Death, Sex & Money - Strictly, Entirely On The Fence About Having A Kid
Death, Sex & Money
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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
A self-described "fiery ball of ambition," Avery Trufelman of The Cut podcast wonders how she'll know whether or not she wants to have a kid.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, before we get to today's show, I want to say hello to you if you are new to death sex and money. |
| 0:06.6 | If you are looking for some episodes to dive in with, we've got a starter kit of some of our favorites at death sexmoney.org. |
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| 0:17.1 | And wherever you're listening right now, I hope you'll hit subscribe if you haven't already, so you never miss an episode. Next week, our episode is looking at living with chronic illness. I talk with former professional rock climber Mason Earle about his chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME-CFS, in a series of phone calls while he laid in bed. |
| 0:39.3 | When life is just sort of is going your way at every single turn, you start to think, |
| 0:46.5 | oh, gosh, you know, I'm in control here. And that's just not the case. |
| 0:57.3 | I can't wait to share this story with you next week. |
| 1:03.7 | Today's episode is a special one that we made along with our friends at The Cut Podcast from New York Magazine. |
| 1:04.5 | Enjoy. |
| 1:07.7 | Man, this feels like therapy. |
| 1:09.5 | I know. |
| 1:10.6 | How do we start? |
| 1:30.5 | But it's more complicated than therapy because it's unclear who's in charge. It's unclear who's the confessor and who's the question asker. Oh, I'm the question asker to you. You know what it's like to not have kids. I don't know what it's like to have kids. You are on the other side of a threshold that I don't know if I'll ever get to. I mean, I cannot imagine you would have questions for me. |
| 1:45.6 | In collaboration with The Cut from New York Magazine, this is death, sex, and money. The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more. |
| 1:47.2 | I'm Anna Sale. |
| 1:50.0 | And I'm Avery Truffleman, host of The Cut. |
| 2:03.3 | Why don't we just start Avery by like today when you think about the question about whether you want to become a parent, what comes up? |
| 2:07.8 | Yeah, so I'm about to turn 30. |
| 2:16.9 | And, like, ostensibly, yes, I don't have to play by anyone's rules. |
| 2:19.4 | I don't have to get married. I don't have to do the things that we've been told we have to do in our 30s. And yet, in this like crushing, embarrassing |
| 2:26.4 | concession to biological and hormonal differences, I am a cis woman and I am strictly, entirely on the fence about whether or not I want to have a kid. |
| 2:39.3 | And like, I kind of have to decide this decade. |
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