So, if I start a new relationship when I am 55 and my partner is 70, we SHOULD have some kids, because you say so?
We'd both be 'of child bearing age' after all.
Or is there some benchmark, say I've already had 2 kids in a previous relationship and so has my old fella, so we dont have to produce more?
From what you are saying snaith, *you* should never have had that vasectomy then eh? We *should* be expecting you and Bex to produce a sprog in about 9 months time. dont tell me you are both too old, cuz biologically thats bollocks, you just choose not to, that's all....

[quote="redelicious[/quote]Sorry to be picky RG, but there aren't many women of 55 who could concieve naturally.[/quote]

True, but the point I was making was that if a woman of 55 (and there are many out there, just maybe not so many as younger age) who biologically is capable, *should* they be obliged to have a baby *just because* they have gotten into a new relationship and can?
Who decides where to draw the line, and how and why?
Or do we leave that decision to the couple themselves?

My point exactly.

/shuffles off to do something more interesting/

/nips briefly back in to say...../

No, thats not interesting. It's just annoying when someone takes the piss.
When people make serious comments about a supposedly serious topic, it aint nice to then be laughed at for taking it serious.
If you are going to say summat in jest, say so or expect people to be pissed off with you. Simple As.

I'm away from here now.

They were originally used in therapy to help parents whose baby had died, then the market opened up to other people wanting 'something different'.
I have to say I find them rather creepy even though they are very beautifully made.
In the 80's not many parents took photos of new born babies and became a thing that when a baby died the parents were encouraged to dress it up and take photos.
I saw this on both sides, I was a volunteer worker at the local SCBU and one of my jobs was to help the parents dress the baby and take the photos (being a photographer at the time) and as I also worked in a photo processing plant I printed a lot of these kinds of photos.
(I didnt take the photos and print the same ones, in case anyone thinks I made money out of these tragedies!)
Nowadays, its the norm for people to snap away in the delivery room and onwards, so I dont suppose they do that much now.
But yes, they are wonderful creations, very pretty and impressive.
I thought the first 3 pics were of real sleeping babies, the last one with the orange lipstick and weird fingernails and too-smooth skin dropped the penny.

Aww Raven, I thought they are gorgeous, just a tad too life-like for me!

There isn't a Geisha on her, Tony meant Geisha girls as in the Japanese painted ladies?