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DINK continue to be childless?
(Chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-07-03 14:31

China's DINK class (Double Income No Kids) began more than twenty years
ago. Just when people are beginning to acknowledge and accept the
existence of DINK families, DINKs themselves began to regret their
choices and one can observe the phenomenon of "post-35
childbearing"��DINK women after passing 35 realizing that if they were to
postpone having children they might never become mothers. Or they realize
that without children in their midst, their flat marital life would drift
towards isolated quietude and therefore they gave up their DINK lifestyle.

A DINK family shopping in the street. [newsphoto]

Chunmei, 43 years old, is professional manager with a son 2 years and six
months old. She said she originally chose to be a DINK. When she
accidentally became pregnant and was told that she might never conceive
again if she chose to abort the fetus, she made the decision to have the
child.

Wen Yu, 41 years old, is free-lance writer with a two-year old daughter.
She said she chose DINK to begin with but realized her choice required
much courage because many people could not understand her decision and
were talking behind her back. After toughing it for eight years she could
not hold on and also realized if she persisted she would never have a
chance to choose to bring a new life to this world. She gave up and gave
in.

The emergence in China of the phenomenon of a return of DINK family to
tradition is caused by different psychological frame of mind induced by
different age groups. Accelerated societal competition made it easy for
people to feel hatred and anxiety, resulting in loss of psychological
balance. Only a triangular family model can form stability, can build a
platform to bear and neutralize these negative psychological feelings. A
healthy, complete and happy family is man's heaven and woman's Eden.

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