Erin Holland

One, I wasn't ready to until about five years ago.

And then it took five years to even get to this point.

So the guilt that I felt about holding him back from his dream as well, given he was so maternal, paternal, whatever the word is, it's something that he's really wanted for a really long time.

It's nice to finally feel the weight of that expectation I put on my own shoulders alleviate a little bit.

And I know he's going to be a fantastic parent and a really hands-on parent.

And so he should be because it's half his child.

But that does give me a little...

bit of clarity and support and a weight off my shoulders to feel that all this expectation is not just expected to fall on my shoulders, that he is going to be there to support and absolutely be as involved as all parents should be in their child's life.

And prioritizing having a good, healthy working relationship so that you can be the best possible parent as well, I think is really important.

And having communication.

And he is someone who is a very quiet, pragmatic, very level-headed kind of guy.

And I'm

you know, maybe medically I can say for the last five years, but no, generally genetically, I'm a very emotional, up and down, passionate performer.

It's a musical theatre thing.

It's a musical theatre thing.

And we're very much yin and yang in that way, but communication is absolutely everything.

And I think that's how we've managed to do a long distance relationship for the last 11 years, COVID excluded of when we had to live together for a couple of years.

But I do think that communication is absolutely everything.

And

how you are with each other reflects upon any children you bring into the world as well.