Category: Children
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I met Claire when I was 29. She was magnetic—funny, confident, a little chaotic. We dated for about seven months before she told me she was pregnant. We hadn’t planned it. We weren’t even solid yet. But something in me wanted to step up. Be the man. So I stayed. Nine months later, Emma was…
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I’m a 34-year-old woman, and I’ve been telling people for over a decade that I can’t have children. My closest friends know this. My extended family believes it. Even some past partners have heard this from me. But it’s not true. The truth is: I don’t want children. I’ve never wanted them. Not once in…