B. Keywords

choice, woman, children, mother.

Vocabulary

therein, infertility, obsess.

The following is a conversation among several women about whether to have children or not. Listen carefully and write down the key words for each of the speakers, so as to get an idea of their opinions.
I have many many friends who have opted for a child-free life. I have great deal of respect for their choice.
But therein lies the key: It was their choice. Infertility was not my choice. Is a woman less of a woman without children? Absolute not in my opinion.
But I had to have children, I don't know why. People have asked us, you know, Well, what was that just made you so obsessed and compelled and driven?
I don't know, I don't...I don't know that I'll ever know. All I know is I had to have children.
Well, my daughter, interestingly enough, is the same way.
She was very eager as soon as she finishes law school to get married and have children.
And we talked about this and she said, "Mom, you don't understand. I've been thinking about having children since I was 8 or 9 years old"
Yes, that's how I was. Whereas I didn't.
But she's been thinking about it for so long in her life and I was really surprised when we had this conversation to learn that, she's been observing me as a mother, observing other mothers, trying to decide what kind of a mother she was going to be when motherhood came her way.
Well, that's...that's exactly how I have always felt. But I have to say that I certainly respect people who don't choose motherhood.