Comments on: Joining The Club http://www.standingcheese.com/2008/08/07/joining-the-club/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:14:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Agrrl http://www.standingcheese.com/2008/08/07/joining-the-club/#comment-837 Agrrl Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:46:16 +0000 http://www.standingcheese.com/?p=202#comment-837 Got ya beat, Cheese. A lady I play volleyball with became a grandmother the beginning of this year. She can't be any older than 36. I think the record for youngest grandmother is something like 28 or 30. Sick. Got ya beat, Cheese. A lady I play volleyball with became a grandmother the beginning of this year. She can’t be any older than 36.

I think the record for youngest grandmother is something like 28 or 30. Sick.

]]> By: The Aitch http://www.standingcheese.com/2008/08/07/joining-the-club/#comment-833 The Aitch Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:36:27 +0000 http://www.standingcheese.com/?p=202#comment-833 If I become a grandparent before I'm 60, there'll be some splainin to do. If I become a grandparent before I’m 60, there’ll be some splainin to do.

]]> By: midwestie http://www.standingcheese.com/2008/08/07/joining-the-club/#comment-832 midwestie Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:53:45 +0000 http://www.standingcheese.com/?p=202#comment-832 Amen, brutha. It's a poverty mindset. A baby is an asset "they can't take away" when you have nothing and believe you never will have anything. Meanwhile when you're in upper class, you see a baby in that situation as a liability--a setback most poor people can't overcome financially except by sheer strength of will. I've actually had people my age who became grandparents around the time I was pregnant (after infertility) tell me they were glad their kids had their kids young so as not to NOT be able to have them later in life. I think that's F'd up. It's two totally different situations, and let's face it, the less a person actually should be a parent, the more relentless their fertility will be. I give you Exhibit A, Brittney Spears. Amen, brutha.

It’s a poverty mindset. A baby is an asset “they can’t take away” when you have nothing and believe you never will have anything. Meanwhile when you’re in upper class, you see a baby in that situation as a liability–a setback most poor people can’t overcome financially except by sheer strength of will.

I’ve actually had people my age who became grandparents around the time I was pregnant (after infertility) tell me they were glad their kids had their kids young so as not to NOT be able to have them later in life. I think that’s F’d up. It’s two totally different situations, and let’s face it, the less a person actually should be a parent, the more relentless their fertility will be. I give you Exhibit A, Brittney Spears.

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