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I recently went to a birthday party for an old family friend. I didn’t know many people there and only went out of a sense of obligation. Normally I don’t mind parties like this. I’ll happily have a couple of glasses of bubbles and make small talk and have a few laughs. Then again, I tend not to accessorise my party outfit with a screaming child. My daughter Violet screamed from the moment we walked...
'A baby will make your relationship worse; a child will never improve your marriage' a mother friend told me recently. Her statement was quickly followed by vigorous nods of agreement by the other mothers at the table. What happened to a baby bringing a couple closer together? I’ve watched The Bold and the Beautiful and seen those women have babies to save their marriages. Sure, they’ve all married,...
‘Just relax, stop trying and just let it happen’. I was at the hairdresser and straining to overhear the best relationship and fertility advice that a set of extensions can buy. As best I could make out, the client wanted a baby but only seemed to date men who were in no position, or had no desire, to become fathers. The hairdresser was telling a story about a friend of hers who finally managed...
‘I’d like to send a hilarious YouTube clip to a friend but I’m worried she’ll think I’m a smug mother,’ says my friend Jennifer. Under normal circumstances Jennifer’s friend would appreciate the humour and cuteness of a baby playing with a Labrador puppy. But these are not normal circumstances. Jennifer’s friend is trying to conceive. I can sympathise. When I was trying to have a baby, and facing...
