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Sarah Le Marquand

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127 total appearances

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

There's so much assumption and judgment implied in that.

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

But apart from that, even if you do know somebody might be wanting to have a family, there's

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

Is there anything less helpful than saying better get cracking on or get a move on or time's a ticking?

Something To Talk About
The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

I mean, all that does is just make the person feel worse about themselves and compound the anxiety.

Something To Talk About
The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

A hundred percent.

Something To Talk About
The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

I had a similar experience where I was recovering from a couple of miscarriages when my husband and I were starting a family.

Something To Talk About
The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

And somebody said to me, when are you going to have kids?

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

And I just remember thinking, because I didn't know them well enough to tell them.

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

And that was a real learning for me.

Something To Talk About
The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

You don't know what someone's going through.

Something To Talk About
The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

And it might be in your case, it could be really, really fresh.

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

Your mum is 101 and, as you were saying, your youngest child, your daughter Tallulah, is 17.

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

Can I ask you what is the easiest thing about that sandwich generation and what is the most difficult thing?

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

Oh, my God.

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

So that's, yeah.

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

That's amazing.

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

So it's like the tapestry of all these generations and everything that's happened in the culture right up to and including TikTok dancers.

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

Yes.

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The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

Right in front of you between your mother and your daughter.

Something To Talk About
The hidden benefits of peaking later in life

That brings me to my next question.