How accurate is this ladies? Would really like your input.
29 Signs Your Biological Clock Is Ticking
1. You’re checking out the man with a Baby Bjorn at the park, even though he’s standing next to a ripped, shirtless dude soaking up some rays.
2. You make silly faces at passing kids is strollers.
3. When you hear a baby cry you think, Aww! instead of STFU!
4. That woman over there is a bad mother. You’d be so much better.
5. Your horoscope says you’re going to be pleasantly surprised and you think you should pick up a home pregnancy test.
6. The cutest thing in the world: baby shoes!
7. It didn’t even occur to you that there was something odd about a grown woman going to see “Toy Story 3.”
8. Pregnant ladies don’t scare you.
9. Dog-sitting for your friend made for the best weekend ever.
10. You already have a pet, but you want one more.
11. Your mom is starting to make sense.
12. You are getting way too comfortable talking about bodily functions.
13. You suddenly notice the places you go would be great to bring kids to.
14. One-night stands have lost their appeal.
15. You’ve thought about buying a onesie with a hilarious pun on it and saving it for when you have a baby.
16. You might not know all the adults at the BBQ, but everyone at the kids’ table knows your name.
17. When a kid cries in your arms, you don’t hand them back to their mother.
18. Baby showers are full of the cutest crap, aren’t they?
19. You always wait, holding the door open, when you see a woman with a stroller in the area.
20. When you see cool kid stuff, you don’t think, I used to love this! Instead, you think, So-and-so’s kid would love this!
21. You have figured out how a baby would fit in your apartment.
22. You get pangs of nostalgia for your old babysitting days. Sigh.
23. LOL Cats is your slang. “Can I haz babeez now?!”
24. You kill time at work surfing for adorable animal photos.
25. Breastfeeding in public is a beautiful, natural thing.
26. You totally comment on more than one of your friend’s ******** baby photos.
27. Your new personal hero is:
28. The thought of giving up booze for nine months doesn’t freak you out.
29. You’ve already spent more time looking at the super cute baby in the photo above than reading this list.
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12-07-2010, 10:31 AM #1
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29 Signs Your Biological Clock Is Ticking
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12-07-2010, 11:03 AM #2
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12-07-2010, 11:06 AM #3
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12-07-2010, 11:46 AM #4
Even when my biological clock was ticking, I was pretty much symptom free. It came down to a decision--have a baby of my own, or not.
And although I did opt to have a child by utilizing my own DNA (I'm too selfish not to have done it this way), I'm still not fond of babies, and all the accoutrements.“Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out.” Anton Chekhov
"10% of life, is what happens to you--90% is how you respond to it."
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12-07-2010, 12:01 PM #5
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Mine is ticking and very few of those apply. I find kids that aren't my own to be annoying and certainly am not checking them out.
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12-07-2010, 12:17 PM #6
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I'm afraid I'll be having to make those choices one day. I have no "symptoms" and don't foresee them coming... Sigh.
Oh, and we're too much alike. The statement about not being fond of babies and all their jazz is how I feel. While I may still want one someday, I just don't gush over the ones around."The Way Out Is Through"
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12-07-2010, 12:19 PM #7
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12-07-2010, 12:27 PM #8
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Why are you asking? Are you getting pressured to have kids?
I don't want kids but thought the vid was hilarious! Mostly because that's how I have to start my day in order to not hurt anyone at work.
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12-07-2010, 12:28 PM #9
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shoot... or sometimes even their stories!
- my kid wore different socks today! So, I they only noticed when during their first class blahblahblah (turns into a 20 mins convo)
- we were up baking all night! I have to clean so much now!
- t-ball tournament starts this saturday, YOU SHOULD COME!!!
uhhhhhh
Saturday? YOU MEAN MY SATURDAY???
I do however find pictures of babies with kittens or puppies adorable...
or babies in hilarious costumes:
"The Way Out Is Through"
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12-07-2010, 12:38 PM #10
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Yeah, or even expect you to want to go over and admire them, especially if you don't really know the coworker.
My clock ticks randomly now and then, but for the most part the reality of all of the work involved turns me right off.
If I could birth a child and have it taken care of by someone else for 4 years and then raise it from then on - I think I would go for that. The baby thing does not interest me.Love others well, but love thyself the most
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12-07-2010, 12:41 PM #11
Ooo yes, my clock is ticking. Tick tick tick...
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12-07-2010, 12:44 PM #12
I never wanted children, and knew for sure that I'd never succumb to having one. But then my ovaries were against the wall, forcing a decision.
I thought it best that I go ahead and have one, and I'm glad that I did. But I HATED being pregnant, didn't like nursing, or any of it, even the attention that comes with having a baby. I couldn't wait for my daughter to get out of the baby stage, and don't ever want to see any of 'that' again!
So I barf whenever I see other mothers with a thousand and one pics of their babies posted on their ******** pages. Ugh.“Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out.” Anton Chekhov
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12-07-2010, 12:48 PM #13
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"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things NOT SEEN." (Hebrews 11:1)
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12-07-2010, 02:01 PM #14
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I wonder what a male version of this would look like.. lately the thought of being a dad isn't so unappealing.. well not as much as it used to be.. and still not NOW....
do you guys think, say, 40 would be too old to be a first time dad?
I guess if the mother was younger, like early to mid 30's it would be a little easier but the problem is that I usually end up w/girls that are either around my age or a bit older...
So by the time I'm ready to want a kid, I could very well be with a woman who already has kids and doesn't want another one or never did in the 1st place..
OP sorry for seriousizing your lighthearted postSept of Baelor was an inside job. Wildfire can't melt stone masonry.
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12-07-2010, 02:26 PM #15
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12-07-2010, 02:29 PM #16
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12-07-2010, 02:31 PM #17
I don't think 40 is too old to be a dad for the first time, especially if your partner is quite a bit younger. I've heard that the best age health-wise for both the mother and the baby with modern medicine is between 29 and 33.
My boyfriend and I aren't having kids anytime soon because we're obviously about 8 or 10 years too young, but I do get the clock thing now and again. Not enough to make me want to raise a child right now, but I work at a children's gymnastics place, and some of the kids are adorable. Especially the ones that look like me that they could be my kid. That sounds creepier than I intended. Lol. I think it's more about seeing what your child could end up looking like.
Some of these above things I agree with, some of them not so much. I also don't think that wanting another pet means that you want to/should have a child. Big difference there... I think I agree with the dad with the Baby Bjorn statement the most. I wouldn't have noticed a year or two ago, but attractive men automatically are 20x more attractive with a child, even if it isn't theirs. I love to watch my boyfriend play with his nephew. It's adorable, and I think it's probably a biological thing to be attracted to a person who is obviously father material.
Still, as much as I like kids, I agree with everyone above that said babies freak you out. I guess when it's your own it's different, but infants are a little weird to me. I like three year olds way more.
Also, that video is adorable.If you aren't willing to work for it, you probably don't deserve it. Victory is paid for in sweat, courage, and preparation, and if you aren't ready to lead or follow you had better be ready to get the hell out of the way.
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12-07-2010, 07:50 PM #18
Well I'm only 26 so my biological clock isn't ticking yet but I have been thinking about having more babies for a couple of months now. When I hear a baby I think aww. I haven't held a baby in soo looong and the smell of babies I miss. My husband doesn't mind the thought of more kids but he doesn't like PLANNING for kids, meaning that he would much rather it just happen vs us TTC. We already have 2 kids and our youngest is 3 so the older he gets the more I want a baby. Our kids are 3 yrs apart in age and if we have a 3rd child there will be a 5 yr age gap. When he deploys again in a couple of months and then comes home for R and R we are definitely going to try. But I'm currently using fertility awareness as my form of birth control, so if we do conceive then we will be happy but we don't want it to happen before he deploys.
Celebrating the birth of my 3rd crotch dropping :)
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12-07-2010, 08:03 PM #19
How does one not plan for a child? I've never gotten that. If you aren't using a reliable form of birth control, you're planning to have a child.
If you aren't willing to work for it, you probably don't deserve it. Victory is paid for in sweat, courage, and preparation, and if you aren't ready to lead or follow you had better be ready to get the hell out of the way.
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12-07-2010, 09:24 PM #20
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12-07-2010, 09:26 PM #21
That's not true. We abstain when I'm fertile, it's not like we are having sex my whole cycle any praying that we don't get pregnant. A lot of religious people (I'm not religious) use this form of birth control and it works very well. We've been using it for several months now, and I know several people who have been using it for years. It works the problem is the people who don't abstain or don't use protection when they are fertile have sex and then wonder why they have a oops pregnancy. I don't like being pumped full of chemicals (birth control).
Also when I say we don't want to plan for a child, I mean we don't want to put pressure on getting pregnant like some couples do. With both of our kids it happened as soon as I stopped taking the pill, we didn't have to try or anything. With fertility awareness we know when I'm fertile and we abstain. Yes lots of people wouldn't use this method in order to prevent pregnancy but for those who use it correctly it works and is very reliable.Celebrating the birth of my 3rd crotch dropping :)
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12-07-2010, 10:29 PM #22
While I understand that many people are anti-oral contraception (I'm not, but that's just me), I still don't think anyone's pregnancy was an 'accident' if your only birth control was abstaining from sex during ovulation. Sperm can live in your body for several days, and your cycle isn't the exact same every month, especially when you're not on birth control, even if your menstruation is like clockwork. Plus, ovulation and menstruation isn't perfect. Sometimes two eggs are dropped during the same cycle but at different times, and fraternal twins aren't that uncommon.
Theories like this are a large part of the reason 16-year-olds are getting knocked up so frequently. You can't get pregnant on your period. You can't get pregnant on the last three days of your cycle. You can't get pregnant if he pulls out. All of these are false. While you would obviously be capable of caring for another child, rumors like these spread to people who aren't in your position.
Recent studies have shown that it is very possible to get pregnant after having sex on a non-ovulation day, or even on your period. A summary of one from the WHI is here:
http://www.wisegeek.com/can-women-ge...nstruation.htm
I'm not trying to harp on you, or have any opinions as to what you and your husband choose is right for you. I just hate to hear fertility myths floating around because I know a lot of girls whose lives have been changed forever because they believed something like this. I'm sure you wouldn't want your daughter relying on this method at the age of 16 or 17.If you aren't willing to work for it, you probably don't deserve it. Victory is paid for in sweat, courage, and preparation, and if you aren't ready to lead or follow you had better be ready to get the hell out of the way.
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12-07-2010, 10:36 PM #23
hah I can tell you my sign of for sure not having it tick! Husband says he would like to have a kid sometime (not right now but soon) and me be a stay at home mom... I went to the doctor and asked about the 5 year birth conrtol Mirena.
I also told him no and told him this is his chance to find someone who wants kids. Told him i'm 100% sure I will NOT EVER want to be a stay at home mom.
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12-07-2010, 10:37 PM #24
My ex-husband was 45 when our son was born (I was 29), so no I don't think it's a problem. Guys in their 40s can make for great dads!
I was only 28 when I conceived my son, and it wasn't so much a clock ticking, just a general "what are we waiting for?" that spurred us on. I wasn't very maternal at all before my son came along, babies/kids weren't really even on my radar. I just knew I wanted them and figured sooner was better than later.
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12-07-2010, 10:40 PM #25
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12-07-2010, 10:45 PM #26
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I like to cuddle other people's babies but I have no biological clock whatsoever and do not plan on children anytime in this lifetime. I steer clear of children over the age os 2 wherever possible!
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12-08-2010, 12:23 AM #27If you aren't willing to work for it, you probably don't deserve it. Victory is paid for in sweat, courage, and preparation, and if you aren't ready to lead or follow you had better be ready to get the hell out of the way.
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12-08-2010, 03:48 AM #28
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12-08-2010, 05:10 AM #29
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lol np
How many days in a row do you guys not have sex when being abstinent or what has been the longest time without any activity? And how do you deal with it?
I don't think this is a method that would work for me me when I get married. Especially if I was in the military and wouldn't get to see her often if I'm deployed for periods of time.
To each their own
You have no idea how many women I've heard that have said that and now they would not have it any other way after having kids lol"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things NOT SEEN." (Hebrews 11:1)
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