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Maricar Reyes on marriage without a child: 'It doesn't make me less of a person'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Celebrity couple Maricar Reyes and Richard Poon. Instagram: @maricareyespoon" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/09/13/20220913-maricar-richard-poon.jpg"/><figcaption>Celebrity couple Maricar Reyes and Richard Poon. <em>Instagram: @maricareyespoon</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Actress Maricar Reyes has opened up about not having a child after a nine-year marriage with her husband, singer Richard Poon, saying not being a mother does not make her “less of a person.”</p><p>Reyes spoke on the topic in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mEDszVpCx0">September 11 vlog</a> of Rica Peralejo, where she was the guest.</p><p>Reyes, 41, recalled that she and Poon, 48, first started trying to get pregnant in 2015, two years after they exchanged wedding vows.</p><p>“We even got checked,” Reyes said. “There’s no problem with him, there’s no problem with me. Feeling ko, we did our due diligence naman on our side [as] humanly possible. Pero wala e, so what are you going to do?”</p><p>Despite their unsuccessful attempt to have children, Reyes shared she never reached the point of being envious of mothers her age. Instead, “Meron lang talaga akong peace,” she said.</p><p>“Kung meron, okay. Kung wala, okay,” Reyes added. “It doesn’t make me feel like I’m less of a person or I’m less of a female. Kung wala, wala. Ginawa mo na ‘yung part mo e, and I rest on that.”</p><p>Reyes clarified, however, that she is not discrediting the emotions of women who have a challenging time to get pregnant.</p><p>“Some things, God makes easy for you, and some things, God makes a little more challenging,” she said.</p><p>In the vlog, Reyes and Perelajo also discussed dynamics in marriage, including handling arguments. Reyes, who is running a food business, likewise shared she is open to returning to acting.</p><p>Related video:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-90QtRj7ZpY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Actress Maricar Reyes has opened up about not having a child after a nine-year marriage with her husband, singer Richard Poon, saying not being a mother does not make her “less of a person.”