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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will probably get flamed for this, but... As you get into your late 40s and 50s, it is not that you are too tired, but that the DESIRE to do the whole parenting thing decreases. Car pool, test prep, mommy dramas, birthday parties, sports cheering, saving for college, acquaintances of kid parents, getting up early, Saturdays spent at games, picky eaters, worry about teens sex life, ect that you start to think ... no more. Life is too short. Some people just want a more adult oriented life style. that frankly others are living. The days of travelling in your 30s are long passed by that point. OK vent over.[/quote]

Disagree! You can be like me.....a 45 woman who tried to be a mom for many years....and finally, this year, adopted a newborn...and could not be more ready and excited for it all!![/quote]y for

We struggled with infertility for years too.  So I feel like I am so grateful for my kids and probably enjoy all the kid-oriented stuff more because I know it could have not been. I live a pretty full life before our kids came along so now I am thrilled to bits to be a parent, something I longed for for so many years.  
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^^THIS. All the years, all the miscarriages, the IVFs, the FETs, all the misery, dear lord, all the money. I may be ancient but I rarely forget how grateful I am to have my little boy (now 5), or how close I came to not being a mother. It gives me patience. Hard to believe that I (personally) would have had that sort of perspective in my 20s or 30s. Our son is growing up in peaceful home, and that's gotta be worth something.[/quote]

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