By When Alex found out her boyfriend was cheating on her, she was relieved. He had stipulated to her early in their relationship that if she wanted to be with him children were a must some day.
Alex was so in love at the time that she accepted, though she had already made the decision that ...ever. “I started feeling awful, oppressed, imprisoned,” Alex tells me.
When she found out about the other woman, Alex says she felt free of the obligation to have a family. A year later, she had a tubal ligation—i.e., she got her tubes tied. “I never felt so good about a decision.” Alex started dating after that relationship ended, but admits it hasn't been easy to find a life partner aligned with her goals for the future.
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