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| Question: | I am a 47 year old man who has never married. I am starting to see my life slip by now, and feel as though I would like to settle down with a younger woman and have a child. I have not had success in meeting the ideal partner as yet. Do you think I have left my run too late in life to settle down and have a child? |
| Answer: | At 47 years of age you are still capable of fathering a child—men into their early seventies have achieved this—and from this biological point of view, you have not left your run too late.
When it comes to finding and choosing a mate for life, I am in no position to offer any constructive comment, as this is a matter of individual chemistry.
You will probably need to find a woman considerably younger than yourself. Women are incapable of child-bearing after the menopause (the change of life), and this occurs between the mid-forties and early fifties, but the risks of child-bearing increase steadily with each year over forty. I have abbreviated your letter here, but the full version gives me the feeling that you are a sincere and sensitive person, and I wish you luck in your endeavour.
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