Unsolicited advice (Or fuck the actual fuck off)

Today I’m in Africa on holiday, Namibia to be precise, and I just had an experience I have had many times before from different well meaning people. It gave me the way to start this post, the title of which has been in my head for over 2 years and is essentially what I would like to reply to all the unsolicited advice and comments I have received over the past few years and have instead (mainly) just smiled politely. Let’s begin.

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Getting away from it all – or can you?

Sometimes there is nothing like a break to give you a new perspective on things. Life over the last two years especially has felt like it has been partially on hold as we went through IVF treatment, particularly because in my case I was travelling very frequently for treatment due to the short length of my cycles and the amount that were cancelled part way through for various reasons.

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