Why do people insist on pestering those who don't have children like there's something wrong with us?

Also they seem to get offended when I compare my dogs to their children. "It's NOT the same thing!"

..."ya sure?...ya sure bruh?"

Because some people think your life is not complete unless you have a spouse and kids.

Most people tend to think their way of life is the only way of life. So if they want children, that must mean everyone wants children. Duh!

20,000 year old instincts leave a feeling in people that human population is important. And women are the key to population growth. E.g. If you have 1 very happy man and 100 women, that's 100 babies. If you have 1 women and 100 men, that's 1 baby.

The extra social value that females have is due to having fewer--thus more valuable--reproductive resources.

So. If you refuse to have children, you're viewed as inhibiting human survival. It's more of a big deal for women, as previously mentioned, as sperm is infinite, thus effectively worthless, like any effectively infinite resource.

This is also why slutshaming exists pretty much primarily for women and not with men. People have an instinctual revulsion towards women who are careless with their eggs. Likewise, women who do not use their eggs are pressured to use them, but not viewed as horribly as sluts, because they aren't actively wasting eggs. E.g. slut has sex with subpar man, gets preggers with subpar baby, loses 9 months of reproduction time.

Males have no social value, unless they create it through occupation or accomplishment, incidentally

Most I've come across do so in an attempt to feel superior for having them.

because we want you to come down to our level of misery.

When I met my mother in law for the first time, she said "You have nice eyes, the baby will have nice eyes"

Wow. People are baby crazy.

1. Time is ticking for you, especially as a woman.
2. It is considered normal for 100,000+ years for women to have children, if she's capable.
3. You will likely receive some kind of pension benefits from your government upon retirement. If you don't have kids you are planning a larger burden on the children of others.

I don't know about others. I would rather talk with parents as they have a level of maturity.

It's rude to comment on someone's having or not having children. Perhaps a snarky response will shut them up.

Maybe they're jealous.😜 But really, people are always trying to impose their own beliefs on others. I think the key is to know your own self, stay true to your own self, and put your earmuffs on to when anyone says otherwise.

The world needs less children. Americans can't feed 5 out of 10 of them today.

But why don't you have any ,you ok 🤔

Just have a kid or 3 already. Just when you start to miss the pestering, They'll find something else to pester you about.