Nobody knows I'm infertile except my doctor, family and friends

Then how was your family and friends reaction??

Why would society know?

Why would you define yourself like that? What else defines you?

Everyone always says things like "but aren't kids the whole point of life?" or "Don't you think you're being selfish?"

They don't understand, I get that, but damn does it get annoying.

Well for couples who don't adopt, they might be childless for decades and ppl might notice, and I'm not defining it social circles do

Who the heck would even know………. Or care?

They really only cared about how I felt about it. But I honestly didn't care much, it was elective for the benefit of my health and we don't mind adopting any more than having kids naturally

Maybe you're child-free by choice.

And so what if they notice? It's none of their business. If it is, they really, really need a hobby.

I don’t tell society.

Social circle

Any disappointments on not passing on your genes successfully??

Any disappointments in not passing on your genes

You don't have to

I know a handful of couples that couldn’t conceive. I don’t think anyone had an opinion of them either way. It just seems like a non-issue. Idk

That's not the case for everyone and there's an element of disappointment for not passing your genes on to the next generation

No, I'd just pass on the same issues to a female because they're genetic. Not to mention any of the other health issues we would pass on regardless of gender

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I’m not saying it’s not disappointing for the couple trying to conceive. I would imagine it’s very disheartening………. And IVF is hugely expensive.

But The question was how does society treat you. And I don’t think they treat these people any differently.