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I'm 31. 34. And how long have you been married? Eight years. Any little kidlets? No.

Okay. Are you planning on having kidlets or is that just a no? We've been talking about it recently.

Okay, and when you first married, what was the notion each one of you had about kidlets? Just

asking. We wanted to have children. Yes. Okay, then. What can I do for you?

We're calling because we would like help talking through this decision about staying married.

Oh, we're talking about having kids at the same time. We're talking about getting a divorce.

Well, talking about kids more seriously made me question the whole marriage. And how did it do that?

Because in the last few years, we've gone through some very challenging experiences.

You want to tell me what challenging experiences look like in person?

Yes. So Adam is in the military and on one of his deployment three years ago, he had an affair.

And and then in the last year or two, he's the last two years, he has lied about finances

and going into debt for his hobby.

Makes total sense that you would not want to have kids under these situations. Yeah, I understand that.

Makes sense. Do you understand how that makes sense, Adam? If she has a kid, she becomes very

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