Doesn't S/He Make YOU Want One?

[alohomora]

I have a friend who has three kids and she doesn't understand why everyone else doesn't want to follow suit.  Her kids are great, but they run her absolutely ragged and she's always saying how tired and worn down she is...then she wants to know if I want to join in the reindeer games?!  Ummmm, no.

When I'm asked by her, and others, "don't you just want to have a cute little baby like this?" I am prone to answer with varying degrees of "no."  If it's a close friend they will usually get a response of "Heck freaking no!" (using much less polite wording)    If it's polite company or someone I don't know very well, I usually say something along the lines of "No, I have plenty of nieces/nephews/friends' kids to spend time with and dote on."  

[Venus193]

That reminds me of a former boss of mine. When he found out i was 24 he told me that i was "breeding age" and "better get started."
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In addition to sexual harrassment, that's icky in the extreme.

[Ordelia]

I heard the nicest way to deflect the "Doesn't he just make you want one of your own?" question over the holidays. "Oh, how could there ever be another baby as cute as him?" This got the attention back on the baby and away from the person holding him without any hurt feelings or we-know-better smiles.

[LadyDyani]

That reminds me of a former boss of mine. When he found out i was 24 he told me that i was "breeding age" and "better get started."
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Breeding age?  Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.  What are you?  A frigging cow?

[Shoo]

I'm 43.5 years old, with an almost 7 year old dd.  I get asked all the time if we're going to have another child.  I usually just say, "No.  We got a late start with dd, and I'm just not up to the task of starting all over again."

Hard to argue with that.

[Scritzy]

Do I want my own?  Heck no!  Never did, never will.  Fortunately I'm old enough now that they've stopped asking.

Dare I ask how old that is?  I finally seem to be old enough that they stop asking if I have a boyfriend, but now they are asking about kids.

Um, I never got that boyfriend thing done.  Much less the husband thing.  Why are they even asking about kids?

I just turned 51. I'd say the questions stopped about eight years ago (I don't tend to look my age).