WHY I LOVE BEING CHILDFREE

Tired of being told she'll change her mind, Caroline Magennis, 43, shares the joy of living life without kids

- ASHLEIGH PAGE

Tears streamed down my face with laughter as the woman next to me recounted a disastrous story involving a bikini-top mishap.

Catching the eye of the gentleman sitting across from me, I tensed. It was 2015 and a dinner party with strangers was a dangerous place for a woman in her mid-30s and I could practically see his mind whirring with the strain of trying to 'figure' me out. 'Do you want children?' he finally blurted. A question I'd known was on the cards the second I sat down.

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