Breaking Off an Engagement and Not Wanting Kids with Leena Norms

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Hannah Witton

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode, Hannah is joined by YouTuber and writer Leena Norms. Leena shares the story of how she ended her engagement, and why she now doesn’t want to get married. Leena also chats about how her Christianity affected her view of marriage, and her experience of stopping being Christian. Her and Hannah also talk about the legal ramifications of marriage, and how to have a wedding that doesn’t support the traditional, patriarchal meaning of marriage. Finally, they discuss their choices to have and to not have kids, and whether we can be environmentalists and still have children.

Leena: https://www.instagram.com/leenanorms/

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0:00.0	It's the summer of loving long days, warm nights and all things that sizzle.
0:05.4	Like M&S, best ever cherry wood smoked pork shoulder poshawks.
0:10.2	100% British beef smashed burgers.
0:13.4	And hot and smoky and doya king prawn skewers.
0:17.3	Stop it, Eminess.
0:18.8	You'll have to pry me away from the barbecue with a spatula.
0:22.7	This is not just food.
0:24.2	This is summer loving M&S food.
0:26.8	Subject to availability, Tis and C's Apply.
0:30.0	If it had been a relationship that didn't have an engagement label,
0:33.9	then I might have been much more like,
0:36.3	should I break up with my boyfriend?
0:37.9	Discuss, guys.
0:38.8	Yeah.
0:39.1	A boyfriend that you did live with though.
0:40.8	Yeah, yeah.
0:41.7	It does add another level, I think.
0:43.5	It's also to note that in that time between I started dating him
0:47.6	and we broke up for reals, I stopped being a Christian.
0:57.3	Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten, where we talk all things, sex, relationships, dating and our bodies.
1:08.6	Hello and welcome back to Doing It. This episode is with Lena Norms, who is another friend of mine.
1:17.7	Lena and I actually used to do a podcast together with another friend of ours, Lucy Moon, called Banging Book Club.
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