I don't think the above poster is the party lacking in maturity here. I can't believe people jumping all over a 66 year old who wanted to be a mother- maybe she felt she was born to be a mom, but circumstances throughout her life prevented her from doing so. Maybe she felt that she had a lot to offer her (potential) children. Maybe she thought she would live another 20+ years considering that's a fairly common thing for women these days.
One of my best friends had older parents-this woman's age when we were in high school-she was embarrassed by it, but I never understood why. I felt like my grandparents were my parents a lot of the time and they were "old"- and that just didn't matter to me. The reasons she was embarrassed, I know now, are laid out 2 posts ago: we don't like to think about the elderly as people on the same level with the same thoughts and feelings as us. We don't like the idea of the elderly engaging in sexual activity, lusting after one another, feeling youthful, and we absolutely don't like the idea of a pregnant old lady- eeeeeeew.
It makes absolutely no sense. Old people are adults- they're MORE adult... this youth obsessed-ness is... just... nauseating.
I can understand the health risk argument and I would not have gone the route this lady did- if I don't have children before I'm 40, I don't think I will- but I don't believe the primary concern among posters was the fact that this woman risked her health...
I'm not a very healthy 27 year-old. I've let stress, poor diet, and an overly rushed lifestyle absolutely ruin naturally excellent health. If I got pregnant next month I would be putting myself in the line of some serious health risks. I have developed pre-hypertension and an insatiable sweet tooth in the past year. What do you think would happen to me pregnant??
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I don't think the above poster is the party lacking in maturity here. I can't believe people jumping all over a 66 year old who wanted to be a mother- maybe she felt she was born to be a mom, but circumstances throughout her life prevented her from doing so. Maybe she felt that she had a lot to offer her (potential) children. Maybe she thought she would live another 20+ years considering that's a fairly common thing for women these days.
One of my best friends had older parents-this woman's age when we were in high school-she was embarrassed by it, but I never understood why. I felt like my grandparents were my parents a lot of the time and they were "old"- and that just didn't matter to me. The reasons she was embarrassed, I know now, are laid out 2 posts ago: we don't like to think about the elderly as people on the same level with the same thoughts and feelings as us. We don't like the idea of the elderly engaging in sexual activity, lusting after one another, feeling youthful, and we absolutely don't like the idea of a pregnant old lady- eeeeeeew.
It makes absolutely no sense. Old people are adults- they're MORE adult... this youth obsessed-ness is... just... nauseating.
I can understand the health risk argument and I would not have gone the route this lady did- if I don't have children before I'm 40, I don't think I will- but I don't believe the primary concern among posters was the fact that this woman risked her health...
I'm not a very healthy 27 year-old. I've let stress, poor diet, and an overly rushed lifestyle absolutely ruin naturally excellent health. If I got pregnant next month I would be putting myself in the line of some serious health risks. I have developed pre-hypertension and an insatiable sweet tooth in the past year. What do you think would happen to me pregnant??
August 18, 2009 - 8:02amThis Comment
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