“At that time, it was difficult for women to have careers and families, and I knew I could not handle it all.”
My childfree journey has been long and complicated.
I never thought much about having children. I assumed it would happen at some point but I was a bit concerned because I never believed I had the mental capacity to bring up children in a positive environment.
I was more concerned about supporting myself, making a living, and surviving. I was a dancer and choreographer, and eventually went on to receive my Ph.D. While doing all this, children were not in the picture. At that time, it was difficult for women to have careers and families, and I knew I could not handle it all.
I did get pregnant when I was married to my first husband, before I went back to school, but I had a miscarriage. At the time, I was depressed, but when I look back now, I see that it turned out to make sense, in that it allowed me to care for myself and go on to a successful, engaging, and productive career as a professor.
I remarried and now have a lovely life. I am quite content. And now that I am retired, as a professor emerita, I am dancing again. I am loving life.
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