April 13, 2006
Timebomb ***UPDATE***
I work in an office with thirteen full-time employees. Of those thirteen, nine are women. Of those nine, eight are of childbearing age. Of those eight, six want to have babies. Of those six, four are married. Of those four, one had a daughter this January, one had a son two weeks ago, one just scheduled her C-section for May 16, and another announced this morning that she is due in November. Holy moly, stay away from the water cooler. Or...don't.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
(Okay, Simon, I'll stop now.)
Wait. One more thing. Look what the cat just dragged in.
Done now. For real.
Posted by Leah at April 13, 2006 10:41 AMYes. It really is time to stop.
Posted by: Simon at April 13, 2006 11:12 AMI have to say, if I had been as prepared for parenthood as you are (as in the desire for it), perhaps my early-mother days would have been easier.
No, they definitely would have been easier.
You are going to have the luckiest kids on the planet, you know that? You really are. To be so wanted, even now when it's not going to happen just yet. How lovely!
Posted by: candace at April 13, 2006 11:53 AMTo quote NIKE - JUST DO IT!
:)
And Simon - you'll love every minute of it too. I'm on my third, and am just as excited about this one as I was with the first. And so is my hubby :)
Posted by: Angella at April 13, 2006 02:05 PMLet me clarify: There's no lack of excitement on Simon's part. It's just not time, and I know that as well as he does.
Posted by: Leah at April 13, 2006 02:41 PMIn the last place I worked before this place, the morale was super low, the turnover was super high, and in the 5 months I worked there I think 10 women got pregnant/had babies (one had twins and one had triplets!), and NONE of them came back to work afterward. I wondered whether for some of them it was a way out of a bad working environment.
Posted by: Emily at April 13, 2006 03:13 PMLuckily, that's not the case here. My office is super-awesome and a great place to spend eight hours a day. I think we're all just horny or something.
Posted by: Leah at April 13, 2006 03:15 PMYeah, Leah is right. I want kids. I will love being a dad, no doubt. It's just not the right time. It's not even a matter of not being ready, it's just that it's not the right time. Other things in life are such that it's not time for kids. And don't say, "things are never quite ready, you just have to go for it." That's not what I'm talking about. It's just not time yet. Really.
BUT...
When it is time, I will have so much fun. I can't wait to have kids, and be a dad, and watch them grow, play in the yard, take them to school, put them trough college, watch them neglect their grandparents, consume more than their fair share of the world's resources, and then have their own kids who will in turn neglect me. Can't wait.
Posted by: Simon at April 13, 2006 05:15 PMYou are my favorite person in the whole frickin world.
Posted by: Leah at April 13, 2006 05:22 PMOh, I'm sure where you work is Teh Awesome. You actually have my dream job. Your story just reminded me of that place I used to work and all the jokes about not drinking the water.
Posted by: Emily at April 14, 2006 08:51 AMTiming is important - I'm glad we waited a wee while before jumping into this whole parenthood thing. It can make things easier and it's definitely scary enough on it's own. Plus, looking forward to things is always fun too...
Posted by: trish at April 16, 2006 09:00 AMIt's the exact opposite at my office. Committing to one person. What's that? Marriage. Is that some kind of disease? Babies. Is that what those little people are called?
Seriously. So strange. Would love to be able to hang around other baby-wanters for a change.
Posted by: gimmy at April 17, 2006 08:48 PM
