the body clock lecture

LegacyUser

Hi
What do you do with the body clock lecture, the one where older workmates talk about you have to be 36 max to have kids, time running out, etc. I didn't want to be rude, I like the two women otherwise. But I was happy this morning until they started talking, in general terms about this stuff again. It pops up every few months. I'm single, now 40 and it'll probably never happen to me. And I'm OK with that till aulder wans start up. People drink, smoke, eat too much. And it's no one else's business. No need for moralising hypothesized, generalized lectures. Coz concern sometimes works out as offensive.
I needed to rant all day. I almost got knocked down too.
But then the poor people of Baga had it much worse.
How do people here handle this, coz it's gonna get worse. Even the doctor said it on a recent visit. Ffs.

skallywag

Was this lecture addressed to you directly? It sounds terribly rude if not at least highly insensitive if it was.

What exactly do you mean is going to worse, do you mean such lectures from others as time goes on, or do you rather mean your own decreased fertility?

pwurple

Do they know what age you are?

I'd go with, "sheesh, I'm MILES away from that age".

Snoopy1

I tell them to f off, I don't want kids, and its none of your business if my body clock is ticking

Lucyfur

Wink, and tell them you can't get pregnant the way you like having sex.

Walk away.

Jesus, it's no one's business.

Neyite

Ask them how the menopause is going for them in retaliation. When they get offended just go "what?, you started it first with the personal questions!"

Dark Phoenix

Oh I just tell them I dont want kids anyway so I don't have nor heed the mystical clock. That usually sorts it as they leave you alone after that as they cant fathom why anyone wouldnt want kids :rolleyes:

Jack B. Badd

I'm a big fan of "I took the batteries out of my biological clock and put them in my vibrator"