Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so we’re diving into the Dear Prudence archives to share classic letters with our readers. Submit your own questions to Prudie here .

Dear Prudence,

My husband and I married somewhat later in life and agreed that we would not take extraordinary measures to have kids if it came down to it. Well, turns out we would need them. Aside from being in the “geriatric” pregnancy age range, I’d need extensive tests and procedures and likely many rounds of IVF to get even close. And it would still be medically dangerous in some ways. So, having shared this with him, I made a kind of sad peace with it a year or so ago. I’ll be OK if it’s just us and the pets, and I’m open to adoption. Tonight after his regular therapy session, though, h

See Full Page