The Conundrum
Hot and Bothered
Not Sorry Productions
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🗓️ 27 August 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
It’s no secret Olivia and Molly would love to have a baby. Vanessa thinks she might want a baby, but isn’t so sure.
This week on Hot & Bothered, we explore the trope of “Secret Baby.” Olivia and Molly have been patiently hoping and working to bring a baby into their life. In the meantime, they craft their own vicarious happy ending, baby and all. Vanessa considers her ambivalence about having a baby, and invites a chorus of loved ones to weigh the pros and cons of her bringing a child into the world.
Additionally, we get our next writing assignment from #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Bridgerton series, Julia Quinn.
Next week: More love advice and a conversation with one of Vanessa’s favorite novelists, romance superstar Beverly Jenkins.
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| 0:00.0 | Spoke Media. Not Sorry Productions. |
| 0:07.0 | I have an assent, it's Matt. I am in Iceland and believe it or not you are still making me do your emotional labor. |
| 0:18.0 | I have three kids and I think you should be a mom. I know there are complications and I know there are sound reasons not to bring a child into this world. |
| 0:27.0 | But I believe that ordinary acts of love are what this whole sad, sweet, fleeting, lovely life are really all about. |
| 0:34.6 | And you can have those moments with anybody of course, but with your own child your days |
| 0:40.0 | would be just packed and that your is specific. |
| 0:43.6 | You'd pack them. |
| 0:45.0 | You would be a great mom. |
| 0:47.0 | Your kids would bring joy and justice to this world, |
| 0:49.7 | and those are the kind of kids this world needs. Okay, I'm going back to my vacation. See you |
| 0:55.0 | later this month. Bye. |
| 0:57.8 | Sheila Huddy in her memoir Motherhood wrote, Whether I want kids is a secret I keep for myself. |
| 1:05.0 | It is the greatest secret I keep for myself. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm Vanessa Zoltan, and this is hot and bothered. I asked my friend Olivia if she wanted to be part of hot and bothered. |
| 1:20.0 | I asked my friend Olivia if she wanted to be part of Hot and |
| 1:23.2 | bothered. I suspected she would say no because she was particularly busy in this |
| 1:27.6 | moment of her life in the middle of a move, a job search, utter chaos. |
| 1:31.8 | So I was honored when she said yes. I asked what |
| 1:35.5 | trope she wanted to do and she said secret baby without hesitating. The |
| 1:41.4 | secret baby trope is usually a story of a couple who gets pregnant accidentally and out of wedlock. |
| 1:48.0 | Often the man doesn't know about the baby for a while. |
| 1:51.0 | There's confusion about paternity, hurt feelings, and misunderstandings abound. |
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