Apparently it’s a trend on social media for couples to celebrate that they have two incomes and no kids. The acronym for that is DINK: dual-income, no kids.
For as long as I’ve been alive — I’m a millennial — the child-free lifestyle has been boosted by every media format. That plus the genuine hard work of raising kids (especially without any nearby family) often makes me wonder about the alternate universe in which I didn’t have kids, or waited a little longer.
But these DINK videos sure are dispelling that idea. Supposedly these people are selling me a wealthy, childless lifestyle, but what they’re actually doing is making me think about having a seventh baby.
It seems like all they have to offer are pizzas at Costco (h/t Chris Bray) and Philistine-style trips to Europe to get photos for Instagram. Seems pretty freaking pointless. I can do that and have six kids.
Plus, having six kids makes life so much more meaningful than Costco pizza. The pizza is then a means to the end of keeping them growing and happy, instead of just…eating out for lunch for the 578,234th time. How many times can you eat Costco pizza and enjoy it, really? Even when I get my kids that pizza (which they love because they’re kids), I don’t eat that crap. I eat steak (really).
When I worked in an office and didn’t have any kids, lunch was the most boring thing ever after
