"you look too young to have a child."

Indian Summer

catefrances wrote:

i had my 1st at 21 and my 2nd at 23. my 3rd at 32 and my youngest at 34. my daughter was 18 when her daughter was born.

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Allie

Indian Summer wrote:

You contradict yourself. Hypocrite!

as I said, what I meant is who is anyone to judge JLo. Geesh.

Brain of J.Lo

Allie wrote:

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, I can't tell

but you know people do things differently. My mother was married when she was 18 and had my brother at 21.
Then she had a miscarriage

and the doctors told her she'd never have any more children. Then at 35, whooops! I came into the world

I was a surprise, too!

My parents thought they were done having kids, and they had a 15 yr old and a 17 yr old when I was born.

(Incidentally, my brother also became a grandparent at 42!)

Indian Summer

Allie wrote:

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, I can't tell

Oh, I don't give two shits when people have kids, its none of my biz. 42 does seem like a young granny to me though...my parents are both almost 60, and still not grandparents.....and probably won't be for a few more years.

Allie

Indian Summer wrote:

Oh, I don't give two shits when people have kids, its none of my biz. 42 does seem like a young granny to me though...my parents are both almost 60, and still not grandparents.....and probably won't be for a few more years.

hah
that's not what you said in the Barry Bonds thread

LOL

my Mom is going to be 70 in February and my Dad is 74 and they're impatiently waiting for their grandbaby too

Brain of J.Lo

catefrances wrote:

people are weird. i had a girl in one of my classes last semester tell me she nearly choked when i mentioned in class that i was 42. she said she thought i was in my late 20s. i dont think i do. so i had to share with her that the baby i was holding was my grand daughter. that certainly made her stop.
im not that good at guesstimating people's ages but she really made my day that day.

My sister turned 40 while in grad school a couple of years ago, and her fellow students were SHOCKED when they found out that she was turning 40! They all assumed she was around 30 or under. She loves it! But, she does remember a time (when she was my age) that it was annoying to be mistaken for being younger.

catefrances

Indian Summer wrote:

Oh, I don't give two shits when people have kids, its none of my biz. 42 does seem like a young granny to me though...my parents are both almost 60, and still not grandparents.....and probably won't be for a few more years.

for me right now tis the perfect age to be a grandma.

Indian Summer

Allie wrote:

my Mom is going to be 70 in February and my Dad is 74 and they're impatiently waiting for their grandbaby too

well, my parents aren't impatiently waiting.....they're pretty active...my mom just retired, and is living it up. My wife and I are enjoying being married for the time being....traveling, concerts, sleeping in on weekends, spur of the moment activities.........I'm not ready for that to stop just yet.

Allie

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

My sister turned 40 while in grad school a couple of years ago, and her fellow students were SHOCKED when they found out that she was turning 40! They all assumed she was around 30 or under. She loves it! But, she does remember a time (when she was my age) that it was annoying to be mistaken for being younger.

I enjoy being mistaken for younger at this point. I always say God Bless you when someone says I look like I'm in my 20's. It runs in my family, my Mom looks younger
and my Grandma always looked younger and she lived to 80.

Indian Summer

catefrances wrote:

for me right now tis the perfect age to be a grandma.

hell yeah, you can actually keep up with them!

Brain of J.Lo

Indian Summer wrote:

well, my parents aren't impatiently waiting.....they're pretty active...my mom just retired, and is living it up. My wife and I are enjoying being married for the time being....traveling, concerts, sleeping in on weekends, spur of the moment activities.........I'm not ready for that to stop just yet.

You can still have some of that. You just have to live across the street from your in-laws.

Indian Summer

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

You can still have some of that. You just have to live across the street from your in-laws.

fuck that! I love em and all, but I like a safe distance.

Allie

Indian Summer wrote:

well, my parents aren't impatiently waiting.....they're pretty active...my mom just retired, and is living it up. My wife and I are enjoying being married for the time being....traveling, concerts, sleeping in on weekends, spur of the moment activities.........I'm not ready for that to stop just yet.

ah
well my parents are older, like I said. I'm the only one that's even able to give them a grandbaby.
And I want to have one like, yesterday. I just need to meet the guy! D'oh :eek:

Indian Summer

Allie wrote:

ah
well my parents are older, like I said. I'm the only one that's even able to give them a grandbaby.
And I want to have one like, yesterday. I just need to meet the guy! D'oh :eek:

I've got a single friend, wanna hook it up?

FYI - You and my wife have the same b-day.

Brain of J.Lo

Indian Summer wrote:

fuck that! I love em and all, but I like a safe distance.

I hear ya! We're really lucky in that they really respect our privacy and stuff... And my mother-in-law lives to babysit, and refuses to accept money for it. So it works out pretty well.

norm

my mom had her first at 22 and her last (me) at 35 and in between she 3 more....just thought i'd add that....:)

Indian Summer

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

I hear ya! We're really lucky in that they really respect our privacy and stuff... And my mother-in-law lives to babysit, and refuses to accept money for it. So it works out pretty well.

that's awesome....don't take it for granted though...I have friends who tell me about how much daycare costs!!!! You've got a good thing going sounds like.
I'll watch my niece and nephew overnight every once in a blue moon, and it reminds me that I'm not ready for kiddies just yet.

catefrances

Indian Summer wrote:

hell yeah, you can actually keep up with them!

the funny thing is i go through these clucky cycles (as im sure a few of us do). anyway in the december i'd had a dream that my eldest daughter was pregnant. she was horrified when i mentioned it to her. about a month later i had the same dream, but this time i didnt say anything. i come back from holidays late january and my 2nd daughter comes to me in tears and tells me she's pregnant. alls i could do was burst out laughing. i was okay with any decision she made. and i got to cut my grand daughter's cord when she was born. that was very sweet i have to say.

Allie

Indian Summer wrote:

I've got a single friend, wanna hook it up?

FYI - You and my wife have the same b-day.

hee hee. kentucky is too far away! But thanks, I appreciate it!

and cool, a fellow pisces! And the same day! Wow. That's cool! what is your sign?

Allie

catefrances wrote:

the funny thing is i go through these clucky cycles (as im sure a few of us do). anyway in the december i'd had a dream that my eldest daughter was pregnant. she was horrified when i mentioned it to her. about a month later i had the same dream, but this time i didnt say anything. i come back from holidays late january and my 2nd daughter comes to me in tears and tells me she's pregnant. alls i could do was burst out laughing. i was okay with any decision she made. and i got to cut my grand daughter's cord when she was born. that was very sweet i have to say.

AW! Cate! That's fantastic. I've dreamt that people I know were pregnant also, before they knew they were.