Confessions of the Engaged and Childless.

[Thirteen]

"Hi, my name is Adrianne.
I'm 25, and I notice children and find myself wanting one."

I want it to be just us for a while (a couple of years, ideally). But... I keep having these dreams about babies. And, my friend's 2nd son (Milo) who's a year old is like, my lap buddy. We sign together. And dance.

...Do I have an illness??

[MrsK]

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Nope. BTW, as soon as you get married you'll start getting junk mail from The Bump instead of from The Knot. Even the ads on your facebook page will change.

[GrayMatterWife]

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"Hi, my name is Adrianne.
I'm 25, and I notice children and find myself wanting one."

I want it to be just us for a while (a couple of years, ideally). But... I keep having these dreams about babies. And, my friend's 2nd son (Milo) who's a year old is like, my lap buddy. We sign together. And dance.

...Do I have an illness??

It's an illness only if you find yourself looking at OTHER people's kids and then feeling the uncontrollable impulse to take them. And they have all sorts of meds and therapies for that.

Otherwise, you're within the range of normal, I would guess.

[alison]

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Totally normal!

But, enjoy your engagement and each other! It's a great time in your life!

[GreyhoundsRUs]

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I'm married and childless, and EVERY one of our married friends is pregnant or has a baby under 6 mo. But my "itch" is tempered by the fact that right now we are married, childless, and kind of poor - and I don't want to be married, with children, and destitute!

[madeintaiwan]

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I'm married and childless, and EVERY one of our married friends is pregnant or has a baby under 6 mo. But my "itch" is tempered by the fact that right now we are married, childless, and kind of poor - and I don't want to be married, with children, and destitute!

Destitution builds character. At least that what I keep telling myself. Although, I wouldn't consider us destitute, there are so many others who have a far harder go at things. After basic needs are met, time and love can go a long way.

[madeintaiwan]

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"Hi, my name is Adrianne.
I'm 25, and I notice children and find myself wanting one."

I want it to be just us for a while (a couple of years, ideally). But... I keep having these dreams about babies. And, my friend's 2nd son (Milo) who's a year old is like, my lap buddy. We sign together. And dance.

...Do I have an illness??

It's an illness only if you find yourself looking at OTHER people's kids and then feeling the uncontrollable impulse to take them. And they have all sorts of meds and therapies for that.

Otherwise, you're within the range of normal, I would guess.

:funnycry:

[ladymoreta]

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I'm married and childless, and EVERY one of our married friends is pregnant or has a baby under 6 mo. But my "itch" is tempered by the fact that right now we are married, childless, and kind of poor - and I don't want to be married, with children, and destitute!

Same here, on the first part, but my "itch" is getting really bad... It's killing me to wait!!! I find myself thinking surely being destitute isn't too bad... Maybe it'll be like camping!

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I know a cute 10 month old you can hang out with

The illness hit me right at 25 too.

[Auspicious]

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The illness hit me while I was engaged too (several years past 25).

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

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Oh I've got it big-time. It's tempered right now because right now I'd be 9 months pregnant on our wedding day. Not to say that pregnant women aren't beautiful (I think they're lovely) but I don't think it's anyone's dream to go into labor at their own wedding reception. But as we get closer, I get more into the "it wouldn't be so bad" phase.

[Thirteen]

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I spent the weekend on a resident retreat and hung out with one of our married couple friends, Christina and Nate. They have a 13 month old (Emmitt) and I was pretty satiated.
Although, he's still really shy around me.

The kid that I am so shocked about who seems to be my true soulmate buddy is my friend Morgan's 2nd son, Milo. He sits STILL for me. It's crazy. I hold him, we talk via sign language, we dance.
I'm going to go see him this weekend. Ahhhhh, baby fix.

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Having said that, I want it to be just us for a while. I'd also like to kick my caffeine intake completely, and have a clean bill of health, etc. I know, perfectionist in the making, blah blah blah.
But I'm allergic to gluten, and my coffee addiction could be a lot better. Plus, we'd like to enjoy all the newlywed sex. HA!

So inappropriate.