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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Counting eggs - The Untold Story

Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi

Dear Agony Akka,

I am a young man from Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu. Previously, you have replied to a successful woman in her 30s who works from home and is avoiding marriage proposals arranged by parents and brother. You must seethe dangers of the advice you have given to a lady whose ovum production and quality must be already declining in her 30s. If she get married now, chances are still there for her to have a baby but you advise against it. This is the archetype of the ‘Last Man’ or ‘Last Woman’ who don’t have kids, are highly successful urbanites, and travel worldwide to have as much merry as possible without having any heir. It’s the end of their lineage. Becoming mother is the greatest thing for a lady. The parents and brother are doing a favour to get her married soon. You can merry endlessly and retire at 40, but that is waste of youth. You should have advised her to get married.

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