I have some various different reasons for disliking children. For one, as a woman, it pains me when women start talking about having kids as if it's the only thing they're good for. Trust me, there is nothing more awkward or annoying when, at 24, people ask me "Are you married? do you have kids?" and I say no because then I either get questions about why I don't or I get that look like "You're not getting any younger you know..."
Plus, I dread the thought of being pregnant. On top of the pain, discomfort, and general unpleasantries, people think that because you're pregnant you're a happy person who only wants to discuss babies and being a mom, because now that you ARE going to have a baby, that's all you're good for (That's not what I actually believe, it's just seems to be a prevading thought even in this day and age). Not to mention I'm a misanthrope to some extent and so the thought of people cooing over my baby belly, trying to touch it without permssion, and trying to tell me how to raise my child when I don't even know you, scares the ever loving hell out of me.
Then there's the actual child itself. Yes, they're cute and you love them and in the end it's worth it, but it comes with lots of hard work, sleepless nights, becoming extremely unselfish (which is something I am, selfish, not necessarily about money, but I like lots of time to be left alone to do what I like, with a baby/child that's difficult if not impossible to get), and the ability to do some AMAZINGLY disgusting things. At this point I have trouble cleaning the litter boxes, let alone opening up a diaper over 10 times a day. Not to mention they're LOUD! Not loud, LOUD! I'm a very quiet person, I don't like loud. Noise drives me crazy and I'd be worried I'd end up one of those mothers on the 9 o'clock news who "violently shook her baby to death!"
And finally, I...don't find kids all that cute. To me, they're cute for all of about...maybe an hour. And then I'm over it. They're just...annoying. They babble, they're disgusting, they have to be told repeatedly to do things, they break stuff, they have NO sense of personal space, and just lots of stuff I generally hate...and I get it, that's all part of being kids, they don't know this stuff, they're learning, and they have tiny attention spans, but I simply can't stand it. I tolerate it when visiting others and kids generally seem to love me, but the thought of waking up to that day after day for at LEAST 18 YEARS! makes me want to jump out of a window...from tapei 101...after it's been placed atop Mount Everest.