Did anyone lose hope of a family and husband in their thirties and have a happy ending to share?

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Feeling really low.

90 percent of people in my life are married with children. I really want a husband and family but as I enter early to mid thirties I feel like it won't happen.

Any happy stories to share?

I met DH at 41 (a mutual friend introduced us), then had DS at 46 - IVF with donor egg.
I had many years in my late 20s-30s, feeling left behind when friends were getting married and having kids so I know how you feel.
Don't give up hope, you never know what's around the corner x

Yes - me. Met DH at 34, married at 37 and now pregnant at 38 (lost a pregnancy at 14 weeks which was probably age related so not all plain sailing). Most of my friends bar two were married much earlier and have two to three children, so I was very much the odd one out. I had given up to be honest after my fair share of online dating and being set up, but then met DH at work. We were friends for six months before we got together which was lovely as we already knew each other when we started dating. My advice to you would be not to give up, but to try to enjoy every part of your single life too. Easier said than done I know.

thanks these are nice to read :)

I really struggled with this for a long time, it made me quite depressed.

I am now just turned 37, and am concentrating on making myself happy. I am sorting out my home, and doing classes that fulfil me. I meet friends and do things to expand my social circle, and I do the odd bit of internet dating. I have worked hard to look at myself and my self worth, so that if I don’t meet someone ‘in time’, then I will accept that somehow and make the most of my life in other ways.

I know that life can turn on a sixpence, and I don’t want these next few years to be spent feeling anxious about it. So try and fill it with what makes you happy. You are not alone in this anyway!