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The problem of adjusting to married life became increasingly formidable. 

I believe I would have been completely happy if I had had children. Leon did not want a family. We had discussed this before we were married and I confess I had not taken him altogether seriously, imagining that in time he would change his mind. But he remained adamant. My efforts to persuade him invariably ended with a cold "No." My belief had been reinforced by women friends who, being women, found it impossible to believe that a man might not want children. One of these, a physician, said, "Lots of men take that position before they have a child. Then they are delighted. Go ahead and have one. You'll see. Besides, it's your right as a woman." I felt I could not do that. I would not run the risk.
 
Perhaps in the long run it was better so. With