{"id":100463,"date":"2023-10-31T17:27:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=100463"},"modified":"2023-10-31T17:27:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:27:22","slug":"dink-couple-proudly-show-off-their-lavish-child-free-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/lifestyle\/dink-couple-proudly-show-off-their-lavish-child-free-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"DINK couple proudly show off their LAVISH child-free lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Child-free &#8216;DINK&#8217; couple proudly show off the MANY perks of life without kids &#8211; revealing they jet off on spontaneous vacations once a MONTH &#8211; as they hit back at critics who question why they haven&#8217;t &#8216;settled down&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Hillary Bowles, 31 and husband Logan, 30, have been married for six years<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The North Carolina-based couple have traveled to 20 countries already\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>They call themselves DINKs, which stands for &#8216;dual income no kids&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A childless couple has opened up about the many benefits of their no-kid lifestyle while ticking off their &#8216;bucket list&#8217; before becoming parents \u2013 which includes going on vacation every month, having spontaneous date nights and weekend lie-ins.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Bowles, 31, and her 30-year-old husband, Logan, are currently child-free and in their &#8216;DINK era,&#8217; which stands for &#8216;dual income no kids.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina-based couple have been married for six years and also love working out together.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary, a content creator, and Logan, who works in private equity, can book time off at short notice to jet off on a break \u2013 and they go on holiday once a month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77176577-12688765-A_DINK_couple_is_ticking_off_their_bucket_list_before_having_kid-m-8_1698768740469.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A DINK couple is ticking off their &#8216;bucket list&#8217; before having kids &#8211; by going on holiday every month, having spontaneous date nights and weekend lie-ins<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176579-12688765-image-a-3_1698675670393.jpg\" height=\"789\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hillary Bowles, 31, and her 30-year-old husband, Logan, are currently child-free and in their &#8216;DINK era&#8217; \u2013 which stands for &#8216;dual income no kids&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176571-12688765-image-a-2_1698675662582.jpg\" height=\"787\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina-based couple have been married for six years and also love working out together<\/p>\n<p>They believe enjoying their current lifestyle will make them &#8216;better parents&#8217; in the future and they&#8217;ll have &#8216;no regrets&#8217; when they decide to start a family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re carefree and young and don&#8217;t have the responsibilities,&#8217; Hillary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are in our DINK era. I think it is going to make us better parents \u2013 as we&#8217;ll have no regrets.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hillary and Logan met while at college, aged 20, and tied the knot in July 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Despite feeling a pressure to have children straight away, they decided they wanted to wait and continue to enjoy a &#8216;carefree&#8217; lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Eventually we know we want children but we want to enjoy our marriage together first,&#8217; Hillary explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We don&#8217;t give in to the pressure of having kids.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Since the second we got married we get the question every day, &#8220;When are you having kids? Are you done travelling yet?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176575-12688765-image-a-4_1698675675756.jpg\" height=\"788\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hillary, a content creator, and Logan, who works in private equity, can book time off at short notice to jet off on a break \u2013 and they go on holiday once a month<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176557-12688765-image-a-9_1698675745648.jpg\" height=\"785\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re carefree and young and don&#8217;t have the responsibilities we are in our DINK era. I think it is going to make us better parents &#8211; as we&#8217;ll have no regrets,&#8217; Hillary said<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77176565-12688765-Despite_feeling_a_pressure_to_have_children_straight_away_they_d-m-10_1698768928976.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite feeling a pressure to have children straight away they decided they wanted to wait and continue to enjoy a &#8216;carefree&#8217; lifestyle<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have friends who have struggled with infertility \u2013 I don&#8217;t like that question.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The pair have always loved travelling together and have a bucket list of destinations they want to cross off before they have kids \u2013 including Australia.<\/p>\n<p>They have already ticked off 20 countries &#8211; such as a safari in South Africa, Costa Rica and the Amalfi coast in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s very spontaneous. Typically we go away once a month,&#8217; Hillary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In summer it is back to back. We have a bucket list before we have kids &#8211; we&#8217;re getting to the end.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hillary and Logan are lucky their jobs allow them to be flexible with time off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have no priorities \u2013 we do whatever we want,&#8217; Hillary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have lots of date nights. We like to workout.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On a typical weekend, if they are not travelling the couple love to spend time together at home and will enjoy lie-ins.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176561-12688765-image-a-5_1698675691296.jpg\" height=\"794\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>They have already ticked off 20 countries &#8211; such as a safari in South Africa, Costa Rica and the Amalfi coast in Italy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/17\/77184223-12688765-Hillary_said_she_didn_t_like_people_asked_the_question_When_are_-m-32_1698686268496.jpg\" height=\"948\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hillary said she didn&#8217;t like people asked the question, &#8216;When are you having kids?&#8217; as some of her friends had struggled with fertility<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77176563-12688765-_It_s_very_spontaneous_Typically_we_go_away_once_a_month_In_summ-m-9_1698768757802.jpg\" height=\"465\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s very spontaneous. Typically we go away once a month. In summer it is back to back. We have a bucket list before we have kids \u2013 we&#8217;re getting to the end,&#8217; Hillary said<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176569-12688765-image-a-6_1698675698341.jpg\" height=\"788\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hillary and Logan are lucky their jobs allow them to be flexible with time off. &#8216;We have no priorities \u2013 we do whatever we want,&#8217; Hillary said<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Typically we&#8217;ll go on the boat, go for dinner, have a drink and chill with the dogs,&#8217; Hillary said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As we get older we&#8217;re getting closer [to kids], but we don&#8217;t want to put a timetable on it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We met so young \u2013 we got to grow up and experience all this together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s special. I think we have more time for each other \u2013 we focus on each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We just love our life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The pair do see children in their future when they feel ready, but don&#8217;t want to give up their travelling lifestyle just yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The biggest thing is the travel \u2013 the spontaneity of it all,&#8217; Hillary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know that it is going to come to an end. We want to keep our marriage a priority.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have really built the foundation. I know he&#8217;ll be the best dad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77176573-12688765-_We_met_so_young_we_got_to_grow_up_and_experience_all_this_toget-a-7_1698767082616.jpg\" height=\"786\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We met so young \u2013 we got to grow up and experience all this together. It&#8217;s special. I think we have more time for each other \u2013 we focus on each other. We just love our life,&#8217; Hillary said<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176567-12688765-image-a-11_1698675796877.jpg\" height=\"787\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think a lot of people rush into having kids as soon as they&#8217;re married but for us, we got married very young so we made the decision early on to not force kids right away,&#8217; Logan said<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176555-12688765-image-a-8_1698675716707.jpg\" height=\"789\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It will definitely make us better parents because we will have no regrets or &#8220;what ifs&#8221; because we got to experience all of this together first,&#8217; Logan said<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/17\/77178195-12688765-image-a-34_1698686295656.jpg\" height=\"788\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The couple said they felt &#8216;so blessed to see so many beautiful places around the world&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Some people want kids right away. Not everybody feels the same way.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I love that we can get up and go whenever we want without thinking twice,&#8217; Logan added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think a lot of people rush into having kids as soon as they&#8217;re married but for us, we got married very young so we made the decision early on to not force kids right away and do the things we wanted to do together first.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve been so blessed to see so many beautiful places around the world and, while we plan to continue to do this when we do have kids, it won&#8217;t be as simple as it is now to get up and go.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It will definitely make us better parents because we will have no regrets or &#8220;what ifs&#8221; because we got to experience all of this together first.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12688765\/DINK-couple-proudly-LAVISH-child-free-lifestyle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child-free &#8216;DINK&#8217; 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