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[quote=Anonymous]This has been said to me more than a few times - by most of the child-free couples I know at some point or another. (I'm a single mom who had an unexpected baby at 36, and have been very open about my "story" so people are very open with me about theirs.) Typically I'll say something like, "What a shame - I'm sorry to hear that." Sometimes that's all I have to say and we change the subject. Other times, depending on the person, we'll talk about the bright sides of travel and freedom and career without kids. But I would let them initiate that. And occasionally I will tell some of the "3-year-olds are from hell" stories, but again, that's on a case-by-case basis. (single women who wanted kids but never married often like to hear the horror stories.)[/quote]
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