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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

May 5th, 2021, 7:40 pm

my woman would be 35 by the time we have kids

The official one you mean? Asking for a sailor friend.
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

May 5th, 2021, 7:56 pm

Sadly no, I have time and I can be patient, it was already very difficult to find any woman as smart as this one.
Fish fingers and custard?
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

May 5th, 2021, 8:12 pm

Copenhagentolondon, the data are from ONS (Office for National Statistics), as indicated in the slide. (The Deep learning part was actually to show my colleagues, expert in demographics, how ML methods work and how inferior to their models they are.)
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

May 5th, 2021, 8:27 pm

Sadly no, I have time and I can be patient, it was already very difficult to find any woman as smart as this one.
You have time, but you don't know what the future brings.
I don't want to sound like Cassandra, but don't discredit what the oldies like Paul say, no matter how demented and ridiculous they sound.

Btw, there was a very nice Czechoslovakian comedy The Cassandra Cat. I have to find and watch it again!
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

May 5th, 2021, 9:14 pm

Paul, I think you're simply being impatient, what does 10 years mean in 25 to 35 or 50 to 60(your age right?)
I know people say loneliness is the biggest killer, but for a smart man like you, I'm expecting it's rather boredom?
You are set in your ways, CtoL! Peer pressure is a terrible thing to suffer from. I imagine. 

And I'm never bored! I can often be found playing speed Royal Game of Ur against a five-year old, it keeps me young!

@kat: Thank you for the kind words. Specifically demented and ridiculous. 
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

May 5th, 2021, 9:28 pm

Opss, I went a bit too far with my tease jokes, sorry! I still and always totally adore you! (And I agree with you ;-))
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

May 5th, 2021, 9:36 pm

Not at all! I've made a career out of being demented and ridiculous! It's very liberating, and I would recommend it to everyone. 
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

May 5th, 2021, 10:46 pm

I think you guys make some interesting points, but I still do not understand what your basis is for your conclusions.
I am indeed CtoL, but I'm so by nature, I'm very certain me and the GF are more on the side of "no kids" rather than "late kids"
Which is why it ends up being "late kids, maybe?". Old and grumpy is good for a change, often those equate to experienced
and bored. I'm happy to hear that I'm wrong about impatience. Which simply makes me clueless as to why kids at 25 is recommended. 
Fish fingers and custard?
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

June 28th, 2021, 10:15 pm

My advice, although I haven't been asked for it, is to have lots of babies asap. Forget marriage, careers, education, a roof over your heads.
And does it matter if you love the gamete donor or not? Decent, caring person, pretty smart, wants family too... just doesn't inspire butterflies.
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

June 29th, 2021, 2:39 am

My advice, although I haven't been asked for it, is to have lots of babies asap. Forget marriage, careers, education, a roof over your heads.
And does it matter if you love the gamete donor or not? Decent, caring person, pretty smart, wants family too... just doesn't inspire butterflies.

Umm - he doesn’t know your Wilmott persona, right?
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

June 29th, 2021, 6:48 am

It's a general question facing many men and women at some point in their life!
In fact my friend is now re-evaluating her life and told me that she made similar choices in the past.
I was curious of Paul's spectacular opinion.
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

June 29th, 2021, 6:53 am

Apropos having children, this is fascinating:
https://youtu.be/7EPJEg6R3SM
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

June 29th, 2021, 7:21 am

Apropos having children, this is fascinating:
https://youtu.be/7EPJEg6R3SM
When I read the title, "From empty nest to first egg in less than 8 minutes!," I thought, "Sounds about right." But that's just the length of the video, it was filmed over 46 days.  
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

June 29th, 2021, 10:13 am

I lived in many countries and learnt their culture, and I can believe that an Englishman is able to endure the approach to family life you recommend (without jumping out of the window), but I wouldn't advise it to anyone else. Besides, I'm sure that you've been pretty selective when it comes to the "gamete donors" (and life partners). I hope you produced as many children as I imagine based on your posts - you're saving the world. So many people I respect and admire (and I'm sure would bring up wonderful children) die childless :-(
 
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Re: Love and Marriage ... then strange things and divorce

June 29th, 2021, 11:15 am

Joseph was a son of Jacob's favourite wife. But his half-brothers threw him under the bus.