Reply #2: You can't avoid the Brad/Jen/Angelina story even if you try so: [View All]

[Hello_Kitty]

I don't think you are a goof at all for interpreting the coverage the way you do. That's it's being spun as a cautionary tale to uppity women who have the audacity to think they should have a choice about when or whether to bear children is obvious.

What I'd like to add to your comment is this: Why in the HELL do so many MEN wait until they are FORTY and OLDER to decide that they want to settle down and start a family? It's true that men have the biological capacity to procreate until well into old age while women are limited but there is a lot more to being a father than donating sperm. Fathering late in life entails trying to chase your kid around as an old geezer, not to mention the possibility that you won't even be around to see the kid graduate. Also, a wealthy handsome guy like Brad Pitt can easily get himself a young wife to impregnate but you wouldn't believe how many regular guys I meet who think they are going to follow suit. Guys in their late 30s and early 40s who are suddenly anxious to meet Ms. Mother of my Children, who must be younger and suitably domestic.