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[quote=Anonymous]Here is the short version:
  
I am 34, own my condo, have savings and investments, good six figure job, vacation 2x year, volunteer, have great friends, hobbies, so this isn't a matter of being bored or having no social circle. For the past year I just have this urge to have a child, to be a mother.  I enviously read these boards, recently spent way too much time  daydreaming while browsing the aisles in Buy, Buy, Baby for a baby shower gift, almost burst into tears at Dulles on Wednesday watching a family who was on their way to Disney. I've spent tons of time reading up on single women adopting and think it may be an option for me.   I feel like something is missing, nothing is really meaningful.

Unfortunately, I don't think marriage is in the cards for me.  First relationship lasted six years and he said he was ready to marry me once he graduated from business school. We even went to NYC to look for rings.  One month before graduation, his best friend fesses up to tell me he's been cheating.  Second serious relationship ended last year.  Almost similar story, I was working in NYC during the week for a client, we meet while working, dated and I feel hard for him. When the project was over there was talk of me moving to NYC, but then he confessed that there was a wife and kids living in CT (he lived in the city during the week). He was telling me because he planned on getting a divorce so we could be together, but it was a no go for me. Right now, I'm dating a guy who is a contractor, but really wants to be an artist.  Our days are numbered.

So DCUM, tell me why I shouldn't adopt.  What am I missing, what don't I know?  Burst my bubble...[/quote]

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