I never listen to that stupid Jamie, Jack, and Stench show (or whatever it's called) on the way to work, but for some reason this morning I did and it was absolutely hilarious (no thanks to that effing annoying biotch Jamie).
It came down to this: wake up ladies. Men are bored.
And what women define as entertainment is different than what guys call entertainment. Women are always like "youw ant something to do? Fix so-and-so"...but that's still "boring" technically. Driving racecars and drinking beer, that's not boring. But doing household projects, that's boring to them. Women however aren't "bored" by household stuff, which is why we're always doing one thing after another after another because to us, we WANT to be bored but we can't 'cause we're too busy doing all the household crap.
Their solution was that you can get a guy to fix the roof if the roof is basically two big boobs...
Letters to the Editor:
1) You asked me this question and I did not say that if I could have kids when I was old, I'd wait to get married. I want to get married now regardless of how loudly my biological clock is ticking.
Ahh, but that's because you found someone that you want to spend the rest of your life with. Let's say you weren't dating anyone...would be like "ahh, it's all good" like if you were 21? Or would be like "eep, times a tickin'"? (although, you're still young :P) You want to get married now because you want to live with that person and spend every night with them, but let's say you didn't have someone...and let's say you were 29...would you feel some "pressure" to find someone, more than you did when you were 17?
When you're 23 you're concern over marriage isn't anywhere near as great as say when you're 30. It's one thing to say that it's because it's a different "life stage" (i.e. new grad), but think of all the women that DON'T pursue law degrees, medical degrees, etc, because they want a family instead. If women could have babies when they're 60, I guarantee there's plenty of women who would pursue higher educations and career goals (unless they'er slackers like me who dream of working at Target one day).
As for guys (re: Abdul's timeline), yeah of course they wouldnt' want to give sperm when they're 80, but point is their concern isn't their ability to conceive, rather the logistics of whether they'll be hobbling with a cane to their kid's high school graduation. That's not an actual biological "clock" like we've got, it's just a preference. Some guys don't care to change diapers or be an active parent, so they could be a new dad at 50 and it wouldn't make a diff (as opposed to the need to be physically capable of changing diapers, running after a toddler, etc)...case in point? Donald Trump. The dude's not changing any diapers, he's got a nanny, he's got a wife...what does he care? Other than financial concerns, it's no skin off his back to spread his seed to create offspring. Same with Michael Douglas. He's not changing diapers...
How many times do you see women with a 20 year age difference between their children? Heck, a chick could marry...have a kid or not...divorce, and then she's past her childbearing years which then impacts her future choice of partners (if they want kids) as opposed to guys, who can re-marry some young hot thang and crank out some more kids...
It just irritates me that chicks got the short end of the stick. And it also ties back with my beef over how the women's rights movement and their desire to work has created a dual-income society, and now i can barely afford or have time to conceive a kid, let alone actually raise one.
The solution? We should all go back to the barter system. You build my house, and in return i'll bake you bread. That way i can pop out plenty of kids AND there's no glass ceiling for me to worry about. It's a win-win situation for everyone.
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Interesting view point and solution Sabina, I wouldn't really have a problem with it either just don't expect to be driving the kids to soccer in a BMW X5 or Lexus SUV or send the kids to private school. :)
My Mom took a good amount of time off of work when I was born, then it was off to the babysitter to the babysitter then later, babysitter, school, babysitter. My brother and sister had it a bit easier, my Grandmother lived with my family and took care of my brother and sister when they were young. Obviously, not everyone has that option but it's do-able. The problem is daycare, costs money and then there's the whole thing about having some stranger take care of your little one, how much do you trust that stranger to take care of your little one?
I think there's got to be some sort of happy balance, something manageable between the husband, wife, both of your career aspirations, both of your employers and such.
For me if I had kids and I couldn't be there to see them off to school or pick them up, it would kill me. I think it's important to be there during those times and help them out with school stuff, take them to sports or whatever.
I heard on the radio that kids aren't learning how to play on their own or with other kids because their lives are too structured which is a result of parents being too busy providing for their family and parents too afraid to let their kids play in public.
At the end of the day it's a tough call, maybe we should've all started having kids when we were in high school. :P
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