ok so not on the kids front, more on the personality front
like how Tom is always trying to regain his youth by doing childish things and Lynette allows him to think he's winning at stuff when he's not.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 11:42, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

That's awfully decent of you
He might have phenomenally potent spaff. You should bottle it or something in case there's a plague
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 11:48, Reply)

I have a feeling my oven doesn't work
Just a hunch. If that's the case I'm going to adopt a black baby just to upset Wiggy's grandmother.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 11:49, Reply)

Everyone needs a backup plan
Me and my best friend - WHO'S A GIRL) - agreed when we were 20 that if we were both unmarried when we were 30 we'd hook up and have a bunch of kids. Then we turned 30 and I reminded her of this and that we were contractually bound to ditch our long-term partners and find a small chapel in Vegas. We extended it to 40.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 11:59, Reply)

I only have about a decade left to pop some out.
This scares me. Stupid biological clock needs a snooze button.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:02, Reply)

How old are you, if you don't mind me asking?
My Mum had my sister when she was 35 with no problems at all
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:07, Reply)

My mum was 36 when she had me so that's what I'm basing it on
I'm 25
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:19, Reply)

A decade's plenty of time, surely?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:22, Reply)

not with all the stuff I want to fit in!
I still need to get my career on track once I've done my degree, plus I want to emigrate, I want to learn how to sail and dive and then buy a boat to do both those things on, all that in 10 years, plus have a decent enough amount of money saved up to be able to actually feed the kid, I just think I'll run out of time.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:50, Reply)

How long have you got left of your degree?
Do you want your career to be on a self-employed run-from-home basis? You can learnt to sail and dive once you're a Mum. I see what you mean but what you want most will take precedence eventually. You'll either deprioritise something for the sake of having a child or realise that all these other things are more important to you

I guess. I mean, what the fuck do I know?!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:54, Reply)

That's the thing,
I don't want to wait until after I've had kids to do all these things, I want to do them whilst I'm free and youthful.

My degree has 2 years or so left on it, it's a distance learning one so it's however long I take with it.

I still can't decide if I actually want a child or if it's just ingrained in me that that's what you do.

EDIT: Forgot the career question, it's interior design so I would be working for an office initially. Hopefully. Then maybe freelance, but not for a long time.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:06, Reply)

Sorry, haven't been ignoring you, went to lunch
I say this is all guesswork on my part as I am devoid of ovaries, but I figure you'll work these things out as you go. I've had the decision made real easy for me by Ms Foxtrot sensibly deciding that my line should not be furthered.

Am guessing you're also studying with the OU. Am also guessing that by now you've since abandoned this thread
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 14:06, Reply)