tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785259848981124623.post8323978289167435405..comments2023-10-18T09:43:37.621-07:00Comments on Sweet Orange Fox: My Take on the Latest Fertility CampaignHollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15474027364881908843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785259848981124623.post-40385167804582365112014-11-18T05:19:18.124-08:002014-11-18T05:19:18.124-08:00Just so you know : UKs fertility rate is only 1,84...Just so you know : UKs fertility rate is only 1,84 which is not enough for a natural renewal of the population. When you get old, you may be thankful that some women out there have had babies, who by then will be paying for your retirement. <br />Just saying...Oksanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178871944653266009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785259848981124623.post-91801775671330046882013-06-03T09:58:50.744-07:002013-06-03T09:58:50.744-07:00Sun, thanks for the response!! I totally agree. I ...Sun, thanks for the response!! I totally agree. I mean, like I said..I personally was in a huge rush for babies and kind of put aside everything else, but that was a personal choice and based on many personal factors. I think it is an incredibly responsible, mature and logical decision for someone to do the things they want to do, build a life, etc before starting a family. Especially because I now know, first hand, just how insanely difficult it would be to try and go BACK and do all of those things after having a child.. Oh, and I couldn't agree more about people asking when you will have kids and not thinking about the fact that you might be trying your best unbeknownst to them! We have definitely been through that, and it is not fun. People don't mean anything by it...usually fertility struggles in relatively young people don't even cross someone's mind. It is hard to bite your tongue, keep your mouth shut and remember that they are just joking and trying to get a laugh, but it's the right thing to do, I suppose!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474027364881908843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785259848981124623.post-72292993451920034682013-06-01T06:06:28.517-07:002013-06-01T06:06:28.517-07:00Thanks for posting this! So many people are comple...Thanks for posting this! So many people are completely ridiculous with offering their rather unwelcome opinions of how "older" women (you know, people like me who just turned 30) should get on with baby making. I get so frustrated when people judge me for having waited until I finished my doctorate to get married and even more irritated when they get on my case for not having jumped on the baby train yet. Everyone has their own timeline, and it's a personal decision that shouldn't be subject to such public scrutiny, much less scare tactics! Besides that, it drives me crazy when relative strangers make flippant comments about how a certain couple should be making babies already. Maybe they're trying and can't? Or want to and have been told that it won't happen? I'm pretty sure they don't want to discuss their heartbreaking situation with every random Joe who's like, hey, you've been married for x number of years, how come you haven't popped any babies out yet? Sunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017635195559169569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785259848981124623.post-6700126873367474012013-05-31T09:33:12.833-07:002013-05-31T09:33:12.833-07:00From what I've witnessed in this country so fa...From what I've witnessed in this country so far, there isn't any shortage of women with babies. Single women with babies. Everywhere. The undereducated ones seem to look at their children like tax credits and council estate housing. That campaign is fascinating though. It brings up quite a few more queries;) My main pondering is that of the government seemingly pushing for an increase in population. Why? and why now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com