He shocked me by saying he doesn’t want to bring anyone into a world that is getting worse. I love him, but my chance to be a mother is slipping away
I have been with my boyfriend for seven years and we are both 35. We’ve had great times together working abroad, but one of the things that attracted me to him initially (and made me want us to move back to the UK together, post-Brexit) was that he was so open to having kids. He really loves his sister’s children and he’s so good with them. He’d make a great dad.
Neither of us earn a huge amount and the cost of living has hit us hard. We’ve also been in and out of jobs. I have been too busy to think about having a family, but time has crept up on me. When I asked recently whether he still wanted kids, he shocked me by saying we couldn’t afford them, plus he doesn’t want to bring kids into a world that seems to be getting worse, financially and politically.
