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Wow. For those who are fairly impatient to start a family - or confused as to why they haven't yet - Embryotech has what you need.

on 23 Feb 2004 13:51 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] scirocco.livejournal.com
For some reason, I was envisioning a huge beer barrel with a bunch of gel, a huge turkey baster, a grow-light, and a "Bag O' Baby".


But, then, I'm weird. :)

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on 23 Feb 2004 15:50 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
Hmm, maybe I don't want to meet Widget. ;)

on 23 Feb 2004 14:13 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] baronbrian.livejournal.com
That is one of the most frightening things I have ever seen.

on 23 Feb 2004 14:26 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] xlost-girlx.livejournal.com
and here i was thinking babies are just a punishment for sin or a terrible terrible accident.

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on 23 Feb 2004 15:10 (UTC)
siderea: (Default)
Posted by [personal profile] siderea
Yeah. Babies are a punishment from God for heterosexuality. :}

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on 23 Feb 2004 15:52 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
Well, I can't figure out why, but some people really want them. And a couple of those are able to raise them properly, too. :P

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on 23 Feb 2004 16:09 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] christhegeek.livejournal.com
We silly breeders with our self punishing ways ;)

on 23 Feb 2004 17:35 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] ex-dervish821.livejournal.com
I don't get it. Are you surprised that people buy this stuff? Baby-making is a big business.

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on 23 Feb 2004 18:59 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
Apparently so. *shakes head in confusion*

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on 24 Feb 2004 15:01 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] ex-dervish821.livejournal.com
No, wait. Are you really surprised that so many people want babies really badly? I know you don't, but does it really confuse you that others do?

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on 3 Mar 2004 04:33 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
Sorry this got buried under a ton of unreplied-to comments.

Yes, I'm surprised that people want babies that badly. I understand to a certain extent, but I generally think that the more you want a baby, the more likely it is that you have psychological issues.

For example, I know that you and Nick wanted Veronica and tried specific things in attempts to get her. This doesn't indicate any issues to me, and although I don't understand it I accept it. However, if you guys had spent lots of money on fertility calculators and such things, I would've been very confused. What was your life SO missing that only a child could supply?

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on 3 Mar 2004 04:46 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] ex-dervish821.livejournal.com
I guess it's impossible to explain the urge. To me, it's like explaining to someone what it feels like to be horny. It seems so natural that you assume it's universal, and words can't describe how compelling it can be.

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on 3 Mar 2004 04:47 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
In other words: don't worry, I'll understand when I'm older? ;)

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on 3 Mar 2004 04:58 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] ex-dervish821.livejournal.com
Oops, I wasn't trying to be patronizing. I know there are people out there who never, ever get aroused, and who aren't particularly interested in changing it. Just not something they want. That's how alien it seems to me to not want children, though I think the childfree outnumber the asexual (or are at least much more vocal about it). I certainly recognize that there are people who have no interest in having kids, and I don't care. It doesn't impact my life if they remain childless (or childfree). It just seems foreign to me. For all I know, you *might* get bitten by the baby bug at 40, or you might happily go on without any such twinges forever. I won't try to pressure you to have babies to provide playmates -- or babysitting fodder -- for my kids. That's dumb.
I know it seems as weird to you to *want* kids as it does to me to *not* want them. You're just in the minority, so... I don't know where I was going with that thought. Nowhere with a point, I'm sure.

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on 3 Mar 2004 05:04 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
Oh, no worries, my comment wasn't indicating a patronized feeling at all. I simply found it amusing, especially since I don't deny its possibility.

I'd be much happier babysitting your kids myself. :D Well, I assume I'll like Milo as much as I like Veronica, at least. Just be certain that when the time comes, you'll have a couch I can make a fort out of. ;)

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on 3 Mar 2004 05:13 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] ex-dervish821.livejournal.com
Oh man, Milo is so much easier to like than Veronica. At least at this point, compared to her at 3 months. He always always smiles, or at least doesn't cry. He'll probably be Hell as a toddler.

on 23 Feb 2004 18:14 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] flyingindie.livejournal.com
Hey, now. What if YOUR parents decided they hated kids and didn't have any? There's nothing wrong with liking babies.

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on 23 Feb 2004 19:05 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
My siblings and I were all accidents.

But that's not your point, I know. Still. If my parents had chosen to abort me or whatnot, your argument is still invalid. I wouldn't be here to care. There would be no Julia you could even think of to be having an opinion. I'm comfortable with the idea of not existing.

I never said there was anything wrong with liking babies. I just don't understand it. I have no desire to have children besides having someone to tell stories to, and that's why I have livejournal and married, breeding siblings (well, not breeding yet, but someday).

Do you think there's something wrong with my not liking babies?

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on 23 Feb 2004 19:45 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] flyingindie.livejournal.com
No, I just thought your post had an air of condescension towards people who do like babies.

I hope you didn't take offense to that. I think you're a cool cat, Julia.

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on 23 Feb 2004 21:06 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
Meow!!

My condescention is more towards the same people who say that a child is "god's gift" spending asstons of money on fertility treatments and such. And people who can't afford or adequately raise kids wanting them so badly (for unintelligible reasons) that they do so in the wrong conditions. And the fact that the world is hideously overpopulated and people are still having 7 children per family. Grr.

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on 24 Feb 2004 17:12 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] flyingindie.livejournal.com
Ah, this is true.

?

on 23 Feb 2004 18:36 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] lady-heatherlyn.livejournal.com
what happened to the old fashioned practice makes perfect or even the 'wooops!' method. those are all free.

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on 23 Feb 2004 19:10 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
Seriously. Who needs to track ovulation if you have sex multiple times a day, every day? ;)

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on 23 Feb 2004 20:37 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] tragicstory.livejournal.com
Would you really pay 50 bucks for a "baby start" kit that only included: "HAVE LOTS OF SEX DAILY. REPEAT UNTIL DESIRED RESULTS ARE ACHEIVED" ?

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on 23 Feb 2004 21:08 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com
That's my point - you don't have to pay $50 for that. It's free. ;)

on 23 Feb 2004 23:18 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] isaiahblake.livejournal.com
Throw in a number for someone I can call for the daily sex and you've got my $50.

on 23 Feb 2004 20:40 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] flyingindie.livejournal.com
It's funny that kits like those are made when so, so many babies happen on accident. Someone should tell the would-be parents to try not to have a baby; then they'll get one for sure.

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