Life stories

Can You Imagine Happy Life Of Not Having Children?

Not having children can be a quiet sadness that is always there in the background. Because it is so much bigger than becoming or being a mother. It hits in different phases of life.

When your friends have children, or grandchildren, when their children graduate or get married, or when your own mother dies. These are the moments when you can feel isolated and lonely.

Childlessness might be more or less accepted in Western cultures, but in a lot of countries it is not and in some, it is still a taboo. What is the impact of (unwanted) childlessness while living abroad?

I live in California and always envisioned my life with children. Due to a series of unpredictable events, this never happened. This is my story.

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