I will be 68 in August. Half of my adult life, I wanted very much to be a dad but I never got the chance because I never had enough wherewithal.

When I married my late first wife, I put that desire on hold because we had a business to mind.

Now I wonder if I had the emotional strength back then to be a dad as well as lacking the economic resources.

I try not to, but I still mourn not being a dad. I believe I would have been a happy househusband/mostly-home dad, too--but I could tell most women weren't ready for that by any means! Has that changed? I wonder.