Meet the child-free couple who have sex four times a week and go on 12 holidays a year
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Meet the child-free couple who have sex four times a week, go on 12 holidays a year and lie-in every weekend - and don’t want to end up "miserable by having kids".
Taylor Vasu, 28, and her husband, Justin, 27, are intentionally child-free and label themselves as DINKS - which stands for dual income no kids.
The couple, who have been together for six years, spend their free-time travelling, going for spontaneous lunch dates, working out together and sleeping in on the weekends.
They book time off work at a “weeks notice” and say they have “wild sex” four times a week.
Taylor believes it would be “irresponsible” for her and Justin, an IT sales executive, to have children currently as they are “expensive”, and they want to wait until they are “financially prepared”.
Rather than putting money aside for any future children the pair are saving to buy a house.
Taylor is “terrified” about the strain having a child can place on a marriage – and says she doesn’t want to end up like other people she knows with children who are “often miserable”.
Taylor, an interior designer, from Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, said: “Most people say when you have kids - your life will be over.
“It makes us not want to have any.
“People sometimes guilt trip me by saying my maternal clock is ticking.
“I tell them - ‘You’re just mad at the consequences of your own actions, I don’t want to be miserable like you.’
“We can do whatever we want, whenever we want, and I don’t want to give that up.”
The married couple met in college in July 2017 and got married in Hawaii in June 2022 and are not thinking of having children anytime soon.
Taylor says the pandemic is a major reason for their decision to hold off on having kids.
She said: “We lost two years of our lives to Covid.
“We both love to travel - it’s always been the foundation of our relationship.
“Now the world is functioning again, we want to visit all the places we missed out on.”
This year they plan to visit Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Texas, New York and even Italy and Taylor feels having children would be an encumbrance to their travelling plans.
She said: “We have friends with young children and we see how much it halts their lives.
“You rarely see a couple with a newborn travelling to Tahiti. Children are so reliant on you.”
Taylor and Justin enjoy their spontaneous lifestyle and are “unwilling” to give it up for the sake of having children.
They enjoy working out together on the beach, grabbing drinks at lunch time, playing golf after work and seeing friends on the weekends.
Taylor said: “Our schedule is really ours to make.
“We love a spontaneous plan, and when you have kids, that’s not possible.”
She also believes being child-free helps to keep the spark alive in the bedroom.
Taylor is “terrified” about the impact a child could have on her marriage and wants to be financially stable before contemplating having children.
Taylor Vasu, 28, and her husband, Justin, 27, are intentionally child-free and label themselves as DINKS - which stands for dual income no kids.
The couple, who have been together for six years, spend their free-time travelling, going for spontaneous lunch dates, working out together and sleeping in on the weekends.
They book time off work at a “weeks notice” and say they have “wild sex” four times a week.
Taylor believes it would be “irresponsible” for her and Justin, an IT sales executive, to have children currently as they are “expensive”, and they want to wait until they are “financially prepared”.
Rather than putting money aside for any future children the pair are saving to buy a house.
Taylor is “terrified” about the strain having a child can place on a marriage – and says she doesn’t want to end up like other people she knows with children who are “often miserable”.
Taylor, an interior designer, from Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, said: “Most people say when you have kids - your life will be over.
“It makes us not want to have any.
“People sometimes guilt trip me by saying my maternal clock is ticking.
“I tell them - ‘You’re just mad at the consequences of your own actions, I don’t want to be miserable like you.’
“We can do whatever we want, whenever we want, and I don’t want to give that up.”
The married couple met in college in July 2017 and got married in Hawaii in June 2022 and are not thinking of having children anytime soon.
Taylor says the pandemic is a major reason for their decision to hold off on having kids.
She said: “We lost two years of our lives to Covid.
“We both love to travel - it’s always been the foundation of our relationship.
“Now the world is functioning again, we want to visit all the places we missed out on.”
This year they plan to visit Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Texas, New York and even Italy and Taylor feels having children would be an encumbrance to their travelling plans.
She said: “We have friends with young children and we see how much it halts their lives.
“You rarely see a couple with a newborn travelling to Tahiti. Children are so reliant on you.”
Taylor and Justin enjoy their spontaneous lifestyle and are “unwilling” to give it up for the sake of having children.
They enjoy working out together on the beach, grabbing drinks at lunch time, playing golf after work and seeing friends on the weekends.
Taylor said: “Our schedule is really ours to make.
“We love a spontaneous plan, and when you have kids, that’s not possible.”
She also believes being child-free helps to keep the spark alive in the bedroom.
Taylor is “terrified” about the impact a child could have on her marriage and wants to be financially stable before contemplating having children.