“I can’t physically have children, and we didn’t find this out until we tried having kids. I always wanted a family and took for granted that I would be able to start one as soon as I was ready. And if anyone wanted a family of their own more than me, it was my wife. We talked about adoption, donors, all of those things, but for her reasons, my ex-wife didn’t want that. This put too much of a strain on our relationship, and I asked for a divorce one morning during breakfast before I headed off for work. She wanted to have children with her partner, and I wasn’t the partner for that. I used to have this fear that I would contract a chronic STD that I’d have to tell women about early on in a potential relationship, but instead I have to tell them that I’m sterile. And when you’re in your late thirties, that can be a deal-breaker.” —Zach L.
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