Different Shores

Non-mum observations on life. Interested in how adults without children / #nonparents fare in our society #childfree #childless #infertility #CNBC #nokids & co.

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

No Baby On Board https://t.co/RxaqROw58k via @DifferentShores

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

@wbrownstone I love that! Makes you even more of an inspiration

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

Recently read this book by @wbrownstone in my search for memoirs by inspirational women without kids & want to pass it on:
https://t.co/e9LtdHmU2i - likeable and open raconteur who upped sticks & dropped everything to build dry stone walls; made me want to do that too #goodreads

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

Great to see awesome Jody Day in Italian media! But I wish Republica would stop tagging their CNBC pieces with 'figli' (children) and/or 'maternità' (argh!) only, so you get all the mamma & baby posts if you click on them. Italian needs new words for #childless #CNBC #childfree !

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

Looking forward to reading this #childless #CNBC

[Dr Lorna Gibb 🐎🐈‍⬛🐈 @LornaGibb]

Childless Voices by Lorna Gibb review – unflinching on loss, longing and choice https://t.co/xCsrk88plZ

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

@msvhf Beautiful writing @msvhf

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

@changedittobeth Her Channel swim is fascinating. And really want her to do Everest memoir. I wouldn't get 3 metres across Channel! I think you should do it though ... Only joking (??🤔🤔🤔)

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

https://t.co/1TKHfOndzu - In which a slob with a rubbish job reads Jessica Hepburn's very good book 21 Miles, about swimming the English Channel instead of continuing with #IVF .... #childless #childfree #infertility

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

@changedittobeth Looking at crappy responses is a good way to learn how not to do it; agony aunt columns can be useful for that

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

Childless and regretful at 50: knowing your audience - can parents ever empathise with #childless #childfree people, & vice versa? #infertility #childlessnotbychoice https://t.co/5VVSLnOTA2 via @DifferentShores

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

@changedittobeth I agree. There are many & varied opinions out there and we can't make everyone have the same one! But yeah she was fairly snotty!

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

@funsizeAllie @ChildlessWeek The day bothers me cos my mum died in her 30s, not cos I don't have kids. Maybe wd have bothered me differently if she hadn't died. I cope by scoffing & being very RUDE to people who mention it, & VIOLENTLY deleting all the emails I get about it #childless #childfree #infertility

[Walkinourshoes @Walkinourshoes1]

@matthaig1 Dear You @TessaBroad and Living The Life Unexpected @gatewaywomen both helped my mental health after miscarriage and failed IVF

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

@mariellaf1 Late to the party here but: aaargh! 'Trophy boyfriend', 'bucket list', 'adoption', 'count your blessings', 'check out my documentary'... That's some first-class empathy right there!😂 #childless #CNBC #teambibi

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

@DonnaEales1 @BreatheMag Me

[Different Shores @DifferentShores]

@soapyard I keep them amongst my clothes

[Professor Emilie Pine @emiliepine]

It's time we confront the cultural fiction that women are most, and best, fulfilled by becoming mothers...
Why does motherhood still feel compulsory? I wrote about it for Vogue:
https://t.co/NcT7vI7Vv3

[Celia Garvey @CeliaGarvey]

My tiny contribution to #WorldChildlessWeek. I hope this & all the other incredible contributions I've read will lead to more empathy & understanding of people who happen to be #childless
Please do RT if it resonates.
#listen #poetry #childlessnotbychoice https://t.co/cv8RfWKeid

[Andy @InvisibleCNBC]

Today is We Are Worthy as part of #worldchildlessweek. Earlier I was walking in the fells enjoying the views & sunshine. Yes I'd have loved to share it with my lost children but I was able to enjoy it for me & to accept I matter & deserve good experiences despite not being a dad