childfree

Oh absolutely. I'm not saying I wouldn't go. It's just the general, pretty much as the gif says, "I hope it's worth the noise." Like, if visiting my buddy also meant getting kicked in the balls, I'd hope our friendship and the visit were worth it.

But also, the older I get and the more of my friends have kids, the more of those social events to see those old friends involve loud, sticky children. (And heck, I'm pretty good at playing with them as not having children, I mysteriously have more energy than most.) They're my friends, so I go. It's just seeing those friends is less great than it once was, which is saddening.