Foo - Do men have biological clocks?

Discuss...if you have the balls (or the ovaries)

Yes. Instead of going "tick, tick, tick", it goes "sex, sex, sex." (And ticks twelve times a second.)

From my experience on internet dating sites, I'd say yes. I see a lot of profiles for guys in their 40's with "looking for someone who definitely want kids" in their disclaimers.

From my experience on internet dating sites, I'd say yes. I see a lot of profiles for guys in their 40's with "looking for someone who definitely want kids" in their disclaimers.

I guess living in the house with your own teen-agers is a certain cure for that.

can't type now, gotta go...

Discuss...if you have the balls (or the ovaries)

EDIT: Yeah Biological is spelled wrong... :)

yes, and I fixed that title for ya.

yes, and I fixed that title for ya.

What a relief. I was afraid you'd left a profound post about men's biological clocks.

I hope not. I'm trying to come to grips with the fact that I'll never have that married/kids life...

EDIT: Yeah Biological is spelled wrong... :)At least you didn't drop any letters out of "clocks".

I hope not. I'm trying to come to grips with the fact that I'll never have that married/kids life...The trick is to not like kids, so that it doesn't bother you quite as much. :P

Then convince yourself that inevitably dying alone is something to look forward to!

The trick is to not like kids, so that it doesn't bother you quite as much. :P

Then convince yourself that inevitably dying alone is something to look forward to!

:lol: working on it. ;)

Yeah, I've definitely seen it in a few guys I know.. looking forward to settling down and making some babies (as opposed to just practicing)

The trick is to not like kids, so that it doesn't bother you quite as much. :P

Then convince yourself that inevitably dying alone is something to look forward to!:thumb: liking the way you think!

I hope not. I'm trying to come to grips with the fact that I'll never have that married/kids life...

Good grief - you're only 30 years old! Tony Randall didn't have kids until he was in his 70's (his wife was 50 years younger though).

:thumb: liking the way you think!Hmmm, how you doin'? Wanna die alone... together?

Good grief - you're only 30 years old! Tony Randall didn't have kids until he was in his 70's (his wife was 50 years younger though).

I'm super picky. Well, I like to practice to make babies with anyone, but actually settling down is something I want, but I'm smart enough to realize that not just anyone will do.

I'm super picky. Well, I like to practice to make babies with anyone, but actually settling down is something I want, but I'm smart enough to realize that not just anyone will do.Once cloning and genetic engineering becomes more stable, you can make a clone of yourself, and fix the chromosomes just so... ;)

Once cloning and genetic engineering becomes more stable, you can make a clone of yourself, and fix the chromosomes just so... ;)

I would never date myself. I have too many issues. ;)

Oh...clocks.

yes, and I fixed that title for ya.

Thanks Tom...


At least you didn't drop any letters out of "clocks".

Absolutely...otherwise we'd just be a bunch of roosters looking to have our cocks cleaned Err clocks cleaned.

Some men do, but the buzzer sounds a little different:

http://www.bluehavenkennel.com/71-camaro-left.jpg

Related:

http://www.quiblit.com/AndNowForTheNews/February2008/HurricaneCarla/tabid/383/Default.aspx

Some men do, but the buzzer sounds a little different:

http://www.bluehavenkennel.com/71-camaro-left.jpg

Related:

http://www.quiblit.com/AndNowForTheNews/February2008/HurricaneCarla/tabid/383/Default.aspx

That's just good old mid life crisis. We can always go back and get that camaro or corvette or porsche or whatever no matter how old we are. Making babies is another matter.

That's just good old mid life crisis. We can always go back and get that camaro or corvette or porsche or whatever no matter how old we are. Making babies is another matter.I don't want kids. I'll take the Porsche now.

Nope. We just have hair grow out of our ears. We go gray or worse bald. Prostate exams and sleeping through the night become journies to adventure. Sadly, we start to look distinguished!

On the other hand the ability to sire offspring is generally still available to you if you so choose. It just takes a bit longer and sometimes requires the efforts of modern pharmaceuticals.

On the other hand the ability to sire offspring is generally still available to you if you so choose. It just takes a bit longer and sometimes requires the efforts of modern pharmaceuticals.

Or young women willing to go the extra mile. :innocent:

The trick is to not like kids, so that it doesn't bother you quite as much. :P

Then convince yourself that inevitably dying alone is something to look forward to!

But... what's not to like?... so cute...MUST....HAVE....MORE...

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/BibianWithFork.jpg

You mean the one where the hair comes off the top of our heads, and springs out of our ears and back? I'm familiar with that one. My wife is threatening to shave my back while I sleep.

The other one isn't focused on child birth, but rather on when the damn kids will move out of the house. :D

But... what's not to like?... so cute...MUST....HAVE....MORE...

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/BibianWithFork.jpg






That...is...precious

I can't tell whether mine is digital or analog.

if you can hear it go tick, tick, tick, it's probably analog. :D

if you can hear it go tick, tick, tick, it's probably analog. :D

well mine is definitely digital :innocent:

:lol: i'm not even going there. :innocent:

From my experience on internet dating sites, I'd say yes. I see a lot of profiles for guys in their 40's with "looking for someone who definitely want kids" in their disclaimers.

hehe - most of the ones I see (and I have my search set for 43-51) do NOT want kids, and go on to describe how they still have one living at home - or kids are with wife or in college.

The trick is to not like kids, so that it doesn't bother you quite as much. :P

Yup. :D

If the boyfriend ever decides kids might not be so bad I'll start beating him with stuffed toys and yelling every time he's about to fall asleep for 3 or 4 days. Then I'll leave the stuffed toys all over the floor and not clean the cat box so the whole place smells like poo. That should cure it. :lol:

yea...similar age limiters for me as well...and these guys in their 40's who have never been married...ummm, why is that?? and you want kids? no thank you....

Geez, I hope I don't have a biological clock. I had my ability to sire a child permanently revoked back in March. ;)

No offense, but pictures of children with dirty faces don't do it for me. :twitchy:

Yeah.

Yes, we have them, they start running at around age forty and makes us wanna have babes.

yea...similar age limiters for me as well...and these guys in their 40's who have never been married...ummm, why is that?? and you want kids? no thank you....

Are most men who choose to not get married looking for kids? That wouldn't make a lot of sense, since those men normally do that so that they aren't restricted in their dating life, or are too busy to be married (or so I would think)...

The trick is to not like kids, so that it doesn't bother you quite as much. :P

Then convince yourself that inevitably dying alone is something to look forward to!

Successfully did the first one.

Very close to achieving the second.

Geez, I hope I don't have a biological clock. I had my ability to sire a child permanently revoked back in March. ;)

No offense, but pictures of children with dirty faces don't do it for me. :twitchy:

r u sure?

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/yumi.jpg

or maybe sleeping?

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/sleeping.jpg

Trailer riding?

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/RedTrailer_small.jpg

riding solo?

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/RubenX_Longwood/Other/early_cycling.jpg

come on... don't force me to post the one with the bee custome...:D

Are most men who choose to not get married looking for kids? That wouldn't make a lot of sense, since those men normally do that so that they aren't restricted in their dating life, or are too busy to be married (or so I would think)...

For some guys, it's not a choice. If they are 40 and want kids and a family GTFO, they have been wanting it for decades and dozens of women have decided they were crazy and they'd be better off a single mom with a sperm bank kid than having that guy around. MY previous grad school advisor was that way, at 42 or so he married a 30 year old women that couldn't find a job and her visa was about to expire, then started bringing her to work with him. I'm sure he was convinced it was love, well I'm betting she loves not having a job and him buying whatever she wants.

I'm sure. ;)

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

MY previous grad school advisor was that way, at 42 or so he married a 30 year old women that couldn't find a job and her visa was about to expire, then started bringing her to work with him.

Wow.

I've never had that "ticking" biological clock. I'd like to be married, but I don't want kids.

My theory, YMMV, is that just like anything else, people's wants, needs and priorities change at different points in their life, and guys who are over 40, never married, and wanting to start families are just a little out of whack with the "conventional" progression, where in your 20's, the last thing you want to do is tie yourself down with kids, you've got a lot more stuff to do. Then you settle down, decide to start a family, and that sort of completely engulfs your life for 15 or 20 years. Should you survive that, you cycle back to the same "wow, last thing I'd want to do is have another kid, I've got other stuff to do, and it doesn't involve orthodontists and soccer games".

If a guy is 40 or 42, and just thinking about having kids, he's going to be on social security by the time they get of high school, and retirement is just a vague concept that doesn't really apply.

I had been chatting up a significantly younger woman at the gym lately, right up until the trainer that we both use mentioned that she'd been married for about 6 years, has gotten divorced, and is really anxious to "have a bunch of kids." OK, game off. I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole, or any other length of pole either. I've had my kids, they're great, I love them both, and with the youngest graduatiing high school next year, there is actually some light at the end of the tunnel. I've got bikes to ride, and traveling to do, and having a car with less than 5 doors is a real possibility.

Yes.

My theory, YMMV, is that just like anything else, people's wants, needs and priorities change at different points in their life, and guys who are over 40, never married, and wanting to start families are just a little out of whack with the "conventional" progression, where in your 20's, the last thing you want to do is tie yourself down with kids, you've got a lot more stuff to do. Then you settle down, decide to start a family, and that sort of completely engulfs your life for 15 or 20 years. Should you survive that, you cycle back to the same "wow, last thing I'd want to do is have another kid, I've got other stuff to do, and it doesn't involve orthodontists and soccer games".

If a guy is 40 or 42, and just thinking about having kids, he's going to be on social security by the time they get of high school, and retirement is just a vague concept that doesn't really apply.

I had been chatting up a significantly younger woman at the gym lately, right up until the trainer that we both use mentioned that she'd been married for about 6 years, has gotten divorced, and is really anxious to "have a bunch of kids." OK, game off. I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole, or any other length of pole either. I've had my kids, they're great, I love them both, and with the youngest graduatiing high school next year, there is actually some light at the end of the tunnel. I've got bikes to ride, and traveling to do, and having a car with less than 5 doors is a real possibility.

True... that sucks... my Dad was in the 40's when I came in. I never got to go out with my Dad and have a couple of beers.

I have one sister in her 40's too, no kids and don't wanna ... sometimes she kinda wanna, then she borrow mine for half a day and goes back to normal.

True... that sucks... my Dad was in the 40's when I came in. I never got to go out with my Dad and have a couple of beers.

Great point!!

I just went on a cruise to Alaska with my 87 year old dad this last spring. It was an awesome time for both of us. I wouldn't trade that for anything.

Wow.

I've never had that "ticking" biological clock. I'd like to be married, but I don't want kids.

Yup, wow moment for me too. :lol: I think most guys fall into that group that are 40+ and never married. I'm sure some are just starting to slow down and thinking of settling down, but that's probably a minority. Not THAT many guys spend all of their 30s in a high powered career and their free time riding their motorcycle down to machu picchu or other craziness.

hmmm.

I'm 40, no kids.

It would be nice to have someone there when I am old. I haven't wanted to have kids because my life is too chaotic (or has been). When I was married we talked about it a lot, and she had a kid already, so I was being stepdad at the time.

I think this issue is too complex and cannot be summed up.

Yes, guys have biological clocks. I knew mine was starting to go off when hot sex fantasies started ending with the girl getting pregnant, or when it started turning me on to here dirty talk about getting her pregnant when we did it.

We're still a couple years away due to school/careers but we're definitely doing it. I'll probably be 36ish or so when I become a papa for the first time.