A man in his 40s or older is going to be shooting a lot of malformed defective sperm. If he fathers kids, they will be at much greater risk of autism, schizophrenia, and miscarriage, among other things.

This is one of the reasons I don’t want to move back to my country (Mexico). In Germany I’m able to date people my age, and for all their idiosyncrasies, Germans are actually sensible in that dating aspect. My bf is my age! Whereas in MX at 31 yrs, I would’ve been pushed to date the 39+ crowd, because guys my age are…

Narcissists don’t want children, they want Mini-Me’s.

Guys like this stopped dating age appropriate ladies at 25. I know guys like this. At 26 they dated 19 year olds and looked at the 26 year old women around them like they were crones. Now they’d kill a hobo for a 26 year old... naw, still too old.

Too bad men never seem to go the route of focusing on single/divorced/widowed women who are proven breeders. But those are always either “damaged goods”, or “ugh, she already has children. I only want a family with my own SEED”.

That 35-year old...seriously bro 35 year old women have babies ALL THE TIME. My cousin has 3 and she didn’t have the 1st one until...wait for it...35!

It’s worse for gay guys (and they don’t have the reasoning/excuse of wanting a family). For example...

There are exceptions to every rule, and I could not be happier for you and your happy marriage.

Your mom sounds amazing and yeah, I'm trying to think of my 30s like my 20s because it seems like I spent most of my 20s broke and working as hard as possible to pay bills. People tell me I'm doing this amazing, self-sacrificing thing but really to me, it just sounds like an adventure and some great story for the…

I think part of it depends on how a person ends up in this sort of situation. If it’s men or women like the Lee guy that feel they are entitled to either some young woman or a guy making a certain salary, then it’s their own entltiement that’s the problem. They aren’t nopen to trying to have a relationship with people…

I once told someon who was 20+ years older than that I couldn’t date because I was looking for a relationship with someone close to my age with whom I could potentially start a family. Oh my God, the wounded entitled rage! He proceeded to barrage me with emails about how he could impregnate me well into old age. But I…

I have no doubt she means very well. :) She sounds like a good mom.

I think she’s just used to the old standard, she means well, just a bit old-fashioned. Also it could be location? I’m from the Midwest and most of my friends from high school are either married or married with kids.

Oh wow that sounds so exotic.

This is another example of how a sense of entitlement can embitter people. Just because you decide you WANT a family at a certain age doesn’t mean you’re going to automatically get one.

Your mom sounds bananas. I’m in medicine, and I assure you that you have nothing to fear until you’re past your 35th birthday.

No problem, I’m going to the Comoros islands, by Madagascar

Congrats on joining the Peace Corp. That is extremely admirable!