Adapted from an online discussion.

Dear Carolyn: Without getting too far into the weeds of recent news events, I have to say that as a single 36-year-old who wants to be a mom someday, I am feeling increasingly hopeless. I went on a few dates with a new person recently, and by the end of the second date, I found myself having to explain to him that the reason I’m not married with kids yet is that I hung around too long in my first postcollege relationship and lost those years. Who wants to view or describe themselves that way?

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