Me and my partner have been together 3 years. He has 2 kids, both late teens. I have none. We have spoken sporadically over the years that I might want kids and he always said he didn’t but we just were so happy otherwise we brushed it under the carpet. I’m 36 now so I’ve been thinking for the last few months that I can’t keep burying my head and I need to decide what I want. We were also talking about buying a house so I thought it would be best to have this conversation beforehand. So I told him I would settle for only having the one but that I would like the chance to be a mum (if possible). He told me he just won’t consider it. So now the only option is to split up, but we both still love each other, don’t want to split up, and anytime we broach splitting up we both get so upset & it doesn’t happen. Has anyone found themselves in this situation and what was the outcome? I worry I might not meet anyone else anyway but I know I will resent him if we stay together.