Female home owners report feeling stuck between men’s contradictory expectations – they are told to be independent, but not assume the breadwinner role
When Tiffany Tate put the wheels in motion to buy her first home, it felt like a win – until a date’s response stopped her cold.
“If you buy that house, what’s a guy going to do for you?” he said. It was just after their first date, and just before what would be their last.
Continue reading...When Leah and I planned a family, we wanted to be as mutual as possible. Could reciprocal IVF – Leah carrying an embryo made from my egg – be the way forward?
Late last year, it became my friend’s favourite party trick. “Rosa’s going to have a baby next week,” she’d say to a group of people who didn’t know me. I’d watch their faces as they tried to inconspicuously scan my body, detecting no sign of a bump. “Congratulations!” they’d say, smiles tight, clearly wondering what other delusions I might have up my sleeve.
I was, however, about to have a baby. At daybreak on a warm October day, our beautiful, 6lb 10oz, 19.5in‑long baby girl was born; skin pink and taut, scream wet and bright. I held my wife’s hand and head as our daughter emerged from her body – a daughter who had initially come from me.
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