I see it as being better to have them whislt you're young(ish)
then when they are old enough to look after themselves you still have the rest of your life to enjoy. (say from 40 onwards)
Rather than having a life then stopping in your early 30's till your 50.

actually, this won't apply to you if you say you're just not keen on kids. Must learn to read all of the posts.
( just mike, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 9:42, archived)

It would suit me to retire at around the same time that they left home,
so I could probably put it off until I'm in my mid-40s (I might even be able to afford them by then!). Of course, this isn't going to happen.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 9:49, archived)

you really want to be 55 when you are kicking around a football with a 10 year old?*
When the bun in the oven turns 10 I will be 35 (touch wood etc.) which I think will be the best age for interaction (the other two will be 14 and 13)


*prepares for hilarious strike through gag
( just mike, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 9:54, archived)

Thanks to future advances in medical science,
I will be in peak physical condition by the time I'm 55.

Hmm, perhaps not! Anyway, like I said, it's not going to happen that way - I'll have at least one* within the next 5 years, I should think.

*Dylan, if it's a boy, Millicent for a girl.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 10:00, archived)

Millicent? never heard of that name before. Different, I'll give you that, and definately a grower
Dylan I like.
We have only picked a girls name, Kayleigh. Boys we have no idea, maybe Tennessee.
( just mike, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 10:06, archived)

Caleb is our reserve choice for a boys name.
Millicent is after Millicent Fawcett, the inventor of the kitchen sink renowned feminist.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 10:11, archived)

Caleb makes me think of the wee boy from American Gothic, too spooky
I quite like Seth as a name, after the character in The Regulators by Richard Bachman, except one of my "real life friends" has a cat with that name
( just mike, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 10:16, archived)

Call your son Junior,
but let him think that his name is Seth. Only tell him the truth when he's a world famous archeologist, who has just thwarted the Nazi's latest plan.

Caleb was the boy from American Gothic!
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 10:24, archived)

arf!
I think this thread has gone on long enough (1.5 hours since the start of it, eek!)
off for a fag now, and escape from all the posts about London (not that I'm heartless, just that I would rather hear updates on the radio, not be subjected to a whole board about it, where is the bumming?)
( just mike, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 10:35, archived)