The Childless Couple - Joan C Bogdanchik - September 1984

Joan C Bogdanchik

It was expected. They knew it was coming. It happened nearly every time they met new people, or those they hadn't seen in a while: "Do you have any children?" they are queried. To most couples here is the golden opportunity to open their wallets to their children's photos and pleasurably show the interested inquirer their offspring. But in anticipation of this question nearly one out of every six couples in the United States (one out of 10 in Britain) brace themselves emotionally. Twinges of pain are felt. Their disappointment of being childless is relived anew. Other reminders of what is considered their failure are everywhere: a friend's announcing she's pregnant, an invitation to a baby shower, a diaper (nappies) commercial on television. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library