tick, tock, tick, tock

There goes my biological clock

from JoeUser Forums
I hate when I get in these moods. I mean, really, really hate these moods.

It doesn't happen very often, but it happens often enough to bug me.

I want to get married. I want to have kids. And I want it to happen soon.

Seems like most of my friends are either 1. married, 2. having kids, 3. engaged, 4. in a relationship where an engagement is immanent.

I know I'm not the only single gal out there, and I realize that 23 is not that old (despite what some well-meaning older people think) I know there's plenty of time left for marriage and babies and such... but that knowledge does not help every time I hear the incessant ticking of my biological clock.

I am acting like such a stereotypical girlie girl! I think I'll blame it on the birthday and getting older thing. Argh.

Now I'm going to get some cheese to go with my whine. Later all.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Are you trying to tell me that I'm destined to be an old maid?
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well, this well-meaning-older person says that what you're experiencing is pretty common, although you're still young...yeah I said it!

I won't tell you your time will come, because it will and I won't patronize you with words of wisdom that I think I have.Har,har....just enjoy your life as it is now, live in the moment, reach for the goals that you've set for yourself, enjoy the pursuits your heart desires. In time your prince will come! If after say five years that doesn't happen, we'll talk about match making!
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Tick, tock, tick, tock takes on a whole 'nuther meaning when you get up here on the summit of Mount DamnNearFifty.

Just wait. You'll see...
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Are you trying to tell me that I'm destined to be an old maid?


Hahaha...no! Everything's gonna be okay! I'm just looking at you with so much life in front of you is all.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
SHE...hmmm...let's see...I just got married and I'm 26. I don't think I got my first kiss till I was...23?

Talk about tick, tock, tick, tock.

I want to have babies sometime soon, too...but there's just no way with no jobs right now...we need to wait.

I think that the older you are, the more you KNOW who you are and the marriage is less likely to fail. You know more what you want and you're more secure in who you are. As chicks we're so programmed to *NEED* a man and whatever, and that's so crap.

It's okay to be single. I wish that when I was single I would have actually had been okay with it. It would have been a lot more enjoyable. I was only okay with it for the last few months of it...and then I loved it and had tons more fun...
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I didn't get married till I was 31. I remember feeling like this. It's like being homesick while not knowing where home is. Dallas Green of AlexisOnFire, a local band speaks to that poignantly. Comin' Home

...this loneliness and frustration will only bring you closer to your life's love.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

Tick, tock, tick, tock takes on a whole 'nuther meaning when you get up here on the summit of Mount DamnNearFifty.

When you get to the other side, you quit thinking about it.  Why worry about that which you cannot control?  Just make sure to enjoy every day!

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hahaha...no! Everything's gonna be okay! I'm just looking at you with so much life in front of you is all.


I know.

I won't tell you your time will come, because it will and I won't patronize you with words of wisdom that I think I have.


Thank you. I actually do get tired of "You'll get married one day" because, you know what? That isn't a guarantee! I might happen, I'll even say probably... but not for sure. And most of the time, I don't let it bother me. Just every once and a while, all I hear is that bloody tick tock and it gets my mind to thinking. (thinking, dangerous, I know, but sometimes I can't help it)

If after say five years that doesn't happen, we'll talk about match making!


Oh lord, I hate blind dates!

SHE...hmmm...let's see...I just got married and I'm 26. I don't think I got my first kiss till I was...23?

Talk about tick, tock, tick, tock.


You sound like a friend of mine. She's 23 and never been kissed, so she's got it much worse than I do.

I think that the older you are, the more you KNOW who you are and the marriage is less likely to fail. You know more what you want and you're more secure in who you are. As chicks we're so programmed to *NEED* a man and whatever, and that's so crap.

It's okay to be single. I wish that when I was single I would have actually had been okay with it. It would have been a lot more enjoyable. I was only okay with it for the last few months of it...and then I loved it and had tons more fun...


Most of the time, I'm ok with being a single girl. Actually, I enjoy it. I can flirt with whomever I wish, go out whenever I want, and I don't have to give anyone a second thought if I decide to pack up and move to Ireland. I have a lot of freedom and independence that a lot of people don't get to have. My mom has never lived on her own, never lived by herself. I'm used to it. She has never taken a trip alone, I've driven to Canada. And I'm fortunate enough not to think that I *need* a man... I just want one from time to time.

It's like being homesick while not knowing where home is.


That's probably the best description ever written about how I feel.

When you get to the other side, you quit thinking about it.


Well, it's good to know that if I do become an old maid, I'll stop worrying about it one day. I refuse to become a cat lady though. I much prefer dogs.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
refuse to become a cat lady though. I much prefer dogs.


Mrowww! Julie Newmar! Pant pant pant!
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Mrowww! Julie Newmar! Pant pant pant!


Have you ever seen "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"? She plays Dorcus. It's definitely strange when you realize that's Cat Woman wearing petticoats and singing.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Have you ever seen "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"? She plays Dorcus


I saw it many many years ago. But it was not until I saw it recently that I realized it was her (she was going by a different name).

As for the singing - have you ever seen Paint your Wagon? Clint Eastwood AND Lee Marvin sing in that one!   
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
As for the singing - have you ever seen Paint your Wagon? Clint Eastwood AND Lee Marvin sing in that one!



Yes, and I still have nightmares!
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
I read that last semester in 20th century poetry. It was probably one of my favorites from the 1900's. That and "My Bog is Dood" by Stevie Smith.

I'm still going to have kids, though. It's the hazing ideology... if they put me through it, I'm putting someone else through it too!