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Wed Sep-28-11 03:31 PM
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| 4. Ugh, Whatever floats your boat I guess. As a male, I certainly would not want |
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my spouse giving birth at 50. Crap, by the time the kid is 16 you are 66 years of age, not cool IMO.
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| -How old is too old to have kids? 50+ year old pregnant woman on cover on NY mag |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 03:29 PM |
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if you can PAY for them, support them, and love them, age is not an issue nt |
msongs |
Sep-28-11 03:30 PM |
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Is pay more important than support and love? It is the only word with caps in your whole post. |
ZombieHorde |
Sep-28-11 04:00 PM |
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if you're 50, it is, because you won't be there to support them and love them very long |
pitohui |
Sep-28-11 08:33 PM |
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Age is not an issue, conceiving a baby then carrying them to term and have the child be healthy is. |
Kurmudgeon |
Sep-28-11 04:44 PM |
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I don't think the child whose mother dies at age 65 would |
DebJ |
Sep-29-11 12:07 AM |
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As someone who lost a parent when she was young - that's something difficult to deal with |
LynneSin |
Sep-29-11 08:55 AM |
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As old as they want. eom |
yawnmaster |
Sep-28-11 03:30 PM |
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i am not seeing a cover of 50 and over men asking if too old. and ya |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 03:31 PM |
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true enough. Recent studies show sperm of older males not optimal |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 03:33 PM |
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No, but there are some pretty clear bio-differences between fatherhood at 50 & motherhood. |
Warren DeMontague |
Sep-28-11 03:42 PM |
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. |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 03:44 PM |
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genetic disorders, achondroplasia, schizophrenia, apert syndrome. lower iq. |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 04:03 PM |
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No, neither are optional. |
Warren DeMontague |
Sep-28-11 05:34 PM |
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i wouldnt either. |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 06:44 PM |
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I meant optimal |
Warren DeMontague |
Sep-28-11 11:53 PM |
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btw.... i have not made the point, that i feel strongly about |
seabeyond |
Sep-29-11 09:24 AM |
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Yeah, we had to do that additional testing with our 2nd, as well. |
Warren DeMontague |
Sep-29-11 12:14 PM |
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Actually, higher I.Q. |
Darth_Kitten |
Sep-28-11 08:51 PM |
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i am not opposed to that, but that is not addressing |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 08:59 PM |
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same here... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Sep-28-11 04:06 PM |
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True |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 04:09 PM |
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Okay, but where do you draw the line? |
Warren DeMontague |
Sep-28-11 05:33 PM |
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It has nothing to do with what anyone deems wise... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-29-11 07:24 PM |
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Hear, hear |
Yo_Mama |
Sep-28-11 05:06 PM |
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no she didn't |
pitohui |
Sep-28-11 08:36 PM |
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Ha, live and learn |
Yo_Mama |
Sep-29-11 08:54 AM |
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Yes. This question is both ageist and sexist. nt |
Hatchling |
Sep-28-11 06:23 PM |
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Ugh, Whatever floats your boat I guess. As a male, I certainly would not want |
teddy51 |
Sep-28-11 03:31 PM |
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So, then you don't think a 50 year old male should be a father either? |
readmoreoften |
Sep-28-11 05:56 PM |
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Nope, just saying that I would not want to be a new father at 50 (personal preference). |
teddy51 |
Sep-28-11 06:15 PM |
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Oh that Demi |
meegbear |
Sep-28-11 03:32 PM |
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LOL |
bigwillq |
Sep-28-11 03:59 PM |
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self delete |
mod mom |
Sep-28-11 03:32 PM |
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Indeed... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 03:39 PM |
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There are risks with adoption as well. |
mod mom |
Sep-28-11 04:49 PM |
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This is very true... I've seen it happen... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 05:03 PM |
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As long as the kid is healty..... |
trumad |
Sep-28-11 03:32 PM |
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I cannot imagine... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 03:33 PM |
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"I'd cry back at the kid during 2am feedings too" lol no kidding. This thought is not |
teddy51 |
Sep-28-11 03:38 PM |
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that really made me laugh. cute. and ya..... nt |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 03:39 PM |
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The nighttime feedings would be bad enough, but I can't imagine |
Arkansas Granny |
Sep-28-11 03:41 PM |
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Oh dear... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 03:43 PM |
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Nah, if you're pre-menopausal you'd probably already be up with them. |
woodsprite |
Sep-28-11 03:55 PM |
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Hot flashes! |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 04:04 PM |
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I had my kids starting at age 37. |
Sheepshank |
Sep-28-11 05:17 PM |
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i was 33 and 36. there are cetainly advantages to being older |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 05:20 PM |
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She's a 63 year old model |
Abq_Sarah |
Sep-28-11 09:37 PM |
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I have a 19 year old i had at 20 and a three year old i had at 36. |
FedUpWithIt All |
Sep-29-11 10:47 AM |
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isnt that fun. nt |
seabeyond |
Sep-29-11 10:52 AM |
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Isn't nude, pregnant bodies on the cover of magazines to provoke... |
hlthe2b |
Sep-28-11 03:34 PM |
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It's dragging your ass to school functions when you're in your 60's that scares me |
BeyondGeography |
Sep-28-11 03:35 PM |
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You don't want your teenager stealing your medicare part B drugs |
Warren DeMontague |
Sep-28-11 05:35 PM |
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I know someone older than that who is raising a grandchild |
Raine |
Sep-28-11 03:37 PM |
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Thats a little different though, it would seem that raising your grandchild |
teddy51 |
Sep-28-11 03:40 PM |
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Raising a grandchild... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 03:41 PM |
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I know there are no guarantees in life, but I worry that parents who have |
Arkansas Granny |
Sep-28-11 03:39 PM |
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Well, look what it got Elizabeth Edwards--cancer and death. |
MADem |
Sep-28-11 03:39 PM |
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I wanna know how the heck she did it. |
tblue |
Sep-28-11 03:40 PM |
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Donor egg and invitro. |
Pisces |
Sep-28-11 03:59 PM |
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You want pictures??!? eom |
yawnmaster |
Sep-28-11 04:00 PM |
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She's 63 and it's not her belly :-) n/t |
seaglass |
Sep-28-11 06:37 PM |
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Reproductive choice: no exception. |
PeaceNikki |
Sep-28-11 03:42 PM |
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I agree |
dana_b |
Sep-29-11 12:24 AM |
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Would never be an issue with a MAN |
HockeyMom |
Sep-28-11 03:42 PM |
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The same issues apply, actually... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 03:45 PM |
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thankyou. The other issues is the same - will he or she be a healthy living parent in 20 years? |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 03:47 PM |
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True |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 03:48 PM |
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Right? Thank you. nt |
Chorophyll |
Sep-28-11 03:46 PM |
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True. And the male having kids older usually has a younger wife. This 60 year old woman |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 03:46 PM |
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The most important difference |
pipi_k |
Sep-28-11 04:02 PM |
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I just saw someone I knew in high school - |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Sep-28-11 04:06 PM |
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My friend's Dad was in his 60s when she was in elementary |
HockeyMom |
Sep-28-11 05:00 PM |
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but the baby will at least have one young parent. n/t |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 05:37 PM |
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Well, she had 2 after her bio Dad died |
HockeyMom |
Sep-28-11 05:43 PM |
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it is an issue with a man |
pitohui |
Sep-28-11 08:38 PM |
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The reproductive choices of other women |
Chorophyll |
Sep-28-11 03:44 PM |
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The only shit storm I see worthy... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 03:47 PM |
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I was 54 when my Son was born. |
formercia |
Sep-28-11 03:47 PM |
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You make me smile. |
a la izquierda |
Sep-28-11 09:00 PM |
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Thank You |
formercia |
Sep-29-11 08:24 AM |
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Polish smolish |
a la izquierda |
Sep-29-11 10:12 AM |
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I had children in my late 30's after devoting much time to career - |
TBF |
Sep-28-11 03:48 PM |
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As old as none of your damn business. nt |
Lost-in-FL |
Sep-28-11 03:49 PM |
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I prefer to wait and hear how the kid feels about it. n/t |
EmeraldCityGrl |
Sep-28-11 03:57 PM |
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+1 |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 04:07 PM |
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not that old, but my kids are of a generation of older parents. i find more parents my age |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 04:12 PM |
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I agree with that |
laundry_queen |
Sep-28-11 08:24 PM |
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Well good luck to her... |
pipi_k |
Sep-28-11 03:58 PM |
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remember, 50 is the new 40. Shouldn't be a probem. eom |
yawnmaster |
Sep-28-11 04:03 PM |
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yeah, but i think she's 60 |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 04:04 PM |
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60 is the new 45 eom |
yawnmaster |
Sep-28-11 06:04 PM |
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Basically, it comes down to the individual |
Blasphemer |
Sep-28-11 04:05 PM |
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Um, how much "over 50" is this particular woman? |
Habibi |
Sep-28-11 04:05 PM |
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She's 63 - she was just on TV - and it's not her belly. n/t |
seaglass |
Sep-28-11 06:38 PM |
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thanks. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 07:14 PM |
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if she is up for it, good for her!! |
dana_b |
Sep-28-11 04:07 PM |
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Heart-breaking for the child though. |
DebJ |
Sep-29-11 12:11 AM |
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Do we have an obligation to the people we may make, and if so, |
ZombieHorde |
Sep-28-11 04:11 PM |
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Why is it anyone's business but the mother? |
saras |
Sep-28-11 04:54 PM |
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If you read the thread... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-28-11 05:05 PM |
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But only about the physical health of the child and mother. |
DebJ |
Sep-29-11 12:14 AM |
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There have been several mentions of that... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-29-11 07:20 PM |
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She allowed herself to be put on the cover, naked, with a caption asking "how old is to old?" |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 05:32 PM |
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My mother was 45 when she gave birth to me and my dad was pushing 47 |
Motown_Johnny |
Sep-28-11 05:01 PM |
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I know of someone in your circumstance, when she was 40 or so, her parents were in their 80s |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 05:34 PM |
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when I hit my 40s both of my parents had passed on |
Motown_Johnny |
Sep-28-11 08:29 PM |
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My parents were in their early 40s when I was born. They'd both |
smokey nj |
Sep-29-11 08:30 AM |
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That's too early. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-29-11 12:01 PM |
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You raise the point that makes me furious about old parents -- |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Sep-29-11 03:05 PM |
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She looks much older than 50ish |
Mz Pip |
Sep-28-11 05:12 PM |
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yikes! |
shanti |
Sep-28-11 08:25 PM |
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I know someone who had a baby at 44 |
Missy Vixen |
Sep-28-11 05:34 PM |
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My mother had my younger sister when she was 43 years old. |
RebelOne |
Sep-28-11 05:47 PM |
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Really hate to say this, but she looks older than me. |
RebelOne |
Sep-28-11 05:46 PM |
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i think she looks good for her age. i dont know why everyone is going after her looks. |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 07:25 PM |
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yes she looks very old, i'm guessing a photoshop here |
pitohui |
Sep-28-11 08:40 PM |
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I agree. That's a photoshop. |
alphafemale |
Sep-29-11 07:31 PM |
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Yuck, I was eating! |
Ter |
Sep-28-11 05:46 PM |
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What part disgusts you? eom |
yawnmaster |
Sep-28-11 06:05 PM |
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Her uterus, her choice. |
TheManInTheMac |
Sep-28-11 05:50 PM |
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Ah, who cares? Her beeswax. |
WinkyDink |
Sep-28-11 06:04 PM |
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If her body, mind and spirit are up to it |
Hatchling |
Sep-28-11 06:11 PM |
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One can acknowledge the woman's right to do whatever |
hedgehog |
Sep-28-11 06:12 PM |
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Thank you. You expressed that quite nicely. |
Arkansas Granny |
Sep-28-11 06:30 PM |
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Stop breeding. |
theaocp |
Sep-28-11 06:18 PM |
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She's in good shape for her age, and I am not, but I am 61, and she looks older than I do. |
tblue37 |
Sep-28-11 06:26 PM |
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She is 63, and it's a photoshop pregnancy . |
Crabby Appleton |
Sep-28-11 07:01 PM |
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well there you go: "I'm 63, I'm not going to be pregnant," says Maye Musk, the model in the photo. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-28-11 07:13 PM |
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I'm a pretty good guesser, huh? nt |
tblue37 |
Sep-28-11 07:23 PM |
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Gay people can't adopt but this actually celebrated. God bless America. |
Initech |
Sep-28-11 06:27 PM |
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68 when the child turns 18, that is if she makes it to 68. |
sarcasmo |
Sep-28-11 06:55 PM |
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Women over 40 who have babies will be watching those who became parents at a younger age die... |
Darth_Kitten |
Sep-28-11 08:53 PM |
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Hell, I know women who got pregnant in their 50s the old fashioned way. Now 60 is a big deal. |
McCamy Taylor |
Sep-28-11 08:25 PM |
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I'd be curious to know how that happened |
Missy Vixen |
Sep-29-11 12:22 AM |
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well it's not fair to the child but such folk don't give a damn about their children |
pitohui |
Sep-28-11 08:30 PM |
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i hadn't heard that. i googled and found nowhere stating older womens children |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 08:38 PM |
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since you posted two seconds after my post why don't you actually USE the google? |
pitohui |
Sep-28-11 08:41 PM |
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i tried two different google key words. i came up with down syndrome and mother expectancy |
seabeyond |
Sep-28-11 08:54 PM |
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That's a very unfair generalization.... |
Darth_Kitten |
Sep-28-11 08:57 PM |
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pitiable, narrow minded, judgemental broad swipe. |
Sheepshank |
Sep-28-11 09:08 PM |
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Some of the comments to this post could just as easily havew appeared on that . . . . |
Stinky The Clown |
Sep-28-11 08:41 PM |
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Age is only one factor. |
Darth_Kitten |
Sep-28-11 08:47 PM |
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The woman on the cover |
frogmarch |
Sep-28-11 08:58 PM |
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It shouldn't matter... |
a la izquierda |
Sep-28-11 09:01 PM |
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I'm torn on this |
War Horse |
Sep-28-11 09:31 PM |
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Sure, use science to cheat nature. Anything but adopting a kid! |
JVS |
Sep-29-11 12:42 AM |
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58 years ago, my mom, who was 45 at the time, gave birth to me |
LibertyLover |
Sep-29-11 08:51 AM |
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congratulations. I think you made a great decision |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-29-11 03:14 PM |
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the photograph is photoshopped. saw her on gma Wednesday. |
Saphire |
Sep-29-11 08:59 AM |
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Immoral and disadvantagous to the child. For f%*cks sake people, adopt a kid. |
Capt. America |
Sep-29-11 09:00 AM |
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in answer to your question........ when the plumbing doesn't work anymore. |
ladywnch |
Sep-29-11 09:08 AM |
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Not my body, not my choice, not my business. n/t |
Horse with no Name |
Sep-29-11 12:04 PM |
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60 years ago my mother was 37 when I was born |
quiller4 |
Sep-29-11 03:48 PM |
#147 |
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The wife was 41 with our 1st(who is now 18), adopted 16 month old in 2002 |
benld74 |
Sep-29-11 07:32 PM |
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