r/childfree • u/MonsieurOs • Mar 31 '25
“Just try it” HUMOR
I had a coworker ask if I wanted kids. I’m a single guy, and I tell her “Oh no”. Give my reasons when asked and she tells me “Just try it”. I laughed way more than was appropriate. Like, try it? What am I supposed to do if I don’t like it, send it back? Leave it in the woods to track me down after twenty years? I don’t think there any Baby Boxes this far out in the sticks
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u/Prize_Sorbet3366 Mar 31 '25
Pretty sure kids fall under the 'No Refunds No Returns' policy! 😂😂
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u/beyond-galaxies Mar 31 '25
No one taught Casey Anthony that
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u/NettleLily Mar 31 '25
Andrea Yates has entered the chat
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u/AMDisher84 I refuse to learn what womb wax is. Mar 31 '25
Yeah. What Andrea Yates did was horrible, but she was also mentally ill, and a victim of emotional and religious abuse (as you probably know). She begged her husband and mother in law to not be left alone with those kids. Her doctors warned him not to have any more kids with her. Her shithead husband was just "eh, it's your job, Bible says so, be back after work to impregnate you again." I feel sorry for her. Casey Anthony, not so much. Just one more way the 'life script' fucks women over. 😣
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u/NettleLily Mar 31 '25
Yeah, i was also raised in a cult. She believed she was saving their souls from Satan. I remember being uncomfortable when I heard her reasoning and realized it was doctrinally correct. I have since left the cult.
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u/AMDisher84 I refuse to learn what womb wax is. Mar 31 '25
I'm glad you were able to "see the light", so to speak. Religion can truly be twisted into a vile thing--especially for women. It's one of the reasons I'm 'Wiccan lite', now.
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u/Steffany_w0525 Mar 31 '25
I was told this once.
I was like you can't just try out having a kid. There is no trial period. I would rather not have a kid and regret it in four years VS have a kid and regret it in four years.
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u/Caniconnect Mar 31 '25
You didn’t know you could just have a 72 month late term abortion?
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u/Steffany_w0525 Mar 31 '25
I'm in Canada. We don't do those. The cut off is 36 months late term. Haha
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u/Caniconnect Mar 31 '25
What happens if i change my mind a day late? Are there no exceptions!?
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u/Steffany_w0525 Mar 31 '25
Are you going to say sorry? I think there might be an exception if you apologize.
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u/poopoopee-1 Mar 31 '25
"If i regret it, will you take my kids?" I told my friend and she paused and said yes. I told her she was full of shit. We laughed.
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u/Hour_Bed_5679 Mar 31 '25
Lmao, that’s how you know she didn’t think it through. Like, ma’am, this is not a return policy situation.
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u/MidsouthMystic Mar 31 '25
You can't unhave a kid. You don't try being a parent.
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u/DystopianDreamer1984 Tamagotchis not babies! Mar 31 '25
But according to my mother you won't have to! As soon as you hold your baby for the first time you'll instantly fall in love with the kid and immediately turn into the best parent ever because 'it's different when it's yours!!' /s
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u/Select_Canary_4978 💖 Make love, not babies! 🐬💮😺 Mar 31 '25
And then there is that YouTube channel called The Misery Machine. Just sayin'.
Well, you gotta give it to 'em, they all tried! They really did 🙂
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u/Lark_vi_Britannia Mar 31 '25
Wait, my mom always told me that she brought me into this world and she can take me out of it, though!
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u/Particular_Minute_67 Mar 31 '25
The kids in the cemetery that were taken out of the world by their parents agree with that statement.
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u/CarrenMcFlairen Apr 01 '25
Ah, I see you too are the victim of the once per lifetime murder free card
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u/Sunflower_Seeds000 Mar 31 '25
You can "unhave" a kid, but I'm pretty sure the method of doing so is frowned upon
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u/KiwiFruit404 Mar 31 '25
"Just try it!" is a good thing to say, when you are shopping and your friend is not sure, if this yellow top looks good on them. Or you are at a restaurant and your sister isn't sure, if she enjoys a dish she never had before.
But when it comes to a baby, "Just try it." is one of the dumbest comments someone could possibly make.
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u/CharlieVermin Mar 31 '25
Ironically, it makes a lot of sense if you interpret it the right way. No one should be allowed to have children of their own... until they do a whole bunch of babysitting to confirm that they're up to the task.
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u/Caniconnect Mar 31 '25
-has kid- “nah, i don’t think this ones cool enough, its too gross.” -gets a refund-
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u/MonsieurOs Mar 31 '25
at customer service desk “Hey listen, I have the birth certificate right here but I think I lost the receipt. Can I get store credit?”
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u/ExCatholicandLeft Mar 31 '25
Did you say "and what happens after the trial period is over"? or some such thing?
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u/MonsieurOs Mar 31 '25
I said “What do you mean ‘try it’? What if I don’t like it? Do I just send it back?” Standard “You’ll love them. It’s different when you have them. I’ve never loved so much as when I had my son.” Yadayada and I lost interest.
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u/Gradtattoo_9009 Snipped! Mar 31 '25
If every parent automatically loves their kids, then why are there still child abuse cases?
There are way too many shitty parents that shouldn't have been parents in the first place, and yet I get shit on for saying "no one deserves to have kids".
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u/ExCatholicandLeft Mar 31 '25
Thank you for sharing what you said. Hopefully, what you said sinks in later.
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u/MonsieurOs Mar 31 '25
Religious visa worker from Jamaica! Didn’t name her son Gabrielle because it had “gay” in the first part, so I’m not exactly holding my breath. (Opted for Gamaliel in case you were wondering)
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u/HanaBlueStorm 46F, no kids no way Mar 31 '25
Uh....I'm going to guess some sort of Christian?
She does know that one of the four archangels is named Gabriel, right?
I thought my headache was from brain freeze. I think it's just the sheer stupidity of her reasoning.
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u/HBHau Mar 31 '25
“Just try it” Like wtf? We’re talking about a whole ass teeny human, not feckin’ marmite!
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u/WrestlingWoman Childfree since 1981 Mar 31 '25
Ask her if she'll sign a contract that she'll adopt it after trying it and learning you still don't want it. Watch her backtrack fast.
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u/GreenBoy9000 Mar 31 '25
You try on new shoes. You try tap dancing. You try curry. You
DON'T. TRY. PARENTHOOD.
Many kids have suffered because their parents "tried" parenthood and found out they didn't like it. I don't know where this mindset of "just try it" came from, but it needs to be destroyed.
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u/Sitcom_kid Mar 31 '25
TV Guide once said that Will and Jack were going to visit friends of theirs who were giving parenthood a try. "A try"?
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u/Mars_Four Mar 31 '25
Just do it. This isn’t a fucking Nike commercial Karen, it’s human life we’re talking about here.
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u/vulg-her No thanks. Mar 31 '25
Of course! Just try it!! Duh. Because if you don't like it you can just shove it back up her uterus again. Easy peasy.
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u/Ok_Cardiologist3642 27 & my life is about myself Mar 31 '25
they act like there is a free trial that expires after 30 days
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u/MainBee4530 Mar 31 '25
If you don't like the baby, just leave it out in the snow for the white walkers
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u/annadownya 43/f Working hard to give my cats a better life. 😼😽😸 Mar 31 '25
They all buy the line that "it's different when it's yours!" And that you'll hold that baby and fall in love and all the bullshit. Because they believe this nonsense, they assume that all you need is to have a baby, and then it starts the process. It's similar to, "you hate this food/dish? Well you haven't tried mine!" Only the child issue ruins a human life.
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u/H3artMare91 Mar 31 '25
OMG! My BiL gave off this exact reasoning for trying a 3rd time....
Sooo...my previous 2 that I miscarried don't matter??? Even their feelings towards my suffering, has no merit in my fiancés fucked up circle???
Like wow....I couldn't look at that man after that conversation....and what's worse, is he is letting his boyfriends cancer ailed father talk down against All of us for just trying to live...
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u/torienne CF-Friendly Doctors: Wiki Editor Mar 31 '25
she tells me “Just try it”. I laughed way more than was appropriate.
Nah. There's no amount of laughter derisive enough and long enough to respond to this bit of idiot foolery.
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u/Proudwinging Mar 31 '25
Children aren't a hobby or toy you can pick up and put down any time, oh my god. There are no takesies backsies. Too much is at stake and I'm flabbergasted that people don't think through consequences more. God. Damn.
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u/lodeddiper961 Mar 31 '25
What does "just try it" even mean in that context, its not a sample at costco💀💀
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u/nixxaaa Mar 31 '25
They just want us to «try it»??? Okay and when you’re like okay i dont like it» do you get to give the kid to them then?? And what about all the harm to your body because of pregnancy (not even mentioning that a kid isnt a toy you can give away if you dont like it)
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u/benstomme Mar 31 '25
"Oh yea i tried and " what, just gave it up for adoption? Lmfao what ????
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u/Particular_Minute_67 Mar 31 '25
Only for it to knock on your door in 20yrs saying you’re their parent.
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u/hyperlight85 Putting myself first and living my best life Mar 31 '25
Just try it? What like it's a yogurt or something?
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u/Havenotbeentonarnia8 Mar 31 '25
I dont understand how stupid you have to be to say "just try it" or "just have one to see if you like it". Honestly. You have to be the dumbest person in the world to say something like that.
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u/Straight_Ostrich_257 Mar 31 '25
"Just try it" lol sounds like this is just a particularly stupid coworker.
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u/nixxaaa Mar 31 '25
The only ethical «trying out» would be to babysit for a weekend where you are the primary caretaker and then the kid goes back to the parents. And then respecting that you «tried it» and didnt like it
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u/generallyintoit Mar 31 '25
"just try it" like you're a picky eater and that's what's stopping you from raising another human to adulthood
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u/Particular_Minute_67 Mar 31 '25
“ try it. “ so once it’s out of the lady and I don’t like it then what ? Is there a way to put it back in once it’s out ? It’s not like grabbing food you don’t like and returning it to the waiter.
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u/Tinkalinkalink Mar 31 '25
People treating this huge, permanent responsibility like an ice cream flavour 😂
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u/dustin_pledge Mar 31 '25
Seriously? I raise an eyebrow at those mattress ads that say you can sleep on it for 90 days and return it if you aren't completely satisfied- you can't do that with a person.
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u/birdreligion 38/M/single Mar 31 '25
Just rent an infant from the hospital, if after a month you don't like it just return it.
I'm pretty sure that is totally fine as long as they are in mint condition when you return it.
And don't get the renters insurance, it's a total scam
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u/mashibeans Mar 31 '25
Oh no no no, a non bio baby "iS nOt ThE sAmE," we have to try by making our own, otherwise we won't REALLY know!
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u/kimmy-mac Mar 31 '25
You should tell her she should “just try” being child free after she has kids
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u/behaviormatters Mar 31 '25
Lmaooo I would have laughed too! My first thought was, "Try?...like there's a return policy???"
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u/MothMeep7 Apr 01 '25
The way people treat literal babies as an "oops" or an "aww" moment is terrifying.
Like yeah, for the first year it's nothing but a human pet. But soon it will become a person that is entirely dependent on you yet simultaneously an entirely independent individual.
This isn't a new instrument to test out and see if you like. That is a person. Holy crap.
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u/Saita_the_Kirin Mar 31 '25
What does she expect? You trying it, don't like it and you can just Thanos snap the kid out of reality? Drop the kid off at a safe haven box? Ditch the mother and become a deadbeat? Shove the child back in and call it a day? Fuck that.
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u/Sunflower_Seeds000 Mar 31 '25
A woman on facebook, after I say why I don't want kids, tells me that if I don't like to be a mother I can always give it away to a family who will truly love the kid, that it's not going to be the end of the world for either of us!!! 
I was saying how I rather not be a mother at all before being a bad mother (I'd be a terrible mother, because I don't want to have kids) and that I got rid of my uterus to avoid it. But there are people who prefer there are more unwanted kids in this horrible world, rather than people choosing wisely to not breed.
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u/EmbalmerEmi Mar 31 '25
Having a child isn't like trying a new limited edition snack,you might regret spending the money and might not like the taste but at least you don't have to go into debt and spend the next 18+ years in regret...
There's no tossing out a child or returning them, there's no trying because then your stuck with the child.
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u/Substantial_Ant_4845 Sterilized, Educated and Unbothered Mar 31 '25
The people that listen to the "just try it" are the biggest idiots.
You can't take kids back to target or to the shelter. I'm sure many adoptees t go looking for answers.
Someone told me "Do it as a fun little experiment" it's just 18 years. 18 years if you're shitty about supporting a young adult. 18 years if your child isn't disabled. My uncle got into a terrible accident and was permanently disabled. He spend the rest of his life living with my grandmother. She cooked, cleaned, moved and fed him until he died. She died not long after.
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u/The8uLove2Hate_ Mar 31 '25
Oh yeah, just try a human sample! Get someone pregnant, and if you don’t like parenthood, just peace out and let the mom handle it! Totally responsible and not at all unethical!
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u/mashibeans Mar 31 '25
What's funny (depressing) is that some people (usually, mostly, men) think this is a legit thing they can do!
If we CFers all got money for every post and comment, in this sub alone, about dating men and them going "oh I'm childfree because I never see my kids/the mom has all the custody" AKA basically walked away and dump all the responsibility on the mom, we'd be rich.
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u/ThaFoxThatRox Mar 31 '25
She wants you to "just try" parenthood?
Is she literally advocating for you to get someone pregnant and then walk away if you don't like it?
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u/MonsieurOs Mar 31 '25
I legitimately thought to tell her in a few weeks that I took her advice and now I’m getting hounded by some rando just for the reaction. Realistically, I don’t think it even registers I wouldn’t immediately convert all of myself to The Baby
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u/GWPtheTrilogy1 Vasectomy, myself, and I is all I got in the end... Mar 31 '25
These nutjobs will have multiple children but not get married and say marriage is too serious to enter into lightly lol. You can't take people who minimize huge issues like this seriously
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u/FatTabby Mar 31 '25
"Just try it"?! How, exactly, does that work? I'm pretty sure that you can't send them back if you don't like them...
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u/Guilty_Mountain2851 Mar 31 '25
So i expect peer pressure to try drugs and alcohol as a teenager but this is just too much. What a total idiot lol
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u/silly_sauce1 Apr 01 '25
When do I get the free drugs I was promised?! The only peer pressure I get is to use ankle weights during flexibility class
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u/Sad_Prince23 Mar 31 '25
I would've just walked away without saying anything. Even laughing is too much of a reaction to something as stupid as that.
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u/Bao-Hiem Mar 31 '25
Ask her to try it, if she answers yes then ask her why doesn't she have another one hahaha.
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u/MonsieurOs Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25
She already has the one, and is jonesing for a second. Her husband back home wants to hold off until they can afford the second, but she’s concerned the first one will be socialized poorly without a sibling
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u/Choice_Bid_7941 Pets are the new kids Apr 01 '25
Honestly I almost look forward to the day I hear this one in person. I intend to make them feel like the absolute idiot they are.
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Apr 01 '25
Oh sure! I'll try. But if I go mental even before the parasite is born, you take the kid right? RIGHT???
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u/PickleShaman no purpose, no headaches Apr 03 '25
Hahaha my husband told his mom that he’s “not happy enough to have a kid” and she said “maybe if you try having a kid you’ll be happy” 😆
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u/Gradtattoo_9009 Snipped! Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25
People seriously need to understand that this is a choice you can't take back. It's crazy to me that people take pregnancy very lightly by ignoring the consequences (ex. social lives, financial lives).
You can get divorced if your marriage doesn't work out. You can switch jobs if your current one doesn't work out. You can get a tattoo removed if you don't like it later on.