Four big things not to say to childfree people (or, okay, me) this holiday season

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Parents, in everyday life, often think childfree people have it easy. “You’re ‘tired’? You don’t know what ‘tired’ is,” they’ll say, for example.

The holidays are no different.

This season, especially, with COVID and elections and fraudulent fraud, we all have our unique challenges, many of which come with living the lives we’ve chosen.

I know we the childfree have ours, just as parents do.

In fact, and this may be surprising to some, parents actually have it a lot easier than we do, so it can make us feel unseen or misunderstood when they make assumptions about how “easy” and “carefree” our lives are compared to theirs.

With that in mind, here’s a helpful list of things for parents not to say to childfree people this tumultuous 2020 holiday season:

FOUR BIG THINGS NOT TO SAY TO CHILDFREE PEOPLE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

1. “My kid wants the new phone, the new game, and the new shoes. I’ll meet you for coffee in June. Not because of COVID, but because I’ll be broke until then. I wish I could be you and only have one person to buy for.”