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Slippers said:
Junerain said:
I'm curious, do you have maternal instinct?

>No.

Pink - do you think your mom did?

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Hard to say. My sister and I are 14 years apart. My mother tried and tried for my sister and was told she couldn't have kids-- tried for seven years and then finally had her after a simple procedure due to the problem being found.

I was a wanted accident. My parents had both been married before, got divorced, married each other, and had me when they were 40.

I think that my mother had a maternal instinct because I know that she was bonded with both of us at least when we were very young. However, my mother is mentally ill and many things got in the way of what you would call "normal" mothering and bonding.