A couple has recently sparked backlash on social media after bragging about their child-free lifestyle.
Taking to TikTok on December 4, Lilly Anne and her husband Evan took to the video-sharing platform to get involved in the "of course" trend where people label themselves as part of a specific group (twins, couples, skincare fanatics, anime lovers) and list a bunch of traits associated with the said group.
Lilly and her husband decided the group they were part of was the DINKS - the "dual-income no kids" - and started listing off things that meant for them.
"We’re DINKs," Lilly said in her most recent video. "We’re gonna get asked daily when we plan on having kids."
Her husband then chimed in, saying: "We’re DINKs! Of course, we’re gonna go out to eat every night after work."
They also said: "We don’t have to ask our family for financial help or watch our kid when we wanna go out," before adding: "We are going to go to Costco and buy all the snacks that we want."
Not only that, but they also listed the fact that Evan can go to every soccer game and they can also spend their money on whatever the hell they want.
Of course, other TikTokers weren't too impressed with the video and accused the pair of "bragging."
"Stop bragging," wrote one user.
"Crazy, I’ve got kids and do these things too," added another while this user sarcastically stated: "Wait, kids don’t allow you to do these things? My wife and I must be doing something right."
A fourth recalled their own personal experience: "Been there done that... it’s better with kids."
And this user was also wondering why they listed such ordinary things, saying: "It's good for them. But you can do all those [things] and still have kids. They are acting like once you have kids you never do anything."
Have a look at the clip below:Since it was posted on December 4, the video has been viewed over 4.1 million times, igniting a further debate on whether having children changes things for people.
Jackie Dives is another influencer who also has a TikTok account dedicated to her "child-free" life.
However, she has a really unfortunate story about losing the love of her life because of their difference in wanting children.
In a video posted to the social media platform, Dives about her decision to leave her long-term partner because he had wanted children and she didn't.
"My partner decided that he wanted to have children," she said. "We’d been together for five years, and he actually left our relationship. So I had to decide [and] be very, very sure that I was willing to let my partner go in exchange for living a child-free life. I really loved my partner a lot."
Despite people trying to influence her into making the massive sacrifice, she stood by what she wanted.
"I knew in my heart and in my gut that I didn’t want to be a parent," she added.
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