Merle Bombardieri
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3 Jul
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And so what's really important is that the couple listen to each other.
They describe what they are envisioning of the life, why they think their partner would enjoy it, and they really listen to their partner's desire.
And when they do that and they get more information about good things about child-free, good things about parenting that they didn't know, sometimes they're able to come back
to the center.
So if one person wants to be child-free and they're a four, and the other person wants a child but they're an eight,
They have the capacity in listening to each other and figuring out what would be the best life for them as a couple to decide to be child-free or to have a child.
Okay.
Well, one thing I'm going to discuss is, okay, name some countries you want to go to.
Let's talk about how we could go to them and start a family in three years.
Another compromise is I want three kids, you want zero.
If we really talk about this, could you imagine that one child might work?
There are a lot of people who are ambivalent.
They're aware of what they're giving up by even winning their choice, and they're aware of things that they would enjoy with their partner's choice.
The one thing that I feel very strongly about is if someone is certain that they want to be child-free, they should never have a child to please their partner.
That just does not work out.
Whether it's going to be divorce or an unhappy family, it is just too much of a struggle.
A lot of times people will decide, I love my partner.
I do not want to give my partner up.
Even though I would prefer the other life, I see enough attractions to their life that I'm going to say yes.
And one thing that's really important if you are going to agree to your partner's choice is you need to know that they have bent over backwards to figure out a way that it could work.
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