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1 posted on 01/15/2005 12:00:08 PM PST by qam1
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This is more likely:


2 posted on 01/15/2005 12:04:07 PM PST by bikepacker67 ("This is the best election night in history." -- DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe 11/2/04 8pm)
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3 posted on 01/15/2005 12:06:01 PM PST by qam1 (Anyone who was born in New Jersey should not be allowed to drive at night or on hills.)
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"Clucky"? Is this a common expression? I've never heard it before. I can make a guess of the meaning based on the content of the story, but am I out of touch for not having heard this expression before?


5 posted on 01/15/2005 12:35:29 PM PST by Ryan Spock
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I never liked Jennifer Anniston. Plastic, shallow, bad actress with a foofy haircut.

Also, I bet Brad Pitt could find 100,000 women that would immediately roll over on their back and put their feet in the air if he said he wanted to have a baby.


6 posted on 01/15/2005 12:41:06 PM PST by spodefly (This message packaged with desiccant. Do not open until ready for use or inspection.)
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Young men reflect much more on work and having sex with as many supermodels as possible."

But, as a man ages, he no longer feels the need to sleep with so many supermodels, and begins to cut back in this area.

10 posted on 01/15/2005 12:46:54 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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Why doesn't Brad just get himself another girlyman and adopt.


15 posted on 01/15/2005 1:06:27 PM PST by fish hawk
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16 posted on 01/15/2005 1:09:16 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Women need abortion like a fish needs a bicycle.)
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"Loyalty to work is dead," Korn says. "Increasingly people are recognising what's really important is having children."

Whether this is about movie stars or just plain folk, it's nice to see the pendulum swinging back the other way, isn't it?

I married my DH because he was a SUPERB father to his son, who was three when we first met. (His career-driven girlfriend bailed on him after he convinced her not to abort; he kept the kid. This happened to his brother, too.) He made it clear that they were a Package Deal and that they BOTH had to fall in love with me, or all bets were off. He didn't let me meet his son until after we had dated for close to eight months.

Now that, my friends, is sex appeal in my book. Never have really met another man like him, except his brother. Needless to say, they have a terrific Mother whom I respect and adore, too! I'm extremely blessed to have been welcomed into an awesome family full of loving and responsible people. In this case, they really do do it "for the children." I have 15 neices and nephews; our lives really are all about the kids, and the first three (including ours) are ready to finally fly the coop and head for college. :)


17 posted on 01/15/2005 1:29:15 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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People should thoroughly discuss having (or not having) kids *before* they get married. Duh.


20 posted on 01/15/2005 1:48:09 PM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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One thing that has changed is that women have higher socioeconomic status. Meanwhile, a woman's general preference to marry UP has remained the same. So the number of "up" men has shrunk, while the number of "down" women has shrunk, translating into a dramatically lower number of compatible marriages.

People have responded by not marrying or by putting marriage off. In some states, a good number of people have simply married the same sex.

The lower fertility might point to a higher level of freedom, yes, but of course the long-run result is a demographic disaster...

31 posted on 01/15/2005 2:48:22 PM PST by gaijin
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Pssst! Jennifer...feminism is a lie. Also, you won't look half as good as Brad Pitt will at 65, but your children would have still loved you and called you "mom" just like when your were 35!

Some love springs eternal.

32 posted on 01/15/2005 2:56:46 PM PST by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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Not every woman dreams of having a child. "Not every woman wants to give up her life and drop everything when the man decides his sperm is ready for action," Freedman says.

What an awful statement. Perhaps, this woman should remember that when decrying the lack of committment-ready men.

33 posted on 01/15/2005 2:56:59 PM PST by Zack Nguyen
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"Loyalty to work is dead," Korn says. "Increasingly people are recognising what's really important is having children."

I also thought that was the key sentence. What's going on behind this article is that you can have a successful career and still feel empty. It's all about feeling empty. Maybe having a kid would make you feel better. But I don't know how hopeful this attitude really is. If you want a kid purely for self-gratification, it probably won't help much. In building a family you need to give in order to receive, and I don't know if many Hollywood types are capable of that.

35 posted on 01/15/2005 3:47:50 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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"There is a tendency for women to want to "marry up" - which cuts out many men who may make good fathers. "There is more selectivity and higher expectations, so this means some men and women may miss out on having a child," Hollonds says."

Also, there is nothing like a woman standing there expecting her a$$ to get kissed, with the man just turning around and walking away forever.

38 posted on 01/15/2005 4:24:59 PM PST by BobS
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The way the gossip magazines tell it, the 41-year-old Hollywood hunk just wanted to be a dad, but his glamorous 35-year-old wife was more interested in being a movie star.

Right. I believe that like I believe John Effin' was a duck hunter.

Let's see......they both spent A LOT of their married life apart, especially the last year. Sorry, but if either one of them gave much of a damn they'd choose to spend their time together.

Oh, and making movies with a woman who sleeps around doesn't help either. My opinion is he cheated on her and that's that. This just follows the pattern of many, many other Hollywierd marriages, in my opinion. The truth will eventually come out so we'll see.

41 posted on 01/15/2005 6:02:29 PM PST by Lizavetta (Modern liberalism: Where everyone must look different but think the same.)
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