Comments on: A conversation with my parents about India http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/ Made in the USSR. Assembled in the USA. Spraypainted in Israel. Stuck in Philly. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:20:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 Vicki Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:57:23 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1410 Oh, that's horrible. Luckily it hasn't come to those extremes yet, but I know exactly what you mean. Maybe you should say you are adopting a non-Arab baby :) Oh, that’s horrible. Luckily it hasn’t come to those extremes yet, but I know exactly what you mean. Maybe you should say you are adopting a non-Arab baby :)

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 Vicki Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:56:51 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1409 From India. That would go over awesome, actually! :) From India. That would go over awesome, actually! :)

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 Vicki Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:56:08 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1408 Mwuahahaha. Terrorist kids. I do like the first point of your argument. Mwuahahaha. Terrorist kids. I do like the first point of your argument.

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1407 Vicki Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:55:24 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1407 I like it! Let me know your success level. I like it! Let me know your success level.

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1406 Vicki Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:55:08 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1406 One who realizes logical arguments won't work on parents :) One who realizes logical arguments won’t work on parents :)

]]> By: Roba http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 Roba Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:20:30 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1405 LOL, Arab families are the same. It's so bad here it's bordering on mean. A few days after my father passed away a couple of years ago, my aunt was like, "If only you had children, he would have seen them!" And I'm like, "DUDE, I've been married for 6 months." This older generation of people above 70 can think of NOTHING ELSE. It drives me nuts. My friends avoid these situations by claiming infertility :D LOL, Arab families are the same. It’s so bad here it’s bordering on mean. A few days after my father passed away a couple of years ago, my aunt was like, “If only you had children, he would have seen them!” And I’m like, “DUDE, I’ve been married for 6 months.”

This older generation of people above 70 can think of NOTHING ELSE. It drives me nuts.

My friends avoid these situations by claiming infertility :D

]]> By: Matt http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1403 Matt Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:13:14 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1403 Next time you should say that you're really thinking of adopting anyway. Next time you should say that you’re really thinking of adopting anyway.

]]> By: Rick Aster http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1402 Rick Aster Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:04:27 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1402 I suppose I should say something about the epidemiological data, but for some reason I keep thinking of the marketing angle. If there were a place that people could go to to become infertile just by visiting, it would be one of the most popular places to visit in the world. It would have a catchy name, something similar to the Fountain of Youth. Even people who wanted to have more children would go take photos from a safe distance just so they could say they had been there. The fact that we haven't seen this on television pretty well proves that it doesn't exist. As for traveling overseas with kids: what if your kids are on the no-fly list? And you never know when that might happen, especially if a child has the same first name as somebody else. I suppose I should say something about the epidemiological data, but for some reason I keep thinking of the marketing angle. If there were a place that people could go to to become infertile just by visiting, it would be one of the most popular places to visit in the world. It would have a catchy name, something similar to the Fountain of Youth. Even people who wanted to have more children would go take photos from a safe distance just so they could say they had been there. The fact that we haven’t seen this on television pretty well proves that it doesn’t exist.

As for traveling overseas with kids: what if your kids are on the no-fly list?
And you never know when that might happen, especially if a child has the same first name as somebody else.

]]> By: Brianne http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1401 Brianne Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:36:38 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1401 "Additionally, last I checked, my uterus was not communal property." I do believe I'll use that next time my Roman Catholic mother brings up the issue of my lack of child. ;o) “Additionally, last I checked, my uterus was not communal property.”

I do believe I’ll use that next time my Roman Catholic mother brings up the issue of my lack of child. ;o)

]]> By: Tzipporah http://blog.vickiboykis.com/2010/03/08/a-conversation-with-my-parents-about-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1400 Tzipporah Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:25:27 +0000 http://blog.vickiboykis.com/?p=2457#comment-1400 Seriously? You didn't mention India's POPULATION GROWTH RATE in response? What kind of economist are you? :) Seriously? You didn’t mention India’s POPULATION GROWTH RATE in response? What kind of economist are you? :)

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