Childless by Marriage blog

In Conclusion: My Childless by Marriage Commencement Address

Well, my friends, this is the last post. As far as I know. If I get itchy to write something new, I will. For now, Childless by Marriage is changing focus, not going away. This is still the only space that is all about being childless because your partner can’t or won’t have babies with…

Your Childless by Marriage Survival Guide

Survival guide? I can hear the naysayers now. “What’s so hard about not having children? You’ve got nothing to worry about but yourself.” Wrong! In a world where most people become parents, those of us who don’t procreate face a few special challenges, including feeling shut out by your friends with kids, getting dumped on…

The Birth at the End of The Novel Made Me Cry

. . . and not because I never had my own The novel I just finished ended with the birth of a baby.  Of course it did. In this type of feel-good fiction, even the people who think they can’t have children end up having them, and everyone is delighted. Just as people fall in…