234/365 - And why do you ask?

So there is one thing about being a little older (37 years next month) and married that grates on my nerves. It's "THE" question that I get asked more often than I would like. 

It usually goes a little something like this...

"You're getting a little "up there" in years. Are you planning on having any kids?" 

"How long have you been married now? When do you plan on starting a family?"

"Don't you want a baby?"

"How much longer are you going to wait before you have a baby?"

And the statements people give me sometimes crack me up...

"You know, my sister was in her late thirties when she got pregnant and her baby was just fine."

"There's always invetro. It can take years but it's an option."

"The risk of having a Down Syndrome baby isn't too high for you yet."

"God just sends them when it's their time."

"There are a lot of children that need to be adopted."

I haven't made any off that up. 

I am NOT kidding.

I have heard it all.

Today at work a coworker asked me a similar question in passing. Here's how it went.

Coworker: "Hey can I ask you a question?"

Me: "Sure."

Coworker: "Do you want kids?"

Me: "Yeah. Why?"

Coworker: "Well I just wondered because you're not pregnant yet and I wondered if teaching school made you not want to have your own kids."

Me: "No. I do want kids but I don't think now is the time."

Coworker: "I was just wondering. Being a teacher would probably make you a good parent. At least you have other people's kids."

Other people's kids?

Like I can't have my own?

LISTEN...

I would love to have a baby. I really, really would.

My kid would rock and be the cutest dang little critter on the entire planet!!

My kid would have an amazing nursery.

I guarantee it!!

Let's not even talk about their closet.

It will be amazing too!

And of course they would have the cutest toys!

And I would love my baby more than any parent has ever loved their child. It will be wanted, it will be cherished and it will be LOVED!!

And you know what else, all of my many years of life experience and teaching "other people's" children will make me a better parent when my own come along. There will be a lot of advantages to having children later in life.

That's all.

I just needed to rant.

In cases like this, people need to keep their personal questions and comments to themselves. Am I alone with this?