Life Lessons from Dear Dolly by Dolly Alderton
8 Life Lessons I Picked Up From Dolly Alderton's New Book, "Dear Dolly"
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Every woman gets to a certain age where they start to seriously think about about whether they'd like to have children or not, either soon or in the future. Whether this via sex or through alternatives like adoption or freezing eggs, motherhood or the decision not to have children is a choice that some of us feel slipping away from us as we get older. And a lot of the time this internal quandary coincides with the exact moment when many of our friends start having babies.
Just because something hasn't happened for you should not equate to you feeling resentful to others who have had or are expecting children. Instead, continue to support and love them, even if they have what you so desperately want. I would compare it to the way that I don't feel jealous or resentful when my friend treated herself to a beautiful new handbag that I could never possibly afford, or when a friend moved into their first home, while I was still living with my parents. We all have our own timelines and priorities and supporting one another while we attempt to accomplish them is vital.