This story was published online in the Femail on 21st September

As a woman, one of the first questions people ask me you is ‘do you have children?’

When I say I wasn’t able to, some jokingly say, ‘do you want one of mine?’

They’ll make a quip about how they bet I have a lovely, tidy home and how lucky I am to be able to go on holiday during term-time when it’s quiet.

Then there are the more bullish. I’m constantly amazed at people who just leap in and declare ‘you should adopt!’ – as if that thought might not have occurred to me.

One woman, who I’m sure intended to be comforting, patted my hand and told me that ‘God must have other plans for you’.

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