Paperclippy - aren't you a little young for the old clock to be a-tickin'? :p I know what you mean though. Me and the DH live in family housing and there are little kids everywhere. Our next door neighbors have a 3 month old. Most of our friends have kids. I used to think I wanted them right away, but I've become more selfish in the last few years, and now I want other stuff first. I want to finish school and get a real job- more importantly, I need Dave to finish school and make the big pharmacy bucks! I want to travel (not that you can't do this with kids, but with infants, it's pretty much impossible). I want to be at my goal weight for at least 3 years before I go there - I want to make sure I don't put it all back on - ya know? I want a house... jeez, I'm "needy." :p I think we're going to plunge into the world of pets as kids pretty soon - we're thinking a kitten for Christmas!

I just turned 20 and I feel my clock tickin! :lol:

I realize how ridiculous this is though, so I'm working on it. Living in south carolina means that I'm surrounded by girls getting married and starting families at 18/19 and I feel so behind.

I work with many teenage and "young" mothers and I have to bite my tongue when they ask me whether I have kids and I want to say "He*l no! I'm only 23 years old!" LOL my clock is definitely missing batteries because BF and I have been together almost 4 years now and happy with things the way they are...no ring, no babies etc

babies are sooo fun!! I can only add to this because I was THERE with all of you just a year or so ago!! no babies, I wanna house, and a GOOD job I wanna live my life first, firends hang out, you know the whole 9 yards. Then out of no where, BAM <while on BC mind you> I got preggo! holly sh^t! I was scared, still living at home, going to school about to move out my 3 rd time!! WOW! but it was the bes t thing EVER to happen to me! I work full time now, shes a year, Mike is finishing school, babies dont mean teh end of the world. I still get to hang out with all of my friends, now mind you I cant get up and go whenever, but to have that lil person look up to you, I cant really explain it.
Im ready for another one. Once you hit mommyhood I think your outlook changes!
I would do a million things different if I had the choice, but then asgain, I really dont think I would.
Does that make ant sense??
you guys are funny! your clocks are a tickin! NO there not!! silly's!!
Lizbabe~ Missing batteries???HAHAHAHA thats good!
Happy friday!! woke up this morning with a sore throat!! :(

Hey girls,
My clock is some times tickin and I already have a kid. He's not a baby anymore so I sometimes long for those baby days. When I see people having babies which is like everyone right now, I think awww, I wish I was having a baby. I actually plan out names and everything. But, I've been a single mom for 5 years and I can't see doing that with 2 kids so I definatley do not want to get prego until, its a whole family deal.
But then again, who knows, I never really plan my life out to much and its worked out well so far.
Happy Friday everyone, I'm so glad its friday. I have such a busy week and my weekend is packed. My son's birthday is this weekend and we are in between moving so we are having it in the house that we are moving out of but it has no furniture or anything, our house we are moving into isn't finished yet so we can't do it there. It shoudl be fun, I think we have to rent some chairs though...
Have a good weekend if I dont' get a chance to check in.
Jennie

Fuller -- (Welcome back, BTW!) I guess my problem is that my body says "have a baby!" and my mind says "oh no you don't!" :lol: I keep seeing more and more studies about how much lower the chance of complications and birth defects is if you are 18-24. The risk goes up at 24, then way up at 30, and as we all know it goes even higher at 35. So I kind of feel like time is ticking away! :lol: But unless something goes drastically wrong (like my BC totally fails and our backup method ALSO fails) I won't be having kids any time soon. I think my boyfriend would die if I was pregnant! :faint:

Jenicra -- I am totally with you. There are a few things I really want to happen before I have any kids: first off I want to be married, second I want to be done with school and have spent at least a year or two in a full-time job, third I want to have a house. I may be forseeing a dog sometime in the next year or so, but babies will be at LEAST three years away, probably more! That's why I want to tell my body to just shut up, but I can't seem to stop watching pregnancy shows on TV and reading about pregnancy online! :rofl:

Lizzie -- Haha, that's funny about SC . . . I'm at a point right now where about half my friends are getting married. No kids though!

Liz -- :rofl: "Missing batteries," that's great! My "plan" doesn't include kids any time soon. But I know how you feel about you and your bf -- we've been together for almost five years now, living together for one, and the whole "let's get married" thing is a relatively recent development. Neither of us were thinking of it when we moved in together, but after living together for a year (and realizing yes, we can actually live together without driving each other crazy!), it seems like a better idea (for a lot of other reasons too). No babies though. Once we are actually officially engaged, it will probably be at least a year and a half or two years until we get married, and then I am guessing at least two more years before having kids seems like something reasonable to do. I really do want to have kids before I'm 30 though, since I always felt like I had a HUGE generation gap with my mom!

JustForUs and Jennie -- it's good to hear that motherhood (even accidental motherhood!) is not as bad as I've always thought! I always go to the supermarket and see these moms with two or three screaming little kids (I mean like ages 3-7) and I think "OMG, I could never do that."

This is neat discussion - thanks for the spark paperclippy! Oh yeah, and TGIF!

A note on the biological clocks.. I think people have kids waaaaaay to early.. My best friend (who was like a sister to me before she died) had her son when she was 16.. and I know a girl who, at 17 or 18, is a mother of 2! I'm looking at these people and saying "What are you thinking???" Is not for me to judge though... I just know I want to be in my mid to upper 20's before I start poppin out kinds!

Curves is going well, although I still have to get over being self conscous.. if I even spelled that right... but by the time i go through once I am doing fine. Have to go there today, so I can work out and give them some of the money (I figured out if I give them $35 a week for the next 3 weeks, then it's all paid off.. much easier than me doing it all at once!)

I am starting to get frusterated though.. for WEEKS I have stepped on my scale every morning and it ALWAYS reads 200.. I thought there was some loss but then it popped back up again. A friend told me yesterday that I am looking thinner, but I don't know if that's true or not! All I know is that I am getting mad because I am working hard and nothing seems to be happening! *sigh*... I suppose I should look on the bright side, that it hasn't gone up any!

Just here for quick updates and read the latest posts, since I am running around between starting my new job and working out and school, etc.. also have to go visit my new job, my old job, the post office.. and come home, shower and change by 5:45, so I can help my mom teach a class on crocheting!

I think I only feel the need to be maternal around really really small children like infants in stores for example. And not the crying ones either.. hehe ok.. so I only "want one" when they are cute and I don't have to be around them for more than 10minutes. So I should probably just get a little dog instead.
Plus I'm going to need to find a guy I can be around for longer than 10minutes too, to really make things happen.


The boy is giving me mixed signals, or maybe I'm just interpreting things all wrong. Yesterday he asked me to go see a movie with him next week and then I find out from another source that his girlfriend has come to Columbia this weekend to see him. Either he isn't interested in me "that way" or he is trying to be a player. [note to self: abort! abort! There are good options here!]
He doesn't realize I'm a private investigator and I'm on to his trickery! :lol:
But I'm going home this weekend and I'll probably hang out with this other guy who kind of likes me. He isn't my type, but I'm all for distractions.

See, my Dating Clock is alarming in my ears. I'm so afraid that if I'm not seeing anyone now then I obviously won't ever see anyone ever again and so no husband and no children. The prospect of becoming a cat lady is looming over me these days. I know my thinking is totally flawed, but thats how it feels, ya know?

I'm soooo glad the weekend is here! I overslept today for the first time in forever and ended up getting about twice as much sleep as I usually do. I think that is my body's way of telling me I need to rest this weekend.
:dance:

Wasted - boys are dumb. That guy is sounding kind of shady. My advice would be to go see the movie with him, because although it does sound date-ish, he could just be meaning it as a friend thing.. if he tried to make a move on you though, put your foot down.. you deserve better than to be the "other girl"! And who the **** says you have to find your soul mate at 20? I remember the cutest thing I ever saw was a couple who got married on valentine's day.. both residents at the nursing home my mother was working at at the time! Ok I know you don't want to wait THAT long... but you know what I mean. :)

Lizzie, maybe his girlfriend is coming so that he can break up with her in person?

Fae - I agree, I want to be in my mid to late-twenties before I have kids . . . but turning 23 I suddenly was like "OMG, I am almost 25, what the **** am I doing??" :lol:

Heehee - I was talking to my little brother (he's 14) and he was having a hard time with girls and relationships and stuff and he's like "I just want what you and Dave have, and Mom and Rob, and Dad and Nan all have." I had to hold back my laughter - I'm mean he's 14 - you don't find the love of your life at 14 (well, not usually, but I must admit I was almost there)! Talk about the clock starting to tick a little early!

LOL Jenicra...my hubby and I started dating when I was exactly 14.5 yrs old! :D