Actors Gloria and Norbert Young discuss their seven-year struggle without children.

Actors Gloria and Norbert Young discuss their seven-year struggle without children.

Actors Gloria and Norbert Young, both veterans, have talked about their seven years of childlessness.

Gloria talked candidly about the emotional toll it took on her in an interview with Tope on Love Notes, while Norbert said he never considered it a problem.

Recalling a similar circumstance in which his sister waited sixteen years for a kid, Norbert commended her spouse for supporting her. He made it clear that their marriage was never in danger because of their battle with childlessness.

Gloria merely said, *”I was childless for seven years, Norbert,” in response to a question concerning the difficulties in their relationship.

“You see, I kept asking her, ‘What are you worried about?’ so I didn’t see it as a challenge,” Norbert remarked. What is it? Calm down.
In what way do I perceive it as a challenge? My sister had a child on the seventeenth year after being married for sixteen years without having any children.She was never told to leave by her husband. Today, that child is a huge guy who works as a doctor. What’s the big deal, then? It posed no threat to our union.

Gloria stated: “He didn’t. However, I was the one who saw things and felt it. It was him who asked me, “What is it?” Give up worrying about things like that.

“She was anxious about it—being childless for that long,” Norbert said, confirming her feelings of anxiety. As I already stated, it was a challenge for her, not for me. It was difficult for us as a pair, but I didn’t perceive it that way.But Gloria talked about her nervousness and the social pressure she was under, especially from family members who would look at her belly during family get-togethers and ask her quietly why she didn’t have children.

“I wouldn’t specifically ask, but picture yourself entering a room at one of my own family get-togethers, and one aunty looks at you—makes sure that you know she’s looking at you—then her eyes go down to your stomach.

“And as you walk away, her eyes are still there. What is she telling you? Like, ‘How far na? E don tey oh! E don pass one, two, three…’ Without saying a word. Oh, I had that kind of auntie.”