The historic low of England and Wales’ current fertility rate is often aestheticised, or even glamorised, through the childfree and DINK, Double Income No Kids, lifestyle on social media. TikTok and Instagram overflow with images of perfectly curated interiors, long haul holidays, and leisurely mornings untouched by responsibility. In an age of high rents and mortgage rates, expensive childcare, and economic uncertainty, this narrative lands easily in our ever growing secular society. It also offers a flattering explanation for a painful reality many people find themselves in, childless either by circumstance or by choice. To admit that the majority of us long for marriage and children can feel naive or needy, so we as a society tell ourselves a different story, that independence is superior, that children are optional additions, and that the nuclear family is an outdated ideal.