# So do you know where your kids were "made" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452 "2009-03-23T12:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/1 "2009-03-23T12:23:52Z")
Having no kids of my own, (and no plan to in the near future!) I was more than a little embarrased recently. I went to a (former) senior collegues house for what was a lovely day. I admired a beautiful rug in the living room and he told me that “he made two kids there”. Well that was definatly well in the TMI zone, and it got worse when later we were watching TV and his daughter (one of 4 kids) chose to sit on that very rug. I suspect he could have been kidding, but outside of those who had kids due to one night stands etc, do you really remember where your kids were started? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/2 "2009-03-23T12:40:16Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/3 "2009-03-23T12:47:09Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > . I admired a beautiful rug in the living room and he told me that “he made two kids there”. It was a shag pile rug, wasn’t it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/4 "2009-03-23T12:54:33Z")
It was a beautiful rug. His wife was beautiful, as was the daughter. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/5 "2009-03-23T13:02:38Z")
My dad once informed me and my brother that he could remember when each of us was conceived. After he died, a friend of his posted on a memorial website his employer put up, posting a photo of him and my mom from that time period vacationing on his property in Nova Scotia and saying, “I think this is the trip where his oldest son [me] was conceived.” My mom glanced at it and said, “Nope.” ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/6 "2009-03-23T13:19:44Z")
We were trying for Beta-chan, and my wife’s doctor had done an ultrasound of the embryo so we know the day it happened. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/7 "2009-03-23T13:56:53Z")
The Howard Johnson restaurant at 31 and the Tollway in Elgin, IL…February 14th, 1976. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/8 "2009-03-23T14:13:55Z")
Yes, for both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/9 "2009-03-23T14:18:17Z")
Yes, for all three. But we don’t have that bed anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/10 "2009-03-23T14:47:57Z")
For one yes. Most people don’t believe this but my wife got something similar to morning sickness within hours of the deed. She was also able to tell exactly where the little monster was before it could be confirmed by ultrasound. Long before she sould have been able to feel anything. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/11 "2009-03-23T15:05:02Z")
In a hammock in the back yard of a rental house in Charleston, SC, at night. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/12 "2009-03-23T15:07:17Z")
\*\ It was the middle of winter And I drove us in my car The snow started falling So we stopped off at a bar The beer started flowing And your mother and I took the floor But by the last dance we were tired So I booked a room next door So if anyone asks you If you come from Heaven above You’re from a one star hotel With a five star passionate love \ It was a hot summers day And we drove there in our car And your father was thirsty So we had to find a bar Well he couldn’t stop drinking And he couldn’t stand on his feet We had to walk to a hotel And book ourselves into a suite So if the teachers asks you Are you from Heaven or are you from Hell You’re from a one star drunken screw In a one star motel Yes if the teachers asks you Are you from Heaven or are you from Hell You’re from a pitch black toilet In a highway Taco Bell\* Sometimes I think that there’s at least one song about everything. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/13 "2009-03-23T15:09:34Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > For one yes. Most people don’t believe this but my wife got something similar to morning sickness within hours of the deed. She was also able to tell exactly where the little monster was before it could be confirmed by ultrasound. Long before she sould have been able to feel anything. I believe it, for various reasons. I know women can sometimes tell almost immediately. I think the story in the OP is positively icky, though. Why would you tell someone who just came over to your house for dinner? Especially a colleague; now you always have to imagine them doing the nasty on the rug. I have no kids, but I’d bet my parents wouldn’t remember where they made me. I think they shacked up in some hotel the few times they were able to get together. One of those places that rent by the hour. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/14 "2009-03-23T15:19:14Z")
^ A few shots of Bacardi tends to do that to you. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/15 "2009-03-23T15:23:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > For one yes. Most people don’t believe this but my wife got something similar to morning sickness within hours of the deed. She was also able to tell exactly where the little monster was before it could be confirmed by ultrasound. Long before she sould have been able to feel anything. I believe it. My friend got out of bed after doing the deed and made a beeline to the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/16 "2009-03-23T15:36:38Z")
Post hoc fallacy. Just because you get sick after the act doesn’t mean it’s morning sickness. Conception is not an instant process. It takes a couple of days, and it takes days or weeks more for the hormones to kick in and cause morning sickness. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/17 "2009-03-23T15:42:38Z")
Yes, I know the time place and date. I was skipping school that day and so was she. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/18 "2009-03-23T15:45:01Z")
My wife and I were just dating when we concieved Kiera. We were at a [Waukesha Hash](http://www.waukeshahash.com/) for the Red Dress Run. Four years later, we convcieved Paxton after a Halloween party, where just by pure coincedence I wore the same outfit. I’m thinking of renting out the costume to couples who want to concieve. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/19 "2009-03-23T16:18:37Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > . > Four years later, we convcieved Paxton after a Halloween party, where just by pure coincedence I wore the same outfit. > > I’m thinking of renting out the costume to couples who want to concieve. I guess it has zipper or a button down fly? ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452/20 "2009-03-23T16:27:54Z")
I got my wife pregnant three times, and I remember each time. Mostly this is because we only have sex 1-3 times a month, so there was never a problem figuring out which time it was. Every time was in our bed at home, every time was missionary position, and every time was when the sun was up. Our son was the result of a particularly hard pounding, and I often wonder if that has something to do with his awful disposition. Does he somehow know that Daddy was slamming it into Mommy like she was a two-dollar whore the day he was made? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-where-your-kids-were-made/490452.md?page=2)