<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post1233824908748123106..comments</id><updated>2009-05-19T16:29:12.095-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Childless by Marriage: Always the daughter, never the mother</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://childlessbymarriage.blogspot.com/feeds/1233824908748123106/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953607740696523736/1233824908748123106/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://childlessbymarriage.blogspot.com/2009/05/always-daughter-never-mother.html'/><author><name>Suelick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14740379397806418651</uri><email>suelick@casco.net</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post-4389004217159696115</id><published>2009-05-19T04:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T04:52:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Sue, interesting blog.  I was married to a ma...</title><content type='html'>Dear Sue, interesting blog.  I was married to a man who didn't want children either.  In the end I chose to leave him and I could not make that sacrifice.  I used to feel very bitter about how he had enforced childlessness on me when I know I am very capable of having a child. (He had kids from a previous marriage and used to report on how they were changing and growing up, something that made me even more bitter). I am also 'the daughter' and 'younger sister' in the family who, at 37, as not grown up.  My mum adores my brother's kids and I feel as if I have failed by not having a child (yet - there is still hope, I hope).</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953607740696523736/1233824908748123106/comments/default/4389004217159696115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953607740696523736/1233824908748123106/comments/default/4389004217159696115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://childlessbymarriage.blogspot.com/2009/05/always-daughter-never-mother.html?showComment=1242733920000#c4389004217159696115' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://childlessbymarriage.blogspot.com/2009/05/always-daughter-never-mother.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post-1233824908748123106' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953607740696523736/posts/default/1233824908748123106' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>