Transcript
0:00 I didn't want kids. I wanted a family. And so, I wasn't one of those women that was like, I'm just gonna have a baby without a man because I just want to be a mother. I had I wanted a family. I wanted a husband. I wanted to have that shared partnership. Now, that being said, having had one kid, I would have five if I could if I was younger. And maybe if I had frozen some eggs and had some more opportunity, I would have tried to have a few more. Um, but that wasn't the way it worked out. And I'm grateful that I even got the blessing and opportunity of having one. I often see young couples or even couples in their 30s and they're it's like, "Do you have kids?" Because I'll do I do standup, so I'll be I talk to the audience and they're like, "Oh, no, but we're" I'm like, "Just do it. You're never going to be ready." Here's the thing. You're never going to be ready. I was not ready at 43 years old.
Summary
- The speaker wanted a family with a partner, not just children.
- After having one child, they would have liked to have more if circumstances allowed.
- They express gratitude for the opportunity to be a parent.
- The speaker encourages young couples to have children, stating that they will never feel fully ready.
- They share their personal experience of feeling unprepared for parenthood at 43.