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[Bozack]

I'll probably just wait until an unsuspecting neighbor falls asleep, so I can sneak in, ram my ovipositor down their throat and lay my eggs in their chest.

...but relax folks, he's not an alien!

First off, we're losers because we're awake at 5:20 am (or 1:21 am my time) and NOT bumpin' uglies with the fliest of the ladies. But we are ALSO losers because we love Mike Nelson. Cry with me, Zart. CRY.

[AlohaDawg]

a lot of really honest and sensible things about becoming / being a parent

Amen. I just wish everyone approached the Task with this level of joy and reverence.

I have to admit that the first one was a surpsise; we briefly considered naming her Orth-Novum and we were no where near ready or in a place to have kids. Taking into account everything the ever wise and slightly inebriated avuncular August West said, I would add one more thing which I firmly believe: If you are a couple and you are waiting until you are 'ready' to have children, trust me, you will never be ready. And if you want children and the rest of your life is reasonably in order, have them. You will organize your life to make it good for children and in the process, it will be good for you, too. I was broke and kind of a shitty person until she came along, she changed everything and all she had to do was BE.

It's pretty awesome how it works out that way.

[jough]

Where the hell is it 5:30 AM?  The middle of the Atlantic Ocean?  I think your calculations got screwed up while you were depositing your seed sacks into a neighbour's abdomen.

Oh Jesus, oh sweet fuck*ng baby Jesus what has this thread come to.  Oh dear sweet lord baby Jesus on the handlebars of the swingset...

[JorgeFabregas]

Hey man, chill out. Go have a kid or something.

[slink]

If you are committed to doing it right, it's a shitload of work.  If you're not committed to doing it right, please don't have a baby.  Funny thing is, it's entirely worth it.

You see, I can kind of understand that it would be that great, but at the same time, I am just so bad at dealing with my own life, and I am the laziest and worst procrastinator of all time, so I just reckon that it would be a bad idea to get myself into a situation where there's no real test.

I definitely agree with you on the morons not having kids issue though. I mean for fuck's sake, are 16 year olds more fertile than 26 year olds?

[CortJstr]

I'll probably just wait until an unsuspecting neighbor falls asleep, so I can sneak in, ram my ovipositor down their throat and lay my eggs in their chest.

...but relax folks, he's not an alien!

Dammit I wanted to be the first to post that!

That'll learn me to get a good night's sleep before work.

[arkabee]

i just have to mention that my favorite words to hear, ever, are:

"hey, i started my period today."

it's like god reaching down and saying "you have two more weeks to turn in your term paper."  only, the term paper is THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!  and the two weeks may vary.

um.  ya.


but i agree with aloha, in that i know i'm _never_ going to be "ready", but there's a difference between ready and "ready" and _ready_, know what i mean?

if i'm eatng ramen to survive i'm not ready.

if i go out drinking every night i'm not "ready".

if i just don't know if it's the right time, and wouldn't it be nice to be able to go on vacation anytime we want, and will the cat do "things" to the baby, and, and, etc, et al i'm not _ready_.

if i wake up in cold sweats at 3:30AM screaming, wailing, and crying from Cold, Hard, Fear, i am, apparently, ready for children.

[jay-ell]

This thread split DUE TO PUNISHMENT.  

Sorry I was AWOL yesterday; I was caught in a storm of familial goodwill and having food thrust towards me.  At any rate, thanks to all who offered their goodwill and advice.  I have a feeling we'll need all of it.  

And super-good vibes to Aloha and Mrs. Dawg; we're expecting our little monkey of joy at the end of February (I'll be huge on my next birthday) so there's a reasonable chance that they could be born on the same day!  

As for specific comments:

Adrian Pearson is Pedro's real name, so that one's not up for negotiation.  We will call him Pearce to avoid the "big-Adrian, little-Adrian" yoke.  

Hero is one of the lead female characters in Much Ado about Nothing.   We're not Shakespeare freaks or anything, but I ran across the name in college and I adore that which it represents.  It's quite clearly feminine (in this context; I'm aware that in Japanese it's masculine), but it's a very strong name, and seems to indicate courageous behaviour and a noble spirit.  We picked it out quite a while ago, and paired it with Elizabeth because we recognize that our daughter may not want an uncommon name by the time she's thirteen, so she can choose to go by her middle name (or some permutation thereof) if she likes.  

Re: the comment in the Father's Day thread, I honestly didn't know at the time.  I found out yesterday morning at 5 AM.  

Re: lunch-bucket in hand work-sex -- Pedro and I have been trying for over a year now, so we're *tired*.  What finally worked was being diagnosed as infertile (oddly enough) and me going on fertility drugs.  So pray I'm not having a litter, OK?  

This was my first month on the drugs, and they usually take 4 - 6 months of treatment to make sperm meet egg.  So give Pedro's guys a round of applause; they're some good swimmers, those guys.  Our kids will probably grow up to be Olympic gold medalists, with sperms like that making up half their DNA.  

We also need house-selling vibes.  We have our new place all picked out, but we can't move on it until we sell this one.  So pray for a quick sale, 'cause I don't want to be moving in with my in-laws while I'm throwing up and craving Chinese food.  (Who am I kidding, I'm *always* craving Chinese food!)  Also, keep your fingers crossed on the vomiting thing -- no morning sickness yet, knock on wood.  

And finally, all you non-breeders, don't worry.  We won't let the earth's population die out.  We're hoping for four kids.  (Just not all at once, please!)

[jough]

Title: Den Mother-to-be (very cute)
Location: In delicate condition
Sig: all knocked up and nowhere to go

Mmm... subtle.

I am so happy you're so happy.

:woohoo:

[V-Adore]

Prospective names for next bebbie:

Boy - Paul Robert
Girl - Madeline Rose

We're sticking with familial names - reuse never hurt nothin'.

Especially not with classy names like that. In a world of Braedens and Dakotas, the world needs a few more Pauls.

[Bozack]

Where the hell is it 5:30 AM?  The middle of the Atlantic Ocean?  I think your calculations got screwed up while you were depositing your seed sacks into a neighbour's abdomen.

Haha, damned if I know, man, that's what YOUR website gives my post time as.

[jough]

Ah, yes.  The server time is in GMT.  You can adjust for your time zone in your profile.

[AlohaDawg]

If you are committed to doing it right, it's a shitload of work.  If you're not committed to doing it right, please don't have a baby.  Funny thing is, it's entirely worth it.

You see, I can kind of understand that it would be that great, but at the same time, I am just so bad at dealing with my own life, and I am the laziest and worst procrastinator of all time, so I just reckon that it would be a bad idea to get myself into a situation where there's no real test.

I definitely agree with you on the morons not having kids issue though. I mean for fuck's sake, are 16 year olds more fertile than 26 year olds?

I don't know about age, but poverty, common sense and level of responsibility sure seem to have an inverse relationship to fertility.

[jough]

My little bit of jealousy was short lived.  I just found out I can let it go.

Really?

How do you do that? Because I've never been able to.

[Va]

I mean for fuck's sake, are 16 year olds more fertile than 26 year olds?

Well, yeah, they are.  It's really not fair.