If You’re On The Fence, Don’t Have Kids ft. Lindsay Silberman

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Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.2 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, I sit down with Lindsay Silberman, founder of Hotel Lobby Candle. We discuss why she and her husband broke up for three years, their decision not to have kids, the process of freezing eggs, how to not feel left out when all your friends have children, dealing with society's judgment, and tips for dating when you don’t want kids.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:06.5	Hey guys, welcome back to We Menorakmi. I'm so excited for today's episode with Lindsay
0:11.6	Silberman. She has this awesome company Hotel Lobby Candle and she just has a really interesting story.
0:19.3	Her and her husband are married for a little six or seven years now and have decided not to have kids
0:28.8	and I just feel like this perspective is not heard often and it's often like silence like,
0:34.8	oh, you can't go against society and not have kids and as someone who personally does want kids,
0:41.6	I think that it was really interesting to hear the other side of it. I still want kids but I'm intrigued
0:49.8	by Lindsay's perspective and I'm really excited for you to hear it before we get into that.
0:55.5	I'll give you a little life update over here. So about a week ago, so by the time this comes out
1:03.0	two weeks ago, Steven, he herniated a disc and I'm sure you're listening being like, oh my god,
1:12.0	that happened to my dad, that happened to my cousin and it is pretty common but the way that
1:19.8	it happened for him is really bad, potentially needing surgery bad and Steven, when he has a cold
1:28.6	he'll play into it most boys do but he never plays into being in pain ever. So I knew something
1:39.5	was really wrong and I was really concerned. Luckily he went to Mount Sinai, he went to go see
1:49.6	a doctor there and he got an MRI. By the way, I didn't even realize how awful MRIs are. I thought
2:00.0	I had had one. I'm still convinced that I've had one at one point in my life but they are not fun
2:05.6	and like his MRI, he had to do some like, like some die, like put some die in his body and like
2:14.4	throw an IV and it's just like a situation. So if you have to get MRIs regularly or if you've
2:19.9	got an MRI, I feel for you and he went to get this MRI, he got this, you know, he got the MRI and
2:27.1	he has a really badly herniated disc like in his lower back and so he has basically been incapacitated,
2:36.6	like has not been able to move. And so I was like, okay, maybe like, you know, if we go out to
2:43.3	my parents house, like we can just relax and like he doesn't have to move and so I drove us usually
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