“It’s pretend motherhood, and nothing’s real. There’s no baby, no sacrifice, no reward.”
Exactly. No true inconvenience or expense. Just “grown-up” playing with dolls time.
Back in 1972, the latest fashion statement was the “Pregnancy Puff”, a pillow in the shape of an expectant mother’s abdomen, worn tied around the waist of an [unpregnant] woman under an Empire gown or some such.
It was said to gain the wearer deference and other people’s seats on the bus, but not much else.
Later there were Cabbage Patch Kids complete with adoption `certificates’.
“It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.”