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Kelly McCarren Never Thought Motherhood Would Be Like This

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Did You Feel Like There Was Room for You to Be Disappointed?

i didn't realize that it was a thing until i spoke about it and said, i'm actually so disappointed that i'm having a boy. And my dms just blew up with women saying, thank you. I thought i was a widow for having gendered disappointment. So many women have an idea of what they want - even if they don't admit it,. Even if they are sort of talking to me in theyr damsel like i did really want a girl or a dbo., but i didn't realize  it was a thing. Up unto that point, i'd never really seen people talk about it. There's a real sense that you can't talk about it

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