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My wife and I have one child -- an 11 year old. I'll be 40 in a little over three months, and my wife is about 6.5 years older than me -- you do the math. We're basically done having kids.
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I had lunch at the local Underground Train today in town. I was going to eat with just my cousin and his two small kids, but he had to take his car to the repair shop, so his mother (my aunt) came with him.
So as we're all eating, my aunt basically asks me if my wife and I are going to have another kid.
Needless to say, that's an awfully personal question to ask someone. I just said that we're happy with the one we have, and dropped it at that. She mentioned that her oldest son and his wife have a 13 year old, and 11 year old, and a new baby. The cousin i was eating with has two under the age of five.
But when I got home, I told my wife about it, and we had a bit of a laugh, and talked about how inappropriate it was to ask.
So I said, "Could you just imagine if I told her I had a vasectomy, and couldn't have any more kids??" (I haven't, but I'm thinking seriously about it).
Other responses we came up with after the fact:
"That's awfully personal, isn't it?"
"Why the interest in my sex life?
We even came up with one for if I ever get "the snip" and people find out:
"Why are you so interested in my genitals??"
The rest of the lunch was uneventful, but that was just kind of awkward.
My wife and I have one child -- an 11 year old. I'll be 40 in a little over three months, and my wife is about 6.5 years older than me -- you do the math. We're basically done having kids.
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I had lunch at the local Underground Train today in town. I was going to eat with just my cousin and his two small kids, but he had to take his car to the repair shop, so his mother (my aunt) came with him.
So as we're all eating, my aunt basically asks me if my wife and I are going to have another kid.
Needless to say, that's an awfully personal question to ask someone. I just said that we're happy with the one we have, and dropped it at that. She mentioned that her oldest son and his wife have a 13 year old, and 11 year old, and a new baby. The cousin i was eating with has two under the age of five.
But when I got home, I told my wife about it, and we had a bit of a laugh, and talked about how inappropriate it was to ask.
So I said, "Could you just imagine if I told her I had a vasectomy, and couldn't have any more kids??" (I haven't, but I'm thinking seriously about it).
Other responses we came up with after the fact:
"That's awfully personal, isn't it?"
"Why the interest in my sex life?
We even came up with one for if I ever get "the snip" and people find out:
"Why are you so interested in my genitals??"
The rest of the lunch was uneventful, but that was just kind of awkward.
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