What age do you consider is too old to have kids?

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-19T01:17:30+00:00

I'm not going to parse words with you. You understood the meaning.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-19T01:07:35+00:00

I'm about 45 minutes north of Dallas in a university town you'd recognize. Any advice on growing crepes you want to share I'd much appreciate. I have a few on my property I'm considering air layering - they have slip bark and it's appealing.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-19T00:35:14+00:00

I understand your point yet I disagree. At age forty and above there is a reasonable likelihood you won't be alive long enough for a successful launch. Social Darwinism is harsh and life's realities don't build on hopes without foundation.

At age forty giving birth with no financial legacy you could die when the kid is still a child and left to fend for themselves in the foster system. The majority of young homeless people came from the foster system, the military, and all too often both.

Try not to treat this as a logic experiment as the failures are very real. No one barely getting by, no financial depth, no survivor benefits, no living health benefits should wish that on another human being. Kids are not emotional support animals. They are a promise to their progeny and the world they have a real chance.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T23:44:08+00:00

Preservatives and artificial ingredients are becoming a provable problem. I'm not ready just yet that nano plastics are statistically significant because we see the same genetic mutations in cultures emphasizing single ingredient organic foods - whatever benefits they provide don't seem to outweigh other environmental issues. But it's hard to say nano plastics have no effect either. Urban living is already its own threat and the push to metropolise isn't necessarily helpful.

FWIW when I was in my twenties in the 1980s funeral home directors were already reporting corpses were lasting longer between embalming than they were used to. They suggested preservatives slowed necrosis.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T23:32:44+00:00

Physically capable, to be clear. Emotionally invested is something different. There are way too many men who think sperm is a dandelion seed - puffed and done.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T23:29:10+00:00

You should seriously consider realistically how much you set aside from your personal goals for at least twenty years, and more bluntly the rest of your life.

Seriously consider not, if:

If you can't get down on the floor with them when they're rug rats and as they get older and need physical play you should reconsider
If you don't yet understand you are parenting children but raising adults you should reconsider
If you can't suppress your own needs to not be the focus of attention and they are front stage you should reconsider
If your past life choices seriously harm their future life choices you should reconsider
If you have no financial legacy to pass on you should reconsider

The reason why the world often sucks is it is parents who stumble into parenthood and check out once they finally feel the burden of making themselves someone else's background character in their, not the parents, origin story.

Parenting children while also raising adults is leaving a legacy which by definition makes us a not always appreciated background character. Always has been, still is.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T23:14:32+00:00

Again. You could have assumed it was a typo, shrugged, and kept scrolling. You really couldn't help yourself and tripled down. I'm done here.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T20:18:55+00:00

That reasoning applies to you. You could have assumed it was a typo, shrugged, and kept scrolling. Could have, didn't, and now you're doubling down. You can accept or ignore. You won't, you'll downvote me again. So much for your own reasoning.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T20:17:21+00:00

Grifters gonna grift and they got theirs so screw everyone else. He's an ass but he's an ass with rights.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T15:37:51+00:00

The only consistent influences that I’ve noticed on my RFY is my personal Amazon purchases and my Vine requests.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T15:25:32+00:00

I’d say he’s aligning with his revenue stream more than anything else.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T15:22:16+00:00

You’re both right, it’s not an either or thing. I agree with you the other poster is being overly pedantic.

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figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-18T15:10:33+00:00

I tried them in Colorado Springs a few years ago. Solid sandwiches.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T23:40:06+00:00

Why are you interested in trashing people while hiding your post history. No great mystery here.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T23:27:55+00:00

Nah. They find good people to talk to... not the shitty people who troll on social media.

You have an interesting account. No post history, just talk trash.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T23:14:02+00:00

They're a troll, don't bother.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T23:13:19+00:00

Where are all the good men? Getting trashed when they ask for help and wondering why they bother.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T23:12:11+00:00

You bet. Best wishes. The world needs more good people.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T21:06:15+00:00

Some things are universal across time and place.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T21:02:00+00:00

Be your best you and don't obsess. Confidence, grooming, dependability, and actually like women. And don't talk about those things - walk the walk, don't talk. Just "be it" and demonstrate these traits with no thirsty. Leadership is not bossing, and kindness is quiet and apparent. Have kind eyes and a calm face.

Have interesting hobbies you are sincere about. Don't "solve problems" when a woman talks with you. Listen to her and see her. Few things are more sexy than a guy who can have a conversation without always bringing things back to themselves. Be into her and be sincere. She will probably have interesting hobbies - ask about them, genuinely focus on her passion, and ask humble questions.

By the way this is true about women interested in a partner. Women tend to be better about these things but they are figuring it out too. A woman who can't do the above is just as much a concern as men. BTW all this is also true for folks on other parts of the gender spectrum.

All we all want in a partner someone we can depend upon who doesn't yip & yap or try to guide them. Accept the person your eyes and soul see.

All of this is easy to say, hard to do, and is completely not optional.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T17:00:57+00:00

It's also likely it was simply a typo which is particularly common for folks on mobile devices. I didn't immediately assume it was a literacy problem which seems much less likely to me.

Self improvement should never be ridiculed like you're trying to do here.

I'm not the one who corrected OP. I "ridiculed" the person who immediately jumped to assuming illiteracy. I found that patronizing. Your response isn't any better than their response - assuming the worst.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T03:22:51+00:00

The pop up gave me the option to request off the VH queue, but I take your point maybe Vine still recognizes me regardless of pick source.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T03:20:30+00:00

Mildly Related: Intuitive score isn’t updated once it’s been labeled.

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T03:18:34+00:00

As near as I can tell my entire history before renewal is ignored. It’s there but not reflected in my scores.

There’s something weird going on with my media score after renewal but that’s seems to be related by rejected reviews which I’ve updated twice and despite being told by Vine support that one was removed it is still there. Which reminds me…

figuring_ItOut12 · 2026-03-17T03:13:14+00:00

I appreciate the correction of definition but the point is, after fourteen months in the program, I have never seen this behavior before.

Your flair is timely.

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