Merle Bombardieri
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191 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3 Jul
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Like saying, you know, more years of travel or, you know, I really need my
you know, once a year with my college roommates going off for a week to backpack or whatever.
And asking, what could I do to make this choice more attractive to you?
You know, you're 40 and it was 20 when you said, of course, I'll be a parent or of course, I'll be child-free.
People change, people have a right to change their minds.
And one can feel very betrayed and one can understand the betrayal.
But a part of life and a part of all the people you love, not just your partner, is understanding that they, like you, can have new needs, new desires, new things they wanna try or experience.
And that what made perfect sense to them at 20 is different now.
An important thing is having a support system.
You don't want to do it all on your own.
Who do you call in the middle of the night if you're trying to decide whether to go to the hospital?
Who's going to be patting your tummy when you're eight months pregnant?
And one thing that's really interesting about single mothers by choice is we have a stereotype that single mothers are miserable.
But if you have a happy life as an individual and you actively choose to add a baby to your life, again, you make an active decision.
You're in control and it can be quite wonderful.
Another thing that's really interesting about single motherhood is that when you're a single mother or a single father, everybody knows you need help.
They know you can't do it all.
So they'll offer to drive you to the grocery store or stay with your child while you do something else.
They know to reach out to you.
So there's a lot of great things happening with single people becoming parents.
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