Helen Mirren confronts the final female taboo

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3. i love i had the opportunity to be a mother. and i was perfectly happy when i was not a mom.

i liked my life. i was older when i had kids. i had decided i wasnt going to have any, and that was good. but, i didnt feel any pressure, anywhere that was a role i had to do. i really did not have people bothering me about it.

i am from a family that is odd in that. my fathers mother had two sisters that never married or had kids. his mother was older when she had kids. my uncle in that family had four girls. only one has married and had one child. another uncle has four boys. only one had a child and they lived together and never married. another of my fathers brother married and had no kids.

on my moms side an uncle had four boys and only one has married and none of them have had kids. lol. her sister had two girls, one has not had kids.

just epic in our family and not unusual. more unusual to have kids. lol

i know women who are not maternal. they did a lot of damage not having that within, and choosing to have kids.

i do not know how much of an issue it is for women. i hear women complain about it. i totally respect any woman that chooses to not have kids. matters not to me. but, i didnt experience it.