t want to be pregnant, I don’t want my belly to grow, my body to change and my organs are going to move and they will be something stuck in there for nine months.
“Scary things can happen to women during pregnancy, you can lose your teeth, you can lose your hair – I don’t want to go through that.”
But it wasn’t just the changes that would happen to her body, Maria revealed her concerns of potentially not liking her own child.
She continued: “Number three, what if I don’t like them. Kids are going to grow up to have their own thoughts and feelings, their own opinions. What if they are really annoying and I hate my child?
“What if he becomes an alpha male with a podcast, what do I do then?”
Maria added to her list of reasons, as she claimed: “Number four – apocalypse.
“I think about the worst things that could happen in the world and I’m already going to have to look after myself and my mum, dad and my siblings.
“I don’t want a kid to add to the stress. The world is a bad place, very realistically we could be left without food in the next 25 years do I want to have to worry about myself and a child. No.”
But it wasn’t just an apocalypse according to Maria – the potential damage giving birth does to your privates was a big fear for Maria.
She fretted: “I don’t want to have to have to give birth, it’s really scary.
“Women die during birth, like you rip down to your a***hole and then the doctors stitch you up. Does that sound like a good time, no.”
As well as this, Maria admitted: “I’m really spiteful. I will tell people I don’t want to have kids and they will say ‘you will change your mind one day’ because of that I’m definitely not changing my mind.
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“Since I was young I would say ‘I just want a kid young so I can get it over and done with’ does that sound like someone who is maternal to you?
“Does that sound like someone who wants a child and should be allowed to bring a child into the world? Absolutely not.”
Despite not wanting a kid of her own, Maria explained that she is happy to look after other people’s children – as long as she can give them back.
She said: “I’m a firm believer that it takes a village to raise a child so I love the role of auntie.
“If you need someone to look after your kid I’ll do it. If you want to go take a shower and take five minutes alone, I’ll look after your kid.
“But at least I can give them back. As a mother you have full responsibility for the child at all times, I don’t want that responsibility.”
And it wasn’t just the responsibility that put Maria off – the nappies gave her the shivers.
She stated: “Diapers, I will not be wiping anyone else’s a**e but my own.”
And the effect of pregnancy on your breasts was terrifying to Maria as she revealed: “Pump, your boobs are so full of milk that they become rock hard. Like a literal rock.”
The Australian went on to say: “Needy, I’m already needy. I don’t need someone else who is going to be needy in my life.”
Maria also expressed concern about having to splash the cash to raise a child: “[They are] Expensive, I don’t make enough money to sustain myself let alone a child. They are so expensive, you have to buy diapers like every month for 50 bucks. Ridiculous.”
Additionally, she said: “Do you know in pregnancy you can develop life long diabetes. That is just one of the scary things that can happen.”
Maria again emphasised the impact of pregnancy on breasts as she said: “Your boobs can become saggy. When you get pregnant your boobs get really big beautiful mummy milkers.
“Then guess what happens. They shrink back and your nipples face to the floor. Then I’ll have to go get a boob job and I like my boobs, I don’t want to do that.”
As the long list came to a close, Maria shared her final reason as to why she doesn’t want kids.
She added: “I can just pack up and go and move to Europe tomorrow if I wanted to. I don’t have to think about anyone but myself.
“If I have a child I have to think about their thoughts and their feelings and how they feel about doing that. And, I don’t want to bear that responsibility.
“I want to be able to do whatever I want, and I can’t do that with a child.”
Maria’s video has racked up a whopping 1m views, 137.9k likes and 4,813 comments.
And to our surprise, it seems that many women agreed with Maria and her list of reasons for not wanting to become a mother.
One person commented: “There’s literally not one single positive aspect to it.”
Another related: “I appreciate people accepting/normalising not having kids. It really isn’t for everyone!”
A third chipped in: “Finally someone said it.”
And, one user declared: “World is going downhill, people are so cruel, nature is dying, why people choose to create a new life to be subjected to this is beyond me really.”
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