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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's completely okay to be sad about it -- but you are only 39 and life isn't over yet.  If you really want kids, I would say have one on your own, but understand that it will likely put off the chances that you will also be married in the near future.  I hit 39 with the same choices, and while I really wanted a partner and a child, it wasn't on the cards at that moment in time, and I felt that if I held out for both 'in the proper order', the odds were good that I would end up with neither. So I had the child on my own, which was great, but it took me a long time to get over the anger of not having a partner -- raising a child alone is a slog, and it is lonely -- your child is not your companion. [/quote]

Whoa, , totally different experience here.  I too became a mom at 39 when I adopted  my daughter -- 14 months old. A slog?  I've  never had more fun; my daughter is now 11.  Because  I was hanging  out with other moms and meeting so many new people my dating life opened up exponentially. The cute part is that when someone fixed me up with their brother  or best friend's cousin or whoever, they would  always say  "Just say yes. I'll babysit for Susie for free." They really  wanted  me to meet the guy!   Some of the guys have been great, but I just wasn't convinced of marriage yet. I have fixed some of those guys up with friends of mine.  I  would say becoming a mom has been *the best* way for me to meet men. [/quote]

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