“31 Years With No Child”: Woman Holds Off Starting a Family to Build Mother a House

“31 Years With No Child”: Woman Holds Off Starting a Family to Build Mother a House

  • A 31-year-old woman shared that her not having any children helped her build her mother a home
  • The woman took to TikTok to share snippets of the building process with social media users
  • Some people who saw the woman's video congratulated her, while others found humour in the woman's decision not to have kids
A woman held off starting a family so that she could build her mother a house.
After deciding to have no children, a woman shared that she was able to build a home for her mom. Images: @diphafeng
Source: TikTok

A woman in her early thirties had no regrets about not starting a family, as she had planned to give her mother a place to call home.

Taking to her TikTok account, the woman, who uses the handle @diphafeng on the app, shared a video montage of the house-building process. Bricks lying on the ground slowly started to look like a house.

@diphafeng wrote in the video how she managed to get the ball rolling to support her mother, amusing social media users:

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"POV: 31 years with no child because I wanted to build my mom a house."

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Online users react to woman's decision

Hundreds flooded @diphafeng's comment section either to share congratulatory messages and similar stories or to express their laughter at the woman's caption about choosing not to have children.

@sebendebele1 felt motivated and wrote:

"I'm turning 29 this year with no child. I'm so inspired. Congratulations."

@morakamorrissekibagmail2 said to the woman:

"May God bless you with twins after you complete the house."

Some people found humour in @irenechepape460's comment, who said:

"Congratulations. dear. I had my child at 26 because my parents had everything, including a house."

@lindilediga commented on the above, saying:

"Irene is not saying she must not flex. We flex with what we have. Flex ke flex."

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@chantelmoloko6 shared their opinion and said to @diphafeng:

"At 31, my sister, that’s no longer a flex. It’s a problem."

Man shares journey of building a 1-bedroom home in 6 months

Briefly News reported a related story about a young man who beamed with pride when he told social media users that he spent half the year building his one-bedroom house.

The man's journey to success inspired the online community as they flooded the comments section with compliments.

Source: Briefly News

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Jade Rhode (Editor) Jade Rhode is a Human Interest Reporter who joined the Briefly News team in April 2024. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes University, majoring in Journalism and Media Studies (distinction) and Linguistics. Before pursuing her tertiary education, Jade worked as a freelance writer at Vannie Kaap News, telling the tales of the community. After her studies, Jade worked as an editorial intern for BONA Magazine, contributing to both print and online. To get in touch with Jade, please email jade.rhode@briefly.co.za

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