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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

aside from me, my family line [via my aspiesh older brother and his extremely NT wife] will be going for a long time to come because all their kids are reproducing like rabbits. but if i somehow rated a wife and could have an offspring just like me, i'd love him/her to pieces.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe Dr Evil is your Mr Right, he knows how to make a Mini-Me!

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

both of my sisters have kids, and almost all of my cousins have some. will I ever have any? who knows. Confused
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've always wanted to be a mother since I was little. But I know the reality of my situation means i'm highly unlikely to ever get married or have kids. Confused
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NO.

Even though my family doesn't breed like rabbits, I'm the only aspie. With 5 NT sisters, one is bound to have a child sooner or later
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My sister has two kids (which must be adults by now), but the family name will die with me. All my cousins on my father's side of the family are women, and my father's parents had high hopes that I'd carry on the family name some day. No idea why that mattered to them. Personally, I hate my surname and would have happily adopted my hypothetical wife's name if I lived in a time when male aspies still had a chance to get married and found a family. But since I live in the 21st century, I'll die alone and childless. Which is better for the gene pool anyway.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mindslave wrote:
I've never really taken the whole "family blood line" thing seriously. As if behavior is mostly genetic. It sounds like an ego thing. "Oh, but now I'll live forever, ahahaha!!" My sperm is just like everyone elses. It impregnates women and makes them convulse 9 months later. What's so special about my blood line compared to all of yours?


You have an appropriate name.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think people like the idea of their bloodline surviving because they like the idea of passing their way of life on to someone else, and that someone else living on after them.

It's just my guess, really; I don't get that sort of desire with other people, but I do want to pass on ideas to others. In a way, my ideas are the "children" I want to pass on to last after I'm gone.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have no idea whether my family line will go on. At the same time, though, I don't care at all. All of our family lines are bound to die off at some point.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My wife and I cannot have children. The only other male in my line from my father's father is a cousin with a genetic disorder, it's unlikely he'll have kids either. Our name will pass away, at least from this little branch of the tree.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let's clarify it. Is this whole thread based on a premise that people with ASD are always barred from having kids? I'm not sure if that's accurate. If so, it's just another reason to avoid diagnosis and continue giving myself a benefit of doubt that I'm a normal persosn.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hell no, I won't go!
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Perhaps. I'm leaning towards asexual but might adopt some kids single someday.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Possibly but who knows what the future holds. Honestly if I ever wanted kids, I'd probably adopt.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jacoby wrote:
Possibly but who knows what the future holds. Honestly if I ever wanted kids, I'd probably adopt.


That's what happened to me.

No idea where the rest of my dna is, I came from a closed adoption. Records white'd out. No information other than a picture or two.


So... it's my choice entirely.

I take comfort in the fact that I CAN infact kill my depression. By not passing it on.

It will most likely die with me.
I can adopt and pass on the good things I know in ways other than genetics!
Genetics are a small part of how a kid turns out. Smile
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