The ‘DINK’ Trend: Double Income, No Kids, And A Meaningless Life Of Consumption And Materialism
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The ‘DINK’ Trend: Double Income, No Kids, And A Meaningless Life Of Consumption And Materialism

Matt Walsh

About a year ago, we first talked about the growing community of people who call themselves “DINKs.”

Now “dink” may sound like some kind of racial slur, but it’s not. Well, I mean it was, technically. Some people used it as a pejorative term for the Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. It’s also a term familiar to my fellow bass fishermen, used to describe any game fish below 12 inches in length. But in this case, DINK does not refer to either Asians or small fish. DINK is an acronym that stands for “dual income, no kids.” These are the childless by choice folks. Those who get married, and could have kids, but choose instead to have a barren, sterile relationship focused entirely on their own superficial wants and desires. 

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