# Wherein Superdude feels his biological clock ticking away... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622 "2003-01-09T23:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.N.Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3da27b/32.png) [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/21 "2003-01-10T18:19:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > **Q.N. jones** , how _you_ doin’? 🙂 _bats eyelashes and smiles coquettishly_ My advice would be to go for the bridesmaids. If they don’t have boyfriends, they’ll love it. The best time I’ve had in recent years was being chased around my best friend’s wedding by the best man. I was all dressed up, felt pretty, and damn, it was a good time. ---
**Author:** ![Mia\_Sweetie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mia\_Sweetie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mia_Sweetie)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/22 "2003-01-10T20:36:29Z")
My clock isnt ticking, it’s making these BIG GONG sounds. Reason : hmmmmmm well, I wasnt ready to commit when he was, now I am and he isnt. Life is strange. And, what up with my Italian mother with " I’ll probably be dead before she gives me grandbabies" WOW what guilt trips. Then again, count how many of your friends have been married and divorced. Or listen to the the perpetual bitching the married ones do. Is it truly worth it ? Dunno… I want an ex I can bitch about \* wink P.S. Will all eligible men 35-37 send resumes ! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/23 "2003-01-10T21:03:33Z")
QN said, “…I was all dressed up, felt pretty, …” I read it, “I was all dressed pretty and felt up.” What the hell is wrong with me??? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/24 "2003-01-11T00:15:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*Even if you’re too old to get a boner, they can harvest the swimmers from your wrinkled sack. \*\* What beautiful poetry. You should write ad copy for reproductive clinics. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/25 "2003-01-11T02:52:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mia Sweetie \* > \*\* P.S. Will all eligible men 35-37 send resumes ! \*\* Well that’s pretty tight Mia. The umm… ah age range that is. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/26 "2003-01-11T05:19:04Z")
I feel ya babe…I’m one of like 3 of my friends from high school who aren’t either married or very close to being married. Meanwhile, I can’t keep a relationship past a month. It sucks. I’d go with you, but I don’t have vacation time until August. If you’re ever in the Boston area, lemme know. We can grab a drink or something to celebrate not being tied down yet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/27 "2003-01-11T05:23:57Z")
I’m already married, but I never had a biological clock installed 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/28 "2003-01-11T06:05:51Z")
The driver of the airport shuttle asked me about my “husband” and whether I wanted to get married last Monday! :eek: I only feel your pain on the pressure side. I’m relishing the ability to take any job, and live in different areas without worrying that the SO will like it, or be able to find employment. The secretary at work, who’s also 25, asked when I was getting married. I said “never.” She said “Oh, don’t be so pessimistic.” I said, “Who’s being pessimistic? Not me.” It’s definitely a societal expectation, because I feel much more marriage pressure here in New Mexico than I ever did or would have in Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![austen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@austen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/austen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/29 "2003-01-11T08:28:34Z")
Newbie (but reformed lurker) that I am on these here boards, I will be 29 - yes, twenty NINE on the 24th of this month. Yes, it is true. Laws, yes. My younger brother is more in the matrimonial mind than I am as of yet. He is 25. Can I hear an acrimonious AMEN? I thought so. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/30 "2003-01-11T08:29:04Z")
**Kalhoun** , I read it that way as well. Sick minds pervert alike, or something. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/31 "2003-01-11T08:34:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by austen \* > \*\*Newbie (but reformed lurker) that I am on these here boards, I will be 29 - yes, twenty NINE on the 24th of this month. > > Yes, it is true. Laws, yes. > > My younger brother is more in the matrimonial mind than I am as of yet. He is 25. > > Can I hear an acrimonious AMEN? I thought so. \*\* Welcome to the board austen! ---
**Author:** ![austen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@austen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/austen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/32 "2003-01-11T08:52:57Z")
/hijack Thanks, astro. I feel like a long lost child that has finally found the light. Thanks for the welcome. \End of hijack. (OK, so my coding is not down, but it soon will be. Oh yes, it will be.) ---
**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/33 "2003-01-11T09:00:34Z")
Go alone. Why the heck not? You may meet someone there. Heck, im single and 25. I’m watching people hitchup left and right but I’m not worried. I’d only want to be with someone cuz I wanted to be WITH THEM. NOT because I just don’t want to be alone. Big difference. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/34 "2003-01-11T09:06:51Z")
Oh, trust me, **Mith** , I totally see that point, and agree with it. Oh, and **Pammipoo** , dammit, I’ve never been to Boston, and always wanted to go. Now I have a reason. ---
**Author:** ![austen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@austen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/austen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/35 "2003-01-11T09:11:45Z")
Egggsacyly, Mith. Just remarking on the state of my younger siblings. No more - no less. It is hard, though, to see all of your…age cohorts becoming - something other than yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/36 "2003-01-12T01:53:57Z")
I actually didn’t _want_ kids, until recently. I figured that I’d probably make a really crappy father. What changed my mind, though, was listening to a piece of genetic drift at work talk. He was telling us stories of how much fun he had (and he was **dead** serious) in high school driving his alcoholic mother around looking for a store to buy beer, and how he’d trained his dog to drink beer and smoke pot. He just went on and on with these stories, all the while revealing that he had the IQ of a gannet (“They soil their nests!”). Then he mentioned that he’d _spawned_ :eek: at least twice :eek: :eek:! I realized that no matter how shitty of a father I _might_ be, at least my kid would have brains! I’m really beginning to believe that if we’re going to win the war on ignorance, us Dopers are going to have to start breeding like rabbits! (Sigh, and I’ve only got 10 months before I turn 35, with no hope of procreating in sight.) Oh well, at least my parents have stopped giving me shit about not being married. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/37 "2003-01-12T02:39:46Z")
So, out of curiosity, was this an actual invitation, or a “save the date” card? Yes, the wedding industry has convinced women they need to send everyone who’ll be inivited a separate card letting them know several months in advance when and where the wedding will be so they can plan ahead. These are called save the date cards, which is abbreviated as STD on the wedding planning sites–leading to threads like “STD troubles–please help!”. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/38 "2003-01-12T03:51:47Z")
This was a **Save the Date** card. ---
**Author:** ![Mia\_Sweetie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mia\_Sweetie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mia_Sweetie)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/39 "2003-01-12T05:30:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*I actually didn’t _want_ kids, until recently. I figured that I’d probably make a really crappy father. What changed my mind, though, was listening to a piece of genetic drift at work talk. He was telling us stories of how much fun he had (and he was **dead** serious) in high school driving his alcoholic mother around looking for a store to buy beer, and how he’d trained his dog to drink beer and smoke pot. He just went on and on with these stories, all the while revealing that he had the IQ of a gannet (“They soil their nests!”). Then he mentioned that he’d _spawned_ :eek: at least twice :eek: :eek:! I realized that no matter how shitty of a father I _might_ be, at least my kid would have brains! I’m really beginning to believe that if we’re going to win the war on ignorance, us Dopers are going to have to start breeding like rabbits! (Sigh, and I’ve only got 10 months before I turn 35, with no hope of procreating in sight.) > > Oh well, at least my parents have stopped giving me shit about not being married. \*\* 😉 Oh yippie, yup uh huh 35 and single ready to procreate like a bunny… AND brains to boot ! hmmmmmmm 33 in 4 months , a law degree and eggs that arent waiting for the Easter Bunny. weeeeeee and a Southerner Dang what more can a guy ask for lol ---
**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:** [January 12, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622/40 "2003-01-12T06:59:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mia Sweetie \* > P.S. Will all eligible men 35-37 send resumes ! I was just about to say something, but it looks like I’m a little bit late. What sort of thing do you put on a résumé like that, anyway? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-superdude-feels-his-biological-clock-ticking-away/147622.md?page=3)