I have never wanted children – and don’t think I will change my mind

My partner, however, always assumed that one day he would be a dad

I didn't become a childfree woman. I was born childfree, much like everyone else, then I simply stayed that way. There was no need to go through a future-mother phase to know that in my home there would be no chirpy children's laughter or tippety-tap of bare toddler feet.

Poor David then, my partner. He most definitely was in his future-father phase when we met, aged 20, 21.

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