Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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Right?
See, I'm kinda the opposite. I'm glad I waited until my early 30's because I definitely have more patience and understanding than in my early 20's. (Edit:also better off financially.) I remember the struggles my mom went through having me just shy of 21. (But very different circumstances for her.)
In the end, it's really depends on the personality and situation, I think.
The only problem with having a child later is it increases the chance that they'll have considerable health problems or mental disability. Though the risks are more for older women than older men, I'm still terrified to even consider having a child at 37. Especially in the current emotional and financial state I'm in.
I was in no condition health-wise to consider it until my 30s and I was super immature as well when I got married - I was 24.
There are times when I envy my neighbours and my cousin. Their kids will be done high school by the time they hit my age.
There are times when I envy my neighbours and my cousin. Their kids will be done high school by the time they hit my age.
I know too much about my coworkers. One guy's been keeping me up to date on his marital troubles, for example.
Oh, and then there was the day last week when I relieved someone and when I asked her if she was leaving early she answered "yeah, I'm getting an abortion" and went on to explain why.
I don't need to know this stuff. I don't want to know this stuff about these people. Why do they tell me?
Oh, and then there was the day last week when I relieved someone and when I asked her if she was leaving early she answered "yeah, I'm getting an abortion" and went on to explain why.
I don't need to know this stuff. I don't want to know this stuff about these people. Why do they tell me?
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(Looks at avatar and "location": Attention Whore NOTICE ME!!!)
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Uh...
It's because you are a like-able decent human being with a nice smile and kind face.
If you like, I offer classes in how to don the appearance of a grumpy annoyed asshole who is unapproachable and off putting.
First lesson is free: "Never remember another persons name."
All of that is mostly ironic since I'm a reserved, silent brooding fellow in real life. I really don't want people talking to me too much. I certainly don't want to know the sundry and sordid details of these people I'm only around because I have to be to make money.[DOUBLEPOST=1445216572,1445216425][/DOUBLEPOST]I try, Huggins. I try.
I'm sorry. Have we met?
Now that post matches your avatar nicely.
Well be that as it may, it is what it is and I have to get back to this.
Hey hey...he stole a picture of my cat!! My Cupcake...
It was pretty easy. I had no one I wanted to have kids with. I didn't meet Aussie until I was 31. First kid at 34. Second kid at 37. I don't have a problem with my kids making me exhausted. I've had a problem with not fitting in well with my kids' friends' parents, though that has gotten better as they have grown older.[DOUBLEPOST=1445231802,1445231409][/DOUBLEPOST]
That risk isn't as significant as the media outlets make it seem. I saw a genetic counselor during both pregnancies. The first time because my mom's sister was born with Downs Syndrome (genetic, but not hereditary I found out). The second time because I was afraid that being 37 would mean the baby would have a higher change of some type of abnormality. The genetic counselor showed me the data she had and told me that the chances of having a baby with DS was something like 1 in 300 births at my age.
Advanced paternal age is linked with an increased risk of autism (I think maybe schizophrenia, too), but that is only a correlation.
The trick is to get them either stable enough to join human society, or unstable enough to be a world class comedian.
"Dad, I want to be a comedian when I grow up!"
"Well son, I think you might be too stable, and it might be too late, but I'll try to give you as bad a remaining childhood as I can so you have something to work with. For now, start sleeping outside in the cold with the chickens, and we'll discuss unreasonable expectations and corporeal punishment tomorrow. Just keep in mind that I hate you and you'll never be up to my standards."
"Dad, I want to be a comedian when I grow up!"
"Well son, I think you might be too stable, and it might be too late, but I'll try to give you as bad a remaining childhood as I can so you have something to work with. For now, start sleeping outside in the cold with the chickens, and we'll discuss unreasonable expectations and corporeal punishment tomorrow. Just keep in mind that I hate you and you'll never be up to my standards."
Be honest: you've already split them into control groups to prove this, haven't you?
@stienman is an engineer, this checks out.[DOUBLEPOST=1445262561,1445262490][/DOUBLEPOST]As for my whine: woke up way too early. Couldn't get back to sleep. My bacon has become dotted with an odd grey colour, which makes me think I shouldn't be eating it.Be honest: you've already split them into control groups to prove this, haven't you?
I have been annoyed with myself for being way more scatterbrained than usual, but my son is getting that same thing but worse, which made him 15 minutes late for school this morning because an hour wasn't enough time for him to stay on task well enough to get ready. I have a headache which I am not sure is from stressing out or because I drank more than I thought last night, but at least now I have my white girl breakfast. (Aka I went through the Starbucks drive thru on the way home, but it's not complete white girl because I hate Pumpkin flavored anything )
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GasBandit
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Spoilered for poop.
I overslept this morning, not because Terrik, Dei and I were drinking last night, but because at 6 am this morning, my entire digestive system tried to escape via my rear end. Fortunately I made it to the bathroom, but spent a very unpleasant hour there.
Still, I guess it could have been worse - the only thing worse than being woke up with explosive diarrhea at 6 am... is not being woke up with it, ya know?
Still, I guess it could have been worse - the only thing worse than being woke up with explosive diarrhea at 6 am... is not being woke up with it, ya know?
My boss' new boss wants daily conference calls with me and other group leads. Yes daily. On top of the weekly group call, the weekly just me and my boss call, the weekly program calls and the biweekly management calls.
GasBandit
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And most of them are to discuss how things are getting so far behind, right?
If they're going to do everything via conference call, they should just let you work from home.
GasBandit
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But how could you possibly be getting sick when you are so well rested and stick to such a wholesome nutrition regimen?? I mean, it's not as if you have two people living in your house who daily go to a giant Petri dish of all the latest contagions for 7 hours and then come back home, not particularly concerned about hand washing or covering their coughs, right?