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Thank you Lucy, well said. I totally agree that nobody should feel pressure to have kids. If you meet the right person at the right time and you have kids that's great; if this doesn't happen you can still have a great life.

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Absolutely agree!

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Thank you Lucy this is well written and powerful. I did have a child but not until i was 43 so i really experienced all this.

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"Grandparents" ' encouragement is the worst. Especially when it's the male partner's parents butting in without realising the challenges for the female counterpart (health/finance/career/ideology/whatever they might be)

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