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Originally Posted by AwwSugar
>.> Erica, how old are you?
I thought I knew.
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Hey...I thought this thread was supposed to be about how old people seem to be based on their posts, not about their real ages!!
But as for my *real* age, AwwSugar, I thought you knew that if you were Luke Skywalker, I would be old enough to say to you, "Luke, I am youur Motherrrrrr."
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Originally Posted by Dr.Seussicide
75
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Sonny boy, if I didn't need my cane for balance I'd hobble over there right now and club you!
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
I'm guessing 41.
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The closest guess so far...but I think you cheated, Janszoon! Also, don't I act more immature than that?! Damn and **** and hell, and screw the world!!! (There. Did that shave off a few years?)
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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Most of the people I know who did get married around that age are divorced & back being single again anyway.
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This is definitely true for some of my friends. I feel having a significant other for several years to see how it works out for both people is definitely better than jumping into a marriage quickly. Break-ups are hard enough without all the legal issues and bitterness to work through in a divorce.
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Originally Posted by jibber
Nope, you find A one, not THE one. The idea that there's one perfect person for everyone is ridiculous. I honestly think a lot of it has to do with timing as well. Two people can be perfectly compatible and yet not at the stage where they want to settle down and get married. Once you reach that stage, every person you're with then becomes a potential husband or wife, and if one of them is someone you get along with and has similar goals and values, they'll probably be the one you marry. It's as much to do with 'when' as it is with 'who.'
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I agree with you completely, jibber. The "when" is very important. But I do think sometimes certain people are a better fit than others. The way life is, though, most people just don't have time to have a lot of long-term significant others (to test compatibility), so the selection pool of potential spouses is pretty small. I think people who meet and find they click really well, and then are actually able to get married, are very lucky.
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Originally Posted by Burning Down
It's different today - most people here go to university or college at 18 or 19, spend 3 or 4 years in school where they will most likely meet the person they might get married to. I think most people now are waiting till their late 20's or early 30's to have a kid. Especially women. If you have kids that means you need a day job, and if you're still completing a degree or something it's going to take a lot longer because you need to go to night school.
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I think you are right: people are having their child at an older age, and for women this has positives and negatives. Delaying having a child lets you focus on your career, your personal dreams. I was like that up to age 30. But then after 30, women often start to run into fertility problems, so when you know you want a child that's something to consider, as is discussed at this website:
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Age and fertility: Getting pregnant in your 30s | BabyCenter
There's a tremendous difference between your ability to get pregnant in your early versus your late 30s. As the decade progresses, a woman's fertility goes into free fall. That's why fertility experts caution women in their 30s not to wait too long, particularly if they want more than one child.
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Uh, I should also mention that as men age, their chance of having children with birth defects goes up, too, due to their aging sperm-making cells. But I think this doesn't become so much of a problem until men are in their 40s.
http://infertility.about.com/od/caus...agefertile.htm