![]() ![]() Now, at 47, my body and my brain are at odds with one another. Sheepishly, eyes cast downward, she replies in her trademark stammer, "Oh, uh, I've always thought that I might, I just haven't gotten around to it yet." I remember watching that when I was that same age and thinking, "Same, Carrie. In this particular episode, 38-year-old Carrie is asked by her new boyfriend (The Russian) if she has ever thought about having children. After decades of watching too much SATC, my inner monologue is sometimes voiced by Carrie Bradshaw. ![]() Perhaps it's a bit flippant to invoke SATC when there are, of course, more serious arguments to consider involving the patriarchy, or feminism, or capitalism, but I can't help that my mind just flits there when the subject arises. Whenever the topic of childless people comes up in conversation, and I am asked - as I invariably am - why I don't have children, the auto-reply in my head is pulled directly from the vast archives of my brain where episodes of "Sex and the City" are stored. ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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