Maria and Clancey reflect on what they saw in the group. Clancey talks about possibly wanting kids, but not feeling like she can want kids. Maria talks about her challenges with Jean about their relationship and having kids.
**Meaningful section of this group – this will be likely be central to both Linda & Sam in the documentary** Steve leads Linda through a visual dialogue of a daughter she never got to have. And then he calls Sam backup about how it affected him.
Linda talks about her ex-husband and that he didn’t fulfill a promise to her to have kids, which is something she regrets. She struggles to see Sam and spends a lot of this conversation suffering alone. Sam realizes he can’t think about what he wants if he’s looking at her. The struggle to connect in this conversation + the topic is really painful to watch. I don’t know that this has a place in the documentary, but it affected me to see the difference in Linda & Sam in this conversation from the way they are today.
**Meaningful section of this group – this will be likely be central to Sam/Clancey in the documentary** Sam and Clancey about wanting kids. When Sam and Clancey first sit, Linda says, ‘they look like they are in love.’ And Sam laughs about the regression, repeating “I am an adult”. Steve asks “Can I push this pretty hard?” Clancey hesitates and Sam immediately meets the need and says yes. Sam breaks down when he realizes that he doesn’t want kids because he feels like he’ll never see his needs. Maria connects with this fear even though she really wants one. Steve makes a comment about how the world is Sam’s kid and anyone could call him up — Reminds me of Sam’s interview where he talks about a friend who was suicidal and used to call him all he time, and he remembers the first time he decided not to pick up.