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What It Means to Be an Unmarried Woman in Her 40s with No Kids

Hint: it’s not random trips to Paris and champagne at the spa

Photo credit: Shari Lopatin. Me, no makeup, hair free of product or dye, in my early forties.

*This essay has been republished by YourTango.com

I turned 41 years old this year, and for the first time, I felt a shift.