Childless by Marriage

In a society where parenting is expected, some of us do not have children because our partners are unable or unwilling to make babies. That's what this blog and my book, Childless by Marriage, are about. The book is available now in paperback and as a Kindle e-book. Here on this blog, let's talk about what it's really like.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Childless during Halloween and Hurricanes

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Dear friends, I was going to write about Halloween today and how seeing all those little kids in their costumes makes it harder to be...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Stepparenting: A Bummer and a Blessing

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In the Childfree community, there’s a lot of talk about how having children can mess up a marriage. Check out the new book Being Frui...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Stepchildren add stress to childless marriages

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In last Friday's post, I asked whether having stepchildren made you a mother. For me, it's part yes, part no. Fred's kids have b...
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Friday, October 19, 2012

Does having stepchildren make you a mother?

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I'm sharing an excerpt from my book today. In many cases, people who are childless by marriage find themselves becoming stepparents to t...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

New Book: Being Fruitful without Multiplying

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Do you call yourself childless or childfree? I just finished reading a book called Being Fruitful Without Multiplying , which is an antholog...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

Sounds like motherhood to me

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Once upon a time, what seems like a lifetime ago, but actually only 4 1/2 years, I had a husband with Alzheimer’s disease and two 7-wee...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Being childless around other people’s kids

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We may not have our own kids, but the world is full of other people’s children. Does it make you feel better or worse to be around them? ...
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Sue Fagalde Lick
South Beach, Oregon, United States
I'm a full-time writer/musician and dog mom. Lifelong Californians, my husband Fred and I moved to the Oregon Coast in 1996. I spent many years working on newspapers before moving to full-time freelancing. My books include Shoes Full of Sand, Stories Grandma Never Told: Portuguese Women in California, The Iberian Americans, Azorean Dreams, Freelancing for Newspapers, and Childless by Marriage. Info at http://www.suelick.com/Products.html. My most recent book is Childless by Marriage. You can read an excerpt at http://www.suelick.com/Childless-by-Marriage-Excerpt.html or find out more about childlessness at my resource page, www.suelick.com/Childless.html. Email me at sufalick@gmail.com.
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