Two of my brothers married significantly younger women, and we all gave them high-fives and congratulations until they started second families.
You never told us you had brothers with a lot of money.
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You never told us you had brothers with a lot of money.
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A teacher at my former uni, an Eastern European lady, had her first biological child at 58. I'm many years younger and already a barren cow - and quite in terms with it; we had our children in the 90's. The teacher sought help from an Eastern European fertility clinic. I couldn't imagine attending a parents' meeting at 70 but hey, it's a free world. Maybe she and her husband are speechless of joy. Our president, 72, married a lady 28 years his junior. They had a baby boy in 2018. My grandfather was 35 years senior to my grandmother and had his youngest child in his 60's. He died of natural causes but I was born only after his death. (My other grandpa was killed in action during WW II). Somehow this senior men-younger ladies concept reminds me of Benny Hill (and a certain humor-accentuated dressing up rivalry). I hope all kinds of rejuvenation clinics and pills are offered in 2050 when I'm having a princess day.
I would never even think of fathering a child at my age of 59. I could easily be dead before the kid graduated high school. That would be really unfair to the kid. Sure, a father could die in his 30s, but in his 70s, the odds are not as favorable.
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Luckily Tasters mate I married a soul mate. She is 15 years younger than me, she was 33 yrs old when we met. When we started having sex she was very happy I had had the snip. She like me is not interested in reproduction. That was another brick in the wall estranging her from her mother, Her late father supported her fully to his cost. I found it interesting that her mother never attempted to pressure her son, a confirmed bachelor the same way.Two of my brothers married significantly younger women, and we all gave them high-fives and congratulations until they started second families.
Tommo my great FIL carried a smoldering resentment that to quote him. When my kids left home I wanted us to enjoy our life. My wife wanted to spend every second she could being a surrogate mother to her other daughters four children. Tommo had the last word. His will was read two weeks ago. We did not attend as neither of us were interested in any inheritance. We received a copy, Tommo divided his quite considerable assets ( two houses, land etc ) equally between his wife, Marina and Marina's brother and sister without any bequests to his grand and great grand children. Marina did not want anything and we had made an appointment with the solicitor to affirm this. Then she received a phone call from her mother and brother. I cannot understand Croatian and all Marina said after she returned from spending three hours alone on the beach was " I have cancelled the solicitors appointment. I feel the storm clouds gathering.
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We have a friend who (accidentally) had her first (and only) child from her first pregnancy 2 weeks before her 49th birthday. To say she was stunned (as was he) would be putting it mildly. But she never looked healthier than during her pregnancy (though had always been as fit as a fiddle anyhow). Mother and father now reside in the same house, but one is left wondering how exactly they ever met given that their social circles were not exactly similar. She was a deputy District judge (and still is) and QC (barrister). He was a painter decorator (but at the to end of the market where a single roll of wallpaper costs ££££s and carpets are handmade and cut offs no bigger than a child's bathmat cost £££s.
My sister used to deliberately call me mummy. I was 14 when she was born. I raised her. By the time I was 17, I also had another brother. Our mother was 40 & 42 when they were born. But it is nothing new. My MIL's mother was 48 when she was born, back in 1945.
I guess there's a reason we don't have kids (other than my obvious health issues and a miscarriage at 20) and that's that both of us have already raised 2 kids, my sister and younger brother.
I think maybe you missed the story - he never had the snip. He was in an accident that severely damaged his equipment and his doctor told him he wouldn't be able to father children because of that, so he never worried about birth control.
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I have a Croatian Guardian Angel Mladen. Mladen ran ten uber cars, which due to Covid are pretty much stationary. We met when I was in the Customs office here arranging import papers. I asked the English speaking lady officer why there were two different amounts of tax. She started to reply when a surly male officer interrupted. He did not know Mrs Blank was Croatian. She eventually told me what he said and I lost my temper. Mrs Blank pushed me outside (she had used the app to get an Uber half way through the spat) Mladen was waiting. He asked why I was upset, Mrs Blank explained. He told her he was on holiday for a week and he would pick us up the next day and sort everything out. Two days later the car was imported, taxed, tested, insured etc. He was off to Italy with his family the week after so I took some Euros out of the safe and gave it to him. He refused I got frustrated and angry that we could not communicate. Marina came out and smoothed everything over. He has been our go to guy and friend since then. He called us this morning after he was told about the accident involving a Saab. His cousin is a Senior Traffic cop. We will see him tomorrow to get the accident report which usually take 4 weeks then we will go to the guilty drivers insurance company Weiner who insure his 5 cars in Zagreb among other things. He went to school with the manager. He is what I call a true friend. He is also a fan and member of LFC supporters club Split.
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So to encapsulate Tasters, your unfortunate relative had a nasty accident involving his orchestra's. The doctor told him he was a Jaffa. He thought he was firing blanks so he did not bother to wrap it.. The doctor was telling porkies. Does that sum the situation up in a nut shell ?
That's it precisely!So to encapsulate Tasters, your unfortunate relative had a nasty accident involving his orchestra's. The doctor told him he was a Jaffa. He thought he was firing blanks so he did not bother to wrap it.. The doctor was telling porkies. Does that sum the situation up in a nut shell ?
Apparently producing children after being told you are barren is a thing. I know someone who was told early on her 20’s she couldn’t have children due to a serious problem with her ovaries. So she was happy go lucky relaxed and carefree...and went on to have two daughters with her partner.
So I’m at the supermarket and I was looking at a shelf with teas by a brand called the English Tea Shop. I didn’t purchase any and went on to the cash register. At the cash register I’m playing with my phone and on instagram there’s an ad by The English Tea shop...dont say they’re not watching us. I sweat I had a chill when I saw this.
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I went to the city center for some shopping and I was planning on sitting on a garden nearby and reading while eating the chocolate I bought, but that thing with the English Tea Shop ads made me so uneasy I went straight home. Sitting on my couch I open Facebook on my phone and there it is an ad for the English Tea Shop 
They followed me all the way home! 
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