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Originally Posted by O.A.Bachlow
Once you get older the biological clock is ticking for both men and woman...You had better decide what you want to be and what you want to do with the rest of your life...Do you really want to be a 55 year old man sitting in a bar trying to pick up woman for recreational sex then going home alone no family- no wife.....How are you going to look when you are 65 ? Having kids is part of having a full life...I may have failed at career things...but I have four adult children and two grand kids....I AM A SUCCESS.
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Again, nonsense. "The biological clock" is a construct. Yes, there are limited years for reproduction. People who DON'T HAVE ANY DESIRE TO BE PARENTS don't have any worries about any clock in that regard, obviously, regardless of their age. The idea that "the biological clock is ticking for both men and women once they get older" is baloney. People who want kids will desire ideally having them prior to any age-related fertility issues and/or at the age they feel is most appropriate to enjoy the experience. For people who don't, it really does not matter.
You can certainly define yourself as "a success" if you have been successful at parenting, if you choose to. That's your prerogative. But let's be ignorant of the fact that everyone determines their success by their own personal, individual criteria.
People fill their lives with all kinds of things and people. Having kids is one way of having a fuller life, if you are a person to whom that appeals. But it's certainly not the only way for one to have a full life.
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