Produced by the ilab at Wbur Boston.
Hey Sugar fans.
I'm Anne Marie.
And I'm Ben.
We are the hosts of Endless Thread, another podcast from WBUR in Boston.
Our latest episode is about a growing movement that hits close to home.
For me, at least.
It's about the hundreds of thousands of people who are choosing to be child free or to never have kids.
And this is a topic I know has been discussed on dear sugars, I remember the Elizabeth Gilbert episode and the baby or bust episodes, and so we thought that you might relate to this content as well and that this is a conversation that you might appreciate hearing some other perspectives on.
And so part of this episode explores kind of our relationship, our struggle with this question, and hopefully you'll be able to relate a little bit.
I am a 34 year old caucasian female.
I grew up in a rural town in the Pacific Northwest.
At a very young age, I did decide that I did not want to have children.
Hi, my name is Sama.
I'm from Kenya and I'm child free, which is very odd for the society that I've grown up in.
Since I was 18, I've been trying to have my tubes tied to no avail.
Society will always judge you anyway.
Just do whatever you want.
That's what I say anyway.
Watching all of my friends have children now, I can see how exhausted they are financially, emotionally, how depleted their relationships are because it's so difficult for them to be able to be a part of a partnership as well as try to raise these tiny humans.