# Were you an accident?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-an-accident/552316>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 1, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-an-accident/552316 "2010-09-01T21:49:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-an-accident/552316/101 "2010-09-08T14:49:44Z")

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[quote=“Jeneva, post:95, topic:552316”]

> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> Yeah, coz there’s nothing like taking care of an infant later in life to make one NOT feel “old”. 😉

Well, what doesn’t kill you will make you senile. Take children.  
No, really… take them…

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-an-accident/552316/102 "2010-09-08T16:13:40Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Are accidental pregnancies way more common that I thought, or is the title of this thread just heavily self-selecting?

My mother (ages 83) is firmly of the opinion that most babies are accidents, although I suspect she’s basing this on a time before the pill gave couples a better degree of control of the situation.

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