#but also mandatory warning that motherhood is not everything and people can want different things / change their minds etc

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on the topic of being an aunt, i do think there are people who wonder why she never had kids of her own ( there's always a tendency of them to not consider the fact that claire treats sherry and rani as her own regardless of the fact that they both have legal guardians ) and you know claire is absolutely the person who dismisses the kids questions with a polite smile, wave of hand and "it would clash with work". and it actually hurts more than she will ever admit because she's just so mother ( joke intended ) but there's never a right person or a right time, so that's something she just doesn't see having in this life.