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@person721 Thanks. That’s a good point. I would definitely never want kids to feel unwanted. I’m kind of worried my husband is just scared and might be deciding against something that he would actually enjoy out of fear but maybe I’m just telling myself that because I want him to come around...

@demothro Thank you so much for the kind words. I am trying to better articulate why I want kids and what I’m looking forward to, because I do share his concerns about how kids would fit into our already busy lives, but I’ve just always wanted kids and have never really tried to explain why...

Thanks for the sympathy and advice everyone. It helps. And while I wish no one had to go through this it helps me feel less alone to hear the similar stories you shared.

@shibolet Yeah, I’m hoping freezing my eggs will at least help with my anxiety about the situation. But I’m still basically out of time if I want any chance of finding a different partner.

@magembe I think it was going back to working full time after doing some consulting during the pandemic which was often less than full time. Also getting older, he’s 10 years older than me and even I’m noticing that I have less energy than I used to. I do have a tendency to worry about the...

@nzgrills Congrats! That’s great news! I am definitely still a little hopeful. My husband started a new job a few months ago after working for himself (not always full time) during the pandemic. Having time for himself on top of a full time job and managing all the day to day tasks in life seem...

@joebo Thank you! This helps. I agree, generally I am very supportive of people not having kids and it’s great that is accepted now. I do regret not having more detailed conversations about it before we got married. Though age and energy levels is a factor and I think he did genuinely feel...

@emma43 Yeah I have to think about that. I’ve always wanted kids even since I was a kid myself. I love kids and used to babysit a lot in high school, was a camp counselor etc. However it probably is worth reflecting on that a bit more since I’ve never actually questioned whether or not I want...

I’ve been waiting to try for 6 years now and we were together for 8 years before that. My husband always said he wanted kids and we’d had discussions years ago about me starting to take prenatal vitamins which I took to mean he was close to ready. 6 months ago or so he finally seemed ready and...