10 Things That Will Happen If You Tell People That You Don't Want Kids

By Sara Weir /

5. You'll Have To Be Upfront With The Person You're Dating

Ahh the dating game: it's a truly awful place to be in, it's like purgatory for the singletons and it's a place that we all must endure until we are saved by our better half who we happen to bump into in that place of uncertainty, self hatred and loathing. (Your 20s). If you already know that you don't want to have children it's important to tell the person you're dating quite early on. It's only fair to that other person who may be wishing and hoping for a family and if you know that you can't be the one to give them that, then it saves you time in searching for the one too. However, because human beings are oddly competitive, people might accept your proposal of 'dating, possible marriage but definitely no children' as a challenge. They don't want kids? We'll just see about that...