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Article #473Re: 70% Said, Given A Second Chance, They Wouldn't Have Had Kids
From: Lori Iversen
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <DqCMDn.HwD@world.std.com>, jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley) says: > >I just saw on one of those news shows on night TV an interview by Jane Pauly >of Ann Landers. Two of the stats that surprised me was that Ann Landers >said when she asked her readers if they could do it all over again: > > - Only 55% said they would have married their current spouse. No comment. (See .sig). > - 70% said they wouldn't have had kids if they could do it again. If I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn't have had a baby. I hasten to add, however, that Alex (otherwise known as the Amazing Energy Vortex) is the best thing that ever happened to me. And those aren't contradictory statements. -- Lori ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us makes us stronger. -- Nietzsche Nevertheless, my next husband will be normal. -- me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Round up the usual disclaimers. <liversen@physiology.medsch.ucla.edu>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 110235,5c898871827d3f87 X-Google-Attributes: gid110235,public X-Google-Thread: 106b5d,5c898871827d3f87 X-Google-Attributes: gid106b5d,public X-Google-Thread: fbd31,5c898871827d3f87 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbd31,public X-Google-Thread: 1082f5,5c898871827d3f87 X-Google-Attributes: gid1082f5,public X-Google-Thread: fdc4a,5c898871827d3f87 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdc4a,public X-Google-Thread: 10a1d2,5c898871827d3f87 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a1d2,public From: liversen@physiology.medsch.ucla.edu (Lori Iversen) Subject: Re: 70% Said, Given A Second Chance, They Wouldn't Have Had Kids Date: 1996/04/24 Message-ID: <4llqsd$1km8@saba.info.ucla.edu> X-Deja-AN: 151216270 references: <DqCMDn.HwD@world.std.com> organization: UCLA newsgroups: ne.singles,soc.women,soc.men,ba.singles,soc.couples,rec.org.mensa