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Three years ago, The Real talk show host Jeannie Mai made a very personal revelation on air about an issue in her marriage many can relate to: her husband suddenly wants kids and she never saw herself as a mother.
At the time, she shared:
“My husband and I have been married for seven years and when we got married at first, we didn’t want kids. Seven years later now, I see it in him. I see when children are around, I can feel it inside me of what people say that it just hits you. I don’t feel it but I see it in him. It really does suck…I”m praying about this because it’s a hard one.”
The couple had begun counseling to work through the issue, but it seems the pair is still at a standstill today. On Tuesday’s episode of the FOX talk show, Jeannie shed tears over the dilemma that she admits could potentially end her marriage.
The topic actually came up again in a very roundabout way. The ladies were discussing a Reddit thread on the idea that if you could know the answer to just one yes or no question in life what would it be. Loni Love said she wants to know whether Tamera is going to have another child, which is when the co-host shared that she’s actually been considering adoption. The topic of children seemed to have struck a nerve with Jeannie because when she was asked what her question would be, she said this:
“You know how much I love Freddy, my husband, he’s my life. Before we got married, I was very clear about the fact that I probably would not have kids, just because I never felt that. And now, getting older, he definitely seems like he wants kids and he actually came out and said he wants children.
It’s just really hard because I can’t have a child for another person and you don’t have a child to save your marriage, but we are in love and we are enjoying life and he’s my Freddy and I’m his Jeannie and we don’t have any other problems except that.
Right now we are clinging to each other and we’re waiting for God to kind of tell us what that means, and it’s kind of weird to go to sleep every single night holding on to that person you love so much, not knowing where it’s going to go.”
I can’t imagine being in Jeannie’s shoes, especially now that she and her husband have been married for 10 years and this issue has been hanging over their heads for the past three. Have you ever been in this situation? How’d you work through it?
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