Do you have children?
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Topic: Do you have children?
Posted By: WaywardSon
Subject: Do you have children?
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 10:24
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I have one son, Lorenzo, 2 years and 8 months. I´m just curious to see how many kids the average progger has?
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 10:42
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I'm older than your average progger so my two are in their early 20s. Alicia is graduating from college this year and going to law school. Ramsey is in college as well and is a working actor. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 13:04
None yet, but my wife and I are "working on it". 
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 13:05
I have 333  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 19:14
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Nope and im not intrested in geting any. ------------- 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 19:20
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I have 2 children.A 15 year old daughter named Torry and an 8 year old(9 in about a month) son named Bryce. -------------  |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 19:21
Walrus pups?
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Bj-1 wrote:Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 19:23
I daughter 14 years old. Drives me mad.  A bit of a handful-she's 6ft 2" and still growing! Pushes her dad around.  Likes some Porcupine Tree but also like 50 Cent...   |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 19:26
God, I hope not.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 19:55
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No way. I hate kids. Nothing more annoying than little children. Nothing.
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 19:56
you are |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 20:41
The vote for 4 is mine!!! 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 20:45
Wow...I thought my daughter was tall at 6 ft. even.
It's funny if her and my wife get in an argument,my wife is 4'1" and my daughter has towered over her for quite a few years. ------------- |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 01:08
you count your fleas too? After having them long enough I could see how someone would consider them children. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 01:12
he he he I like tall girls so in a few years send 'em my way |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 03:13
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Two, by artificial insemination. We had only wanted one, but since
artificial inseminations only work with a 10-20% chance, we both went
for it. The chances it would work for both were around 2%, but
sometimes the dark horse wins. Their names are Alice and Dorothy, by
the way, after our favourite books for children (the "Alice" books by
Lewis Carroll and "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum). I am thinking
of writing a sequel to them for the sake of our kids, in which Alice
and Dorothy will meet. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 03:33
Nope, CD's
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 03:38
Wow! 6'2" is seriously tall for a girl  Though I've seen even taller girls  In Sweden a couple of months ago, I saw a girl who was at my height (6'4") And she didn't wear heels ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 05:30
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I've no Kids. I'm not the parenting type, in fact I'm not the relationship type either, and seeing as one has to proceed the other, I dont think I'll ever be a parent.
Phew! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 08:32
Nice to see you doing your bit to keep the population of our over-crowded island down, Andy!
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 08:40
First one (a boy) arrives in about three weeks...
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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 09:19
I've got 3 myself - two girls (9 and 7) and a boy (2). If anyone knows what's causing it please let me know I can't afford anymore....
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 16:20
wow, I guess it was meant to be then.
 Out of curiosity is adoption legal for same sex couples where you live? That is something I believe in and wish the US would go about making it legal. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 16:32
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I have two, a girl of 4 (Gwendolyn) and a boy of 2 (Yannick, named after tennis player Yannick Noah and guitarist Janick Gers - spelled this way because we liked having a Y in both their names). Their most recent relevant interest: dancing in front of my shiny black piano (it works like a mirror) to Home Again and Renaissance Faire by Blackmore's Night. @Video Vertigo: what you're asking is perfectly legal in the Netherlands, but same as mixed couples you have to qualify. Guess they want to guarantee the children to have a fair chance at a good upbringing in terms of parental capabilities. Angelo ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 17:42
A twelve (going on 22) year old daughter, and a nine year old son. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 17:43
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None, don't think I ever will. -------------  
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 17:47
 Ha!Nice work -- if you can get it!
 My advice: don't make conception into "work" -- just keep "practicing." ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 17:49
So: no sex for you then?
(Engaging in sex has been implicated in the production of children!  )------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 17:52
It's called Birth Control, a band I have never heard but heard of. -------------
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 17:53
Yeah, I know what you mean!
 I used to post on this really cool website, which was frequented mainly by like-minded adults of around my age.... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 17:56
Birth control?
Eh? Is that like in Communist Red China?Seriously though, can it be made retroactive for teen metal fans? ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 18:07
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I have one and a half:
Carmen is nearly 2 years old.
 María will be born on october/november 2006.
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: June 13 2006 at 16:08
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Where was the voting option for "none that i know of" ?? -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 13 2006 at 16:11
Then they all left after having their grammar corrected endlessly. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: June 13 2006 at 19:00
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legaly?...cause if not...
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 03:23
! That explains it -- uh oh!
 ....Danbo, come back -- "retarted" really is spelled that way!------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 03:37
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I have three...............two of mine and one belonging to the beloved.........
Son 11, Son 11, and Daughter 10................kids are GREAT fun!
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 03:39
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None, and not likely to get any now. Then, again, I've got no regrets, having never been a motherly kind of woman. BTW, I wish what happened to Friede and Jean was possible in Italy. Unfortunately, as long as we have the Catholic Church right inside our territory, it'll remain wishful thinking.  |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 05:07
They may now; there was a change in law in 2001. Actually we were in a legal grey zone when we had the artificial inseminations, which seemed to make it necessary for the government to make up some laws; we had been battling with legal officials for three years until we were allowed the inseminations, and we had to prove we were "worthy" first. We would have gone as high as the Constitutional Court to fight for our right for artificial insemination, but it proved not to be necessary. The government came up with laws ruling this issue a few months later; I can try and look up (and translate) the exact wording of the law, if you want me to. By the way: Two pregnant women in a household are a nuisance. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 05:33
BTW Friede,
About homosexual adoption,
I personally can still understand adoption for gay males (for obvious physical reasons) , but what are the chances of having both women infertile in a Lesbian couple?
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Posted By: Falling Flower
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 12:20
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I still am one myself ^^
Bur I don't want any and then guy I'm planning on spending my life with doesn't want any either so I don't think I'll ever have little versions of me running around ------------- 
Tool makes the butterflies in my tumybox go woooooooosh |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 13:44
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Lee 23
Carly 21 God that makes me feel old! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 14:01
I bet you will, though.
 Many of us say we don't ever want marriage or children, when we are young, but:
- kids happen (see "sex" -- I don't think most of us were "planned" by our parents)
- attitudes, tastes & priorities change as we mature
Wait and see -- get back to us in 15 - 20 years, okay?
 From my experience, very few of these "highschool sweetheart" marriages/relationships last, or even should last. We are still very much developing as people when we are teens & in our early - mid twenties: we don't really know ourselves, let alone the other person. Your personality is in flux at that age -- people grow apart. (Believe it or not, the activity or friend you thought was "cool" at 15 might well seem boring or idiotic at 30.)
Of course there are always a few exceptions -- some do mature early, but most don't, and some NEVER really mature (and their friends and lovers move on). You say you are still a "child" yourself, so why plan now to spend the "rest of your life" with a specific person? Slow down & find out who you both are as you mature! Date others! (Just don't marry/get pregnant while very young. The almost inevitable divorce/split will really hurt the children, perhaps turn both you and them cynically against the concept of love and marriage, and single parenthood is really tough, and far from ideal, in my opinion and experience. (I teach lots of teens, "twenty somethings" & single moms.)
Hear me now -- believe me later! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: man@arms
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 14:17
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I'm a proud father of fraternal twin girls (age 4).
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 14 2006 at 15:41
I met my wife when I was 18, and married her when I was 23. Didn't think anything of it at the time, but now that I'm approaching 30 it seems we got married young. But I wouldn't change anything because she's my best friend and I can't imagine life without her, nor can I imagine rearing children with anyone else. She'll be a great mom.  |
Posted By: Falling Flower
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 03:09
Aw you didn't have to depress me like that
 And if I still remember this site in 15 years I'll get back at you
He's not my "highschool sweetheart", he's my best friend now because my mum wont let me see him, so we only talk on the phone and on msn and we do date other people now, but when we're 18 my mum can't forbid me to see him anymore and we're gonna see if it works out then -------------
Tool makes the butterflies in my tumybox go woooooooosh |
Posted By: HighProtein
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 11:30
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Overbreeding is a big issue in the world and no one cares.
There are more than enough kids in the world
but people keep breeding and breeding and breeding.
Unless you can afford it just stop.
No one that breeds deserves 1 cent of incentive from the government
its a conscious choice and its your fault if you can't afford it. ------------- http://www.raymondwatts.com |
Posted By: Falling Flower
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 11:34
That's a bit harsh 
People would still be having children even ff they wouldn't get money to raise them and then we'd have a whole world of illetaretes because they can't afford to send their children to school.
The rich kids would be the only one with educations and all power will fall in their hands wich leads us to something we had ages ago again.
Or maybe I'm just thinking to much -------------
Tool makes the butterflies in my tumybox go woooooooosh |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 11:57
Don't feel bad NS.I grew up next door to my wife,we have known each other almost since birth,have been together since we were 13 and married at 18.And still madly in love 22 years later,and have never really fought.She is not only my best friend but I truly believe she is my soul mate. Stereotypical childhood sweethearts. ------------- |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 12:08
That's an incredible story, thank you for sharing it. You guys were meant to be together, no question about it. I guess I just wanted to address Peter's comment about age. I agree about maturity at 30 versus 18 or 20 years old, but also wanted to say (at least for us), when it works, it works, no matter what age you are. What was cool was that I was sour on relationships from some prior bad experiences when I met my wife - found my soulmate when I wasn't even looking.  |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 12:11
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^ I have experience and I know that long relationship at a young age may not always be the right thing to do (unless you are really sure about it)  -------------  
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 09:48
As I said, there are always exceptions, but I personally don't know of any happy "high school sweethearts" marriages. I know of many broken/disfunctional ones.
Any marriage is a challenge, and requires maturity, give and take, and real communication. I believe that the odds are decidedly against these types of marriages ("my first girlfriend became my wife," etc) lasting.
I'm glad to see the exceptions here, but please, young'uns: don't rush into marriage, and don't get pregnant outside of a stable, mature relationship. To quote Chief Dan George:
"The only thing the world really needs is for every child to grow up in happiness." ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 12:22
I think we agree here. I just got lucky. |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 03:08
| ONE OF 9 YEARS. |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 03:11
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No children (that I'm aware of...)
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 11:27
| Update: yes, a (now) 3 month old boy, who unfortunately has a cold and is cranky. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 14:08
 A daughter and a son, ages 13 and (almost) 10, respectively. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 14:13
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A daughter, 15 yrs old.
I think my wife must've been consorting with The Devil all those years ago.... ( )
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 14:15
| nope, 38 and have been single for over 10 years, no kids... |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 14:16
don't be silly; the Devil doesn't live in Bolton....
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 16:13
Oh, hi Tony! You been here long?------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 16:40
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One of each
14 year old son and 12 year old daughter.
Some signs of prog appreciation in the boy. Need to work on it though.
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 19:12
None so far. Although I would like to have 2 in the future. I don't wan't to grow old alone.
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Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 01:23
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none for me. at 23, and no lady around, it's not going to happen for a while...if at all -------------  
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Posted By: Niki ( IO )
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 05:22
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None, except the one hidden inside me... ------------- IO |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 12:51
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Unless there was one night when I got WASTED and can't remember it....... I don't have any kids.
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 14:40
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Up to now the only vote for 4 is mine!
But in fact they are 6 'cause I added to my arms my two stepsons!
My heart is like a police car: there's always space for someone else. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 15:06
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At the original time of this poll I had just the one, but now I have two. My daughter is three and a half, and my son is going on three months. That's just the right number and boy to girl ratio for us. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 17:18
| Three children, two girls aged 10 and 8, a boy just turned 3. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 17:24
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0 but the wife is asking.... ------------- |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 17:26
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2 girls here, 8 and 12 .
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 17:56
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none.... for now
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Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 17:59
| None that I know of... What? Someone could steal a sperm sample while I was asleep. |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:05
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For those thinking in children... take care:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxS2L_LuEFo&mode=related&search - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxS2L_LuEFo&mode=related&search = ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:12
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We've got one 4 year old girl named Emily and thinking about kid #2.
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 07:33
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No children for us & no plans for any; who knows though, Vicky may wake up one day with the evangelical gleam in her eye...
I think there are quite a few couples of our generation who are choosing not to have children - as far as getting old is concerned, we've got that covered; befriend your friends' children & get them to look after you in your dotage. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 07:49
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I've got a 4 year old daughter.
My wife and I, we'd like to have a 2nd kid, but biologically there seems to be a problem. Adoption may be an option (that rhymes) but I'm not sure about the ethical part of it. Taking a kid out of a different country...
But we're happy with our 4-year old!
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 08:54
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Why does adoption mean the child has to be from a different country - can you not adopt in your own country? -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: April 24 2007 at 01:51
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a beautiful almost 11 years old daughter!!! ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 24 2007 at 03:26
From the information that I have, there are very little children in Belgium waiting for adoption, and many parents who apply for it.
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: April 24 2007 at 03:31
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Three........ two of my own and one belonging to my partner. and about once a moon we get the planets lined up for them all to spend time with their alternative parents and we get a kid free weekend!!!!
Love all three little faces......... despite the fact the boys have reached adolescence............ 
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