Carolyn Hax: Wife is sad they’re waiting to start a family. How to cheer her up?
| A letter-writer's wife is "visibly very sad and disappointed" about their decision to wait to start a family. How to make her feel better? |
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| | | |  |  | | Advice to help you tackle life's problems. | | | | | | | A reminder that this great deal is ending soon: Subscribe to The Washington Post for just $0.99 every four weeks.  (Nick Galifianakis for The Post) | Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My wife and I were thinking of starting a family this year, but now for various reasons we agree that it's not the right time. I am completely happy to wait until next year or even the year after. I do not feel any particular rush. But she is visibly very sad and disappointed by our decision to wait. I hate seeing her this way. Can you suggest any ways to help make this waiting period a happier time for us both, or redirect some of her maternal feelings in a productive way? A pet would be the obvious choice, but we are both allergic. — Maryland | | | | | | | Want more?Carolyn's been writing her advice column for two decades. Explore the archives below. | | | | | | | | | |
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