taz157
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Post by taz157 on May 13, 2013 19:44:51 GMT -5
I went to school with a set of oops twins. Their older siblings went to school with my aunt, who is about 20 years older than me. They are aunt/uncle to people older than them. It's weird. I also had a friend whose Mom had what I could only assume was an oops baby when we were seniors. I'd jump off the nearest bridge at the thought of starting over when my only child was almost gone/done. My BFF in high school was an only child until her mom had a baby when BFF was 15. Yeah, I'd say that was an oops too! except my BFF had just turned 17 a couple of weeks before her sister appeared. My BFF was not a happy camper while her mom was pregnant. Once she was born, some of the hatred went away and now loves her to death (sister is now 17).
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goldensam
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Post by goldensam on May 13, 2013 20:22:18 GMT -5
My sister was an oops baby and is almost 19 years younger than me. Her father told my mom that he was sterile, but apparently, he wasn't.
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Mardi Gras Audrey
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Post by Mardi Gras Audrey on May 13, 2013 20:25:12 GMT -5
My BFF has somewhat of an Oops baby as her brother (She was fairly confident her mom got pregnant so that her boyfriend would stay with her.. it didn't work out). BFF was 21 and her older brother was 25 when the oops baby was born. They also have a younger sister who was 11 at the time (So the kids were 25, 21, 11, and newborn). What made it more interesting was that BFF had her first child at 17 so her daughter was older by 4 years than her uncle! It makes for some fun family stories. BFF and her older sibs are very close but not very close with her youngest brother (They rarely see him).
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chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on May 13, 2013 20:26:32 GMT -5
I know a few people with "oops" babies. My aunt and uncle had a baby on their own and then were unable to get pregnant again. A doctor told them they would likely never be able to conceive on their own, so they adopted a child. Then ... She got pregnant. Of course they weren't preventing because they had tried for so long and a doctor told them they couldn't. My MIL has a brother who is a few years younger than her, and her other brother is 16 years younger than her. there were a few families between my class and my sister's when we were kids, that adopted and then had a bio-kid. something about not feeling the pressure anymore. a good friend of mine, now as an adult, had been trying for almost a year at the same time dealing with her dad having terminal cancer. a couple months after he'd passed, she got pregnant. the stress load was gone, I guess.
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Queen of Interesting Nuts
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Post by Queen of Interesting Nuts on May 13, 2013 20:27:08 GMT -5
Not quite as close but my eldest sister was born in 65 and my mothers younger brother was born in 63, they were playmates.
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Post by tcu2003 on May 13, 2013 21:36:38 GMT -5
I know a few people with "oops" babies. My aunt and uncle had a baby on their own and then were unable to get pregnant again. A doctor told them they would likely never be able to conceive on their own, so they adopted a child. Then ... She got pregnant. Of course they weren't preventing because they had tried for so long and a doctor told them they couldn't. My MIL has a brother who is a few years younger than her, and her other brother is 16 years younger than her. there were a few families between my class and my sister's when we were kids, that adopted and then had a bio-kid. something about not feeling the pressure anymore. a good friend of mine, now as an adult, had been trying for almost a year at the same time dealing with her dad having terminal cancer. a couple months after he'd passed, she got pregnant. the stress load was gone, I guess. I've heard that as well. A family I once went to church with has one son and after trying and trying to have another child and not being able to get pregnant, they decided to adopt. They wound up being matched for a brother/sister twin set (eastern Europe adoption), and shortly after getting them, mom got pregnant and delivered a healthy baby. They went from 1 boy (maybe 9 or so) to 4, with 3 under 3 practically overnight.
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Post by thyme4change on May 14, 2013 7:30:58 GMT -5
Not quite as close but my eldest sister was born in 65 and my mothers younger brother was born in 63, they were playmates. A friend in college was roommates with her niece. They were only a year apart.
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Taxman10
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Post by Taxman10 on May 14, 2013 9:38:55 GMT -5
I had 3 oops babies...luckily there were all within 4 years, with the same woman, and we were only 27/26 when we started...
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2013 9:41:49 GMT -5
You have learned about birth control now that you're in your 30's right?
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2013 10:20:22 GMT -5
I had 3 oops babies...luckily there were all within 4 years, with the same woman, and we were only 27/26 when we started... so was your vasectomy an "oops" as well?
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Post by zibazinski on May 14, 2013 10:24:51 GMT -5
My old next door neighbors was! They didn't get "caught" for almost 6 years but she didn't come to our Christmas party because she was pregnant with her last child. She had been so excited that her youngest was going to kindergarten and then had to start all over again.
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Post by steph08 on May 14, 2013 10:51:01 GMT -5
My dad is 11 years younger than his sister. I don't think he was an oops though - there was a middle child between them that died at birth, so my grandparents kept trying for another baby and got my dad. My grandparents were actually 36 and 37 when my dad was born - back in the 1950s!
I know of a few others, not close to me though. 9/10 year age gaps because of oops babies.
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Post by muttleynfelix on May 14, 2013 11:28:08 GMT -5
I was actually an oops baby. But I'm only 4.5 years younger than my brother and 7 years younger than my sister and my parents were in their mid 30s when I arrived. The "truth" came out when I was in high school and my Grandma and Dad were up in the attic and found these letters that my Grandpa had written when my mom and Aunt were expecting my brother and cousin (so 5 years before my arrival) and there happened to be 5 copies of the letter and my dad goes, "we were only planning on having 2 kids and some how your Grandpa knew something we didn't." My sister's youngest is also 4.5 years younger than her next sibling, but she was the only one planned. The first 2 were oopsies.
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