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Am I the only one what has found that IRL, as opposed to in the media, at least as many men as women develop a strong desire to have kids when they reach a certain age?
For men, IME, this seems to happen most often in their late 30s, although I have known some who get it in their early 20s.
And of course, some men, like some women, never do.
Except men physically don't have a biological clock, unlike women.
Except men physically don't have a biological clock, unlike women.
I think the more research conducted on the negative mental/physical side effects to children conceived with older men, the more a clock will start to establish itself in men as well.
Having a child was pretty much the expectation at the time, and my ex was advocating. I never felt any internal urge to have children, but wasn't strongly opposed either. I probably would not care if I hadn't, but on balance am glad I did.
I think the more research conducted on the negative mental/physical side effects to children conceived with older men, the more a clock will start to establish itself in men as well.
In the true essence of the term "biological clock," men do not have one. Their reproductive organs do not shut down at a specified time, to never work again. This is not a topic that is up for debate.
Am I the only one what has found that IRL, as opposed to in the media, at least as many men as women develop a strong desire to have kids when they reach a certain age?
For men, IME, this seems to happen most often in their late 30s, although I have known some who get it in their early 20s.
And of course, some men, like some women, never do.
The title is misleading. It should be "When do men start to want kids," since men don't physically have a biological clock and have no real emotional or hormonal force pushing them to settle down before it's too late.
Am I the only one what has found that IRL, as opposed to in the media, at least as many men as women develop a strong desire to have kids when they reach a certain age?
For men, IME, this seems to happen most often in their late 30s, although I have known some who get it in their early 20s.
And of course, some men, like some women, never do.
*His* yearning to have kids was contributing factor to my marriage breaking up.
The ex-husband had a couple children already, by a woman who wouldn't marry him.
He left her & we were together 8+ years before his craving to make babies resurfaced.
I, on the other hand, had always maintained my refusal to have children-I'm 40, still feel the same on the issue.
We divorced (a decade ago), and he went off and found another woman with whom to have more offspring.
So, yeah-I agree, it's *not* always the woman who has the biological clock thing going on.
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