Millionaire defends decision not to have kids and loves reaping the benefits: I can nap when I want

An LA millionaire has defended her decision to remain childfree, revealing it has benefited her mental health, and says, “I can nap when I want.”Amie Tollesfrud, 36, says she never felt maternal growing up — she wasn’t interested in holding babies or volunteering to babysit. When she met her now-husband, Erik Tollesfrud, 42, in her 20s, she told him, “If you want kids, find someone who does — I’m probably not the person for you.”Although the pair revisit their childfree decision every few years, Amie remains resolute. She says they have reaped the “benefits” of not having children — they can sleep, travel, and spend time together freely, without having to deal with “loud noises or a messy house”.The online business course tutor came under fire when she posted a TikTok on March 19 using a sound that said, ‘Imagine coming home from a stressful day at work and there’s someone in your house asking what are we we eating for dinner,’ from women who called her “selfish.” But she insists she doesn’t “really care what anybody else does” and focuses on building her own “legacy.”She said: “One of the ways that I don’t think people think about is how much my mental health has benefited.I am overstimulated easily by things like loud noises or a messy house.

They can really have a negative impact on my mental health, and so not having to deal with those things is something that I really value.”“I want to wake up when I choose to, travel when I want to, and nap when I want to.Obviously, you can’t really do that when you have kids.

I’ve always really valued my freedom and autonomy to live how I want and spend my days how I want.”Amie met her husband during her time at Colorado State University when they were 20 and 26, respectively. At the time, Erik, now a photographer, was working in retail and left his job to support Amie’s business. Before meeting Erik, Amie hadn’t given much thought to motherhood.It only b...