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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just skimmed the article. First off if you took the scowl off her face girlfriend[b] has aged quite well. With a smile she'd look like she was in her mid 30s, maybe even early 30s. [/b]
Second, I think there is some research suggesting women in general are more prone to depression. I strongly suspect for every depressed and full of regret single person without kids are there are depressed and full of regret married moms working outside the home, inside the home, on top of the home (roofer;)?)whatever. We all get a case of grass is greener syndrome. Facebook and Instagram wouldn't make people sad if it wasn't human nature to constantly compare.

I think people also get lost in delusional thinking about what it is to have kids. There probably are people out there with easy kids, but nobody gets a guarantee. One of my kids, who has SN, was VERY challenging for quite a while. I don't post on facebook, but when I send out Christmas cards I like to have the happy carefree photo. Somebody might look at the photo and think all is easy breezy and happy, happy. I don't think they would see the humor in a photo that was more real.

That said, I think it is a fact that on average those without children who never married look younger. I don't think one can assume they aren't stressed. Maybe being able to catch up on sleep and do other things to take care of yourself makes the stress have less of an impact. [/quote]

Disagree. She looks her age, and not a day younger.

But that's not the point, I tend to believe that very few childless women made this choice deliberately (as in, I have everything I need to become a mother, emotionally, financially, health-wise, etc., but I refuse to, on principle). For the overwhelming majority, it was exactly like Helen Mirren said, you expect things to fall into place somehow, but they don't.[/quote]

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