Why does choosing not to have children make everyone else so uncomfortable?
Psychology calls it trait introspection. People who make this choice consciously have examined what they actually want versus what they were conditioned to want. That is not avoidance. That is self-knowledge.
The real question is not why some people choose not to have children. It is why so many people have them without ever examining the choice at all.
Society installs the expectation early. The script runs automaticall