“He left the room. She looked at me and said, ‘I’m fat?’ Tears started running down her face. My jaw was on the floor. It was too late – the damage was done.”
‘We need to talk about her weight.’ The doctor then looks at her and says, ‘I think you are old enough to start using exercise equipment too.’ ARE YOU KIDDING ME?’
‘Your husband will never father a child. Don’t bother with artificial insemination because he will eventually resent bringing up another man’s child and probably leave you.’
“How we got home in one piece that day is still a mystery. How we drove through the tears, I don’t know.”