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Today we are doing another dedicated Regretful Parents episode. This is our fourth full episode we’ve done on regretful parents and, if you didn’t notice by now, we also have a recurring series we try to do weekly available wherever you find podcasts and a whole lot more on our YouTube channel. In today’s episode, I have compiled a ton of recent posts on Facebook’s I Regret Having Children, which...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon ! Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment.  Today, we’re talking to the mind behind the Instagram account Kids or Childfree . Keltie Maguire is a Clarity Coach, and offers coaching, workshops, and a podcast dedicated to helping women navigate one of life's biggest and most underserved decisions: whether or not to become a parent. Now based...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon ! Shop items from our  Dink Yourself segment.  Our guest today is Kennedy , who goes by Cozy K or just @cozy.games on social media, has more than 1.5 million followers across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Cozy K is your gaming and lifestyle bestie dedicated to creating a warm, welcoming space for all who appreciate games, hobbies and an ov...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon ! Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment.  Today we are joined by Eva Zu Beck : an adventure YouTuber , host and director of the show Superskilled on NatGeo , and a self-proclaimed feral woman . We ask her about her experiences leaving corporate life to travel the world, her experiences with her dog Vilk, and what it’s like to be a woman...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon !  Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment.  Today, we’re talking with Helena de Groot — creator, sound designer, storyteller, and the audio producer behind several beloved podcasts. Originally from Belgium, she's the producer of the Poetry Foundation's flagship interview show Poetry Off the Shelf, and the co-creator of the cult-classic Pa...

UPDATE: Hi folks, we're releasing this Patreon exclusive to all our listeners because the main story in this episode is now going to court + we want to share the story more widely. If you want to support her trial: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fight-for-justice-after-a-courtordered-csection Erika and Kristen dig into a deeply disturbing ProPublica investigation of two Black women in Florida...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon !  Today, we’re being BLESSED by the one and only Rachel Cargle . When we started this podcast, Rachel was one of our number one dream guests. Rachel is a founder, an organizer, an author, an activist. Her work focuses mostly on intersectionality and womanhood. She is the creator of the iconic community for childfree women Rich Auntie Suprem...

Subscribe so you never miss an episode In this episode of our Regretful Parents series, Kristen and Erika react to a viral Reddit post from a mom who was *thrilled* when her ex-husband filed for full custody of their 3-year-old son — and immediately booked a flight. We get into the messy reality of co-parenting, why dads get a pass for bad parenting while moms never do, the way society fails boys...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon !  Erika and Kristen are joined by returning guest Neill Wolf to break down Louis Theroux's Netflix documentary Into the Manosphere — and the terrifying, infuriating, hilarious world it reveals. From 13-year-olds swarming influencers in the streets of New York to a pregnant girlfriend who may not know she's not legally married, this one is o...

In this episode of the Regretful Parents series, Erika and Kristen react to a viral Reddit post from the Regretful Parents subreddit written by a mom who loved cooking — until she had a child. From cold meals and high-pitched screaming at the dinner table to losing her passion for the kitchen entirely, this mom's story hits different for anyone who lives for food. We break down the emotional toll...

This week on the Regretful Parents series, Erika and Kristen react to a Reddit post from a 34-year-old German father who says he never wanted kids, claims his Japanese wife lied about being on birth control, and now regrets both his marriage and his baby — while living in a completely different country from them. The post is equal parts heartbreaking and baffling. In this episode: A German man des...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon !  This week, Erika takes Kristen down a rabbit hole she wishes she could un-visit — the disturbing story of Mike and Heather Martin, the couple behind the infamous DaddyOFive YouTube channel. What started as a "family prank" account quickly became one of the most notorious examples of child exploitation on the internet. We cover: How the Da...

Erika is joined by friend of the pod and special guest Ashton to react to a Reddit post from a woman who is absolutely DONE being pregnant — stretch marks in places she didn't know could stretch, a partner telling her "your body will be better than ever," and a mom who just keeps saying "focus on the baby." YIKES.  We get into why pregnancy horror stories are kept so quiet, the evolutionary reason...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon !  Dinky listeners have been flooding our inboxes lately pressuring us to watch Season 10 of Love Is Blind — because it featured not one, but TWO storylines about women choosing non-traditional paths when it comes to kids. One of those women was Emma Betsinger, who is our guest today!  Emma is a 28-year old who was adopted from China at age...

Erika and Kristen react to one of the most harrowing posts from the r/regretfulparents subreddit — a woman's decade-long battle with serious birth injury damage after a midwife failed to suture a second-degree tear, leaving her with permanent physical damage, no sensation during sex, and a medical system that keeps turning her away. This one is NOT for the faint of heart. (You've been warned. 💀)...

This week, Erika and Kristen take a brief detour from the usual Regretful Parents subreddit and dive into a viral post from the “Am I Overreacting?” corner of Reddit. The situation? A mom who hasn’t had a solo shower in four days after caring for two sick kids alone while her husband enjoyed a bachelor party weekend. She finally gets a moment to herself… only to have it interrupted. When her husba...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon !  Today we are chatting with Nicole Louie , a writer and translator originally from Brazil and now based in Ireland. She is the author of Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children . Others Like Me chronicles her own journey towards embracing a life without children while weaving in stories from women around the world she found in...

Is Love Is Blind accidentally telling a regretful parents story? In this solo episode of the Regretful Parents series, Erika dives into the viral Reddit discussion about Love Is Blind Season 6 and the controversial engagement between Emma and Mike — specifically their major disagreement about having children. From pronatalist pressure to “you’d make a great mother” propaganda, this episode breaks...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon !  We’re kicking off Season 10 with a recap of our 2025 Christmas Markets trip and getting a sneak peek ahead at our next adventure. We cover what surprised us, what we loved, and what we’d do differently in, plus with some tips of what we’d do differently! PS: we also preview our upcoming  2026 Christmas Markets trip featuring stops in Vien...

What happens when parenting regret doesn’t go away… it just evolves? In this episode, Erika is joined by fellow childfree girlie Abby Porter (aka z00mie, aka “the girl with the list”)  to unpack a brand-new post from a parent whose regret has shifted from newborn exhaustion to something much heavier: existential anxiety, fear about the future, and the pressure of shaping a child’s entire life. We...

In this episode, Erika and Kristen read and react to a viral post from Reddit about a parent struggling with a chronically unhappy, clingy, sleep-hating four-year-old — and the toll it’s taking on her mental health. From colicky babies to nonstop whining, sleep deprivation, and the reality of parenting advice that doesn’t always help, this conversation dives into the messy truth behind “it gets be...

In this episode, Kristen and Erika dive into another brutally honest story from the Regretful Parents series — this time from a 39-year-old single mother by choice who spent thousands on fertility treatment… and now says she feels trapped, broke, constantly sick, and deeply regretful. If you’ve ever felt pressure from society, family, media, or your “biological clock” — this episode is for you. We...

⚠️ Content Warning: Discussions of parental resentment, mental health crises, and implied threats of violence. In this episode, Erika and Kristen dive a viral Reddit post from an Australian father overwhelmed by parenting two ADHD children with an ADHD spouse . What starts as complaints about mess, noise, and burnout spirals into resentment, misogyny, and an alarming confession. As two hosts with...

Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon !  Today, we’re talking about Project 2026.   Two years ago, we covered everything you needed to know about Project 2025 , the dystopian right-wing plan from the Heritage Foundation that was largely considered the blueprint for the Trump administration’s first year back in office.  But the Heritage Foundation didn’t stop there — no, their ni...

⚠️Content Warning: This episode discusses disability, regret, resentment, and medical trauma. Listener discretion advised. In this episode, Kristen and Erika dive into a post titled “I dislike my disabled child and I am ashamed.” Pulled straight from Facebook — where it racked up over 5,000 likes — this anonymous post opens up an uncomfortable conversation about parenthood, disability, genetic tes...