People In Their 40s And 50s Are Sharing What Life Is Like Without Children

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/672cd6141f00001a00e0112e.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="" data-caption="" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Unsplash" /></div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>The subject of having <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/children/">children</a> is a sensitive one, regardless of where you stand.</p><p>For those that have decided against becoming <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/parents/">parents</a>, though, there are often warnings that they’ll ‘regret’ not bringing children into the world or that they’ll have nobody to look after them when they’re older. </p><p>Even if you are firm and confident in your stance, it can get exhausting trying to argue against these comments, especially when they’re coming from parents who just <em>can’t imagine </em>life without children.</p><p>Thankfully, in a response to the question, “People in their 40s and 50s with no children, how does it feel?”, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1gdm2wj/comment/lu3to9r/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Redditors</a> have shared exactly what life without children is like...</p></div><div class="iframely-embed"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="height: 240px; padding-bottom: 0;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1gdm2wj/people_in_their_40s_and_50s_with_no_children_how/?share_id=jxzISXOOZKZm3f0q7TQ06&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1&rdt=52259" data-iframely-url="https://cdn.iframe.ly/api/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FAskReddit%2Fcomments%2F1gdm2wj%2Fpeople_in_their_40s_and_50s_with_no