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Scenario

How to handle family pressure when dealing with private struggles

My mom keeps asking when we're going to have kids and my wife and I have been trying for two years with no success but we haven't told anyone in either family. Every family gathering becomes this minefield of well-meaning questions and assumptions and we're both exhausted from pretending everything is fine.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A couple is carrying a hidden grief while their families unknowingly add pressure through expectations and questions.

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Rabia
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