I accidentally overheard my husband complaining to his friends, calling me a brainless, useless woman who had accomplished nothing in her entire life.

major achievement I could point to—my family.

I met my husband when I was still very young. I married him at twenty-three and almost immediately gave up everything I had once planned for myself. I had a good education, had done extremely well at university, knew English, and dreamed of building a career.

But my husband always said that more than anything in the world, he dreamed of having a big family.

A few months after our wedding, I became pregnant with our first child. Then came our second, followed

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