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It was a Sunday morning in 2014. I’d arrived home from breakfast to find a newspaper article positioned conspicuously on the coffee table. “Women over 35 should stop being so fussy,” read the headline, followed by some observations by a male fertility specialist. I smiled sarcastically and thanked my mother for cutting it out.
Inside, my chest roared with anger. How could a male fertility doctor know what it’s like to be a single woman in Sydney? I was 36 years old and had been dating non-stop for 2½ years. RSVP, eHarmony and Tinder – I’d just clocked date number 100. Was I being too fussy?
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