someone on fb posted this link

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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/08/what-i-wanted-to-be-when-i-grew-up-banjo-player-pony-trainer-story-maker-mother-was-not-one-of-them?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1yW0234vI32QJ8vnAXdDHW4qmEvm6Odpgbnjodp2_-nLupL1icYZNBm-o_aem_AcSUDAjvh0gJKst8gZcGSKt3GNaWg5sqbblfjx9vUc8AitkJ80lMn-tMhg1qZ4xd-UuePErp_nvGrR57aEDjUTmx
I liked having babies so am sad Fallon doesn't want to as I like her
and think she'd be agood mother.

I never really wanted children - partly because I never met anyone I
wanted to have babies with who also wanted to have babies with me. And I
had a niche but successful international career which I could not have
had if I'd had children. I don't feel the lack now at all - I have three
nieces, a nephew, and five godchildren, most of whom are busy having
babies of their own now, which is absolutely lovely, and they all love
their doting great-aunt. Fallon would make a terrific auntie. But I fear
Harrison will either guilt-trip her into having children or will leave
her, like Erik in the Guardian story above.

--
Kate B

Jenny M Benson

2024-06-09 09:50:42 UTC

Post by Kate B
I never really wanted children -

Whereas I would have happily had a dozen - but having tried it both ways
I would have wanted to stick to C-section births!

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

v***@gmail.com

2024-06-09 11:17:52 UTC

On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 10:50:42 +0100, Jenny M Benson

Post by Kate B
I never really wanted children -

Whereas I would have happily had a dozen - but having tried it both ways
I would have wanted to stick to C-section births!

Ah, when I said I liked having babies, I don't mean the births.

Nick Odell

2024-06-09 17:15:25 UTC

Post by v***@gmail.com
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 10:50:42 +0100, Jenny M Benson

Post by Kate B
I never really wanted children -

Whereas I would have happily had a dozen - but having tried it both ways
I would have wanted to stick to C-section births!

Ah, when I said I liked having babies, I don't mean the births.

There's a lot to be said for the old-fashioned, traditional approach
where a stork collects the baby from the clouds and leaves it
underneath a gooseberry bush.

That said, there appear to be rather too many gooseberry bushes in and
around Newham, east London.

Nick

Kate B

2024-06-10 09:39:03 UTC

Post by v***@gmail.com
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 10:50:42 +0100, Jenny M Benson

Post by Kate B
I never really wanted children -

Whereas I would have happily had a dozen - but having tried it both ways
I would have wanted to stick to C-section births!

Ah, when I said I liked having babies, I don't mean the births.

There's a lot to be said for the old-fashioned, traditional approach
where a stork collects the baby from the clouds and leaves it
underneath a gooseberry bush.
That said, there appear to be rather too many gooseberry bushes in and
around Newham, east London.

I'd say that's a BTN too! Thick and fast these days...

--
Kate B

Rosie Mitchell

2024-06-10 17:43:19 UTC

Post by v***@gmail.com
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 10:50:42 +0100, Jenny M Benson

Post by Kate B
I never really wanted children -

Whereas I would have happily had a dozen - but having tried it both ways
I would have wanted to stick to C-section births!

Ah, when I said I liked having babies, I don't mean the births.

There's a lot to be said for the old-fashioned, traditional approach
where a stork collects the baby from the clouds and leaves it
underneath a gooseberry bush.
That said, there appear to be rather too many gooseberry bushes in and
around Newham, east London.

I'd say that's a BTN too! Thick and fast these days...

Do you think so? I was thinking things are rather slack compared to the
good old days.

Yes.

Rosie

Joe Kerr

2024-06-14 16:11:44 UTC

Post by v***@gmail.com
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 10:50:42 +0100, Jenny M Benson

Post by Kate B
I never really wanted children -

Whereas I would have happily had a dozen - but having tried it both ways
I would have wanted to stick to C-section births!

Ah, when I said I liked having babies, I don't mean the births.

There's a lot to be said for the old-fashioned, traditional approach
where a stork collects the baby from the clouds and leaves it
underneath a gooseberry bush.
That said, there appear to be rather too many gooseberry bushes in and
around Newham, east London.

I'd say that's a BTN too! Thick and fast these days...

Do you think so? I was thinking things are rather slack compared to the
good old days.

Where's Leonard Sachs when you need him?

Post by Rosie Mitchell
Yes.
Rosie

--
Ric

Rosie Mitchell

2024-06-14 22:56:46 UTC

Post by Joe Kerr

Post by v***@gmail.com
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 10:50:42 +0100, Jenny M Benson

Post by Kate B
I never really wanted children -

Whereas I would have happily had a dozen - but having tried it both ways
I would have wanted to stick to C-section births!

Ah, when I said I liked having babies, I don't mean the births.

There's a lot to be said for the old-fashioned, traditional approach
where a stork collects the baby from the clouds and leaves it
underneath a gooseberry bush.
That said, there appear to be rather too many gooseberry bushes in and
around Newham, east London.

I'd say that's a BTN too! Thick and fast these days...

Do you think so? I was thinking things are rather slack compared to the
good old days.

Where's Leonard Sachs when you need him?

Getting ratarsed in the pub attached to the Famous City Varieties whose
name I can't recall but whose rococo decor is unforgettable.

[time passes]

Oh right, it's come back to me. Whitelocks. I wonder if it still
exists. Any loinerrats able to advise? Do we have any loinerrats?

It's a strange thing but when I was young I thought TGOD was cultural
cringe, like Songs of Praise and the Black & White Minstrels, but now
that I have studied quite a bit about the old music halls I think I'd
rather enjoy it.

Rosie

Kosmo

2024-06-15 07:38:07 UTC

Post by Joe Kerr

Post by v***@gmail.com
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 10:50:42 +0100, Jenny M Benson

Post by Kate B
I never really wanted children -

Whereas I would have happily had a dozen - but having tried it both ways
I would have wanted to stick to C-section births!

Ah, when I said I liked having babies, I don't mean the births.

There's a lot to be said for the old-fashioned, traditional approach
where a stork collects the baby from the clouds and leaves it
underneath a gooseberry bush.
That said, there appear to be rather too many gooseberry bushes in and
around Newham, east London.

I'd say that's a BTN too! Thick and fast these days...

Do you think so? I was thinking things are rather slack compared to the
good old days.

Where's Leonard Sachs when you need him?

Getting ratarsed in the pub attached to the Famous City Varieties whose
name I can't recall but whose rococo decor is unforgettable.
[time passes]
Oh right, it's come back to me. Whitelocks. I wonder if it still
exists. Any loinerrats able to advise? Do we have any loinerrats?
It's a strange thing but when I was young I thought TGOD was cultural
cringe, like Songs of Praise and the Black & White Minstrels, but now
that I have studied quite a bit about the old music halls I think I'd
rather enjoy it.
Rosie

Leeds?

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

Rosie Mitchell

2024-06-15 09:55:58 UTC

Post by Kosmo

Post by Joe Kerr

Post by v***@gmail.com
On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 10:50:42 +0100, Jenny M Benson

Post by Kate B
I never really wanted children -

Whereas I would have happily had a dozen - but having tried it both ways
I would have wanted to stick to C-section births!

Ah, when I said I liked having babies, I don't mean the births.

There's a lot to be said for the old-fashioned, traditional approach
where a stork collects the baby from the clouds and leaves it
underneath a gooseberry bush.
That said, there appear to be rather too many gooseberry bushes in and
around Newham, east London.

I'd say that's a BTN too! Thick and fast these days...

Do you think so? I was thinking things are rather slack compared to the
good old days.

Where's Leonard Sachs when you need him?

Getting ratarsed in the pub attached to the Famous City Varieties whose
name I can't recall but whose rococo decor is unforgettable.
[time passes]
Oh right, it's come back to me. Whitelocks. I wonder if it still
exists. Any loinerrats able to advise? Do we have any loinerrats?
It's a strange thing but when I was young I thought TGOD was
cultural
cringe, like Songs of Praise and the Black & White Minstrels, but now
that I have studied quite a bit about the old music halls I think I'd
rather enjoy it.
Rosie

Leeds?

Whitelocks is in Leeds, yes. A loiner is somebody from Leeds.

Rosie

john ashby

2024-06-09 16:55:36 UTC