I wasn't born in 67, but my mom was 28, and I don't think that was particularly old at the time, judging from the ages of my friends' parents. What was weird was that they had been married six years before I was born (and there were no miscarriages or anything before me, they just waited).
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 07, 2006 12:56:03 pm PDT #2632 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse - Oct 07, 2006 12:57:12 pm PDT #2633 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
His vision's pretty bad anymore but he can hold her and snuzzle her.
Excellent. Babies don't look like much from far away, anyway. No offense.
DavidS - Oct 07, 2006 1:00:30 pm PDT #2634 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Excellent. Babies don't look like much from far away, anyway. No offense.
Babies are definitely best appreciated at close range.
ChiKat - Oct 07, 2006 1:00:33 pm PDT #2635 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Did that seem old for a third child then, Chi?
Not really. When I was in elementary school, I lived in a predominately Catholic neighborhood and most of the families had TONS of kids. We were the only protestant family in the neighborhood, but we blended in because there were a total of 5 kids in my family. My parents just seem parent age and not too old or too young.
Jesse - Oct 07, 2006 1:02:12 pm PDT #2636 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also (because god forbid I say more than one thing in a post), I just watched this week's GA, and liked it. That girl from Little Miss Sunshine is great. BUT I can't believe that these guys are fighting over stupid whiny inappropriate-drinking-and-whoring-around Meredith. Also, McSteamy still looks too much like the kid I used to babysit for.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 07, 2006 1:04:45 pm PDT #2637 of 10001
What is even happening?
Yes, he's going to fly out for the baptism which will probably be in November, I guess. Soonish. His vision's pretty bad anymore but he can hold her and snuzzle her. And he'll be very happy to know she's baptized.
I didn't know if he was up for travel. I'm sorry he won't be able to see just exactly how gorgeous Matilda is, but the rest is great to read.
What was weird was that they had been married six years before I was born (and there were no miscarriages or anything before me, they just waited).My parents had been married almost six years by the time I came along too, but there had been a miscarriage and then no conception. They weren't waiting so much on purpose.
My dad was one of four boys. Only he and one brother had any children. They each only had one girl. That girl (my cousin) was not able to conceive. I was certain I was going to have trouble, and half convinced I wouldn't be able to, at all. Um no.
Jesse - Oct 07, 2006 1:06:58 pm PDT #2638 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My parents just seem parent age and not too old or too young.
In my grammar school class, there was one kid who had a really young mother, but I didn't think much about it until later. In retrospect, she must have been a teenager when he was born, unless she was just especially stylish or something. What did we know?
Hil R. - Oct 07, 2006 1:07:31 pm PDT #2639 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My parents were both 33 when I was born. They were among the older parents of kids in my grade, but I don't think they were the oldest. (Also, my two best friends had fairly young parents, so that may have skewed my perception.)
sarameg - Oct 07, 2006 1:11:47 pm PDT #2640 of 10001
My parents were married 7 years before they had me(she was 30.) When I asked about the timing, my mother said it was because they finally had stable health insurance because dad was finally offered a tenure track position. She quit taking the pill and got knocked up a month later. Warm and fuzzy, huh? It makes me laugh.
They were older than my peers' parents, but the most noticable diff wasn't that, but that they were academics (we didn't live in the university part of town.) The median age of parenthood was very young in the community, in any case. 10% of the girls in my graduating class had children.
I have grocery shopped (it was Bea Gaddy day! So I shopped for other people too,) and the floors are vacuumed and mopped. There may be a target trip later. Waiting for the floors to dry, and then I'll make dinner.
ChiKat - Oct 07, 2006 1:23:39 pm PDT #2641 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
My brain is all mushy. I came into work around 11 this morning and have been really cranking stuff out. Which is good because I had so much to do, I was sure I would have to come in tomorrow, too. It's amazing how much I can get done when no one is around to bug me.