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OPEN POST: This "3D" Dolly License Plate

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A relative sent this to me recently after it was spotted in the wild, and obviously I am obligated to share it with you hors. The glamour of Dolly is always around us, dear Peckerloves - as omnipresent and essential to life as the very air we breathe - you just have to know where to look!

To Have Kids or Not? Childless By Choice and Celebrities (plus Teflon Brad)

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Dolly makes a great CoverGirl because this photo is so her, and she makes an excellent case for her selfless reasons to remain Childless by Choice. One of the most fundamental decisions some of us make as adults is to decide if we want to become parents of children beyond our furry or befeathered ones. The answer changes the trajectory of our lives, informs us about what our older age might look like, and forces women to come to terms with life choices and our limited biological timeframe to produce babies. We have about 20-25 years of fertility in adulthood, and we have decisions to make that are more nuanced with each advancing year. What we decide at 19 certainly differs from what we choose at 40. When the door slams, our bodies make it a moot point; it has made that decision for us. For better or worse, we must live with our choices and forge lives living with the results. Men aren't faced with this reality; just look at Robert De Niro or Al Pacino, choosing to become parents i...