Asking me if I want kids at work/work-related event (e.g., conf dinner, official work drinks, etc.) even if it is a peer, is not the most welcome question in many cases. Insult to injury when I say "no" and you come back with "your hormones will kick in and you will want them".
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I can't believe this shit still happens. What is it, 1950?
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Not only did this happen multiple times with different groups in different workplaces — but I brought it up the other day to pre-empt it from happening (I could see the conversation going that way)... And the person said "asking you about kids is totally fine at work".
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I explained how actually it's really not OK at work and in an interview would be a massive no-no and they acted like they knew all along. Also thankfully another person involved said "I'm a dude and have never been asked and you would never ask me, so there". That was nice.
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You should follow up by asking them intrusive questions about their prostate or testicular cancer. "Did you know 11% of men get prostate cancer?"
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Hahaha. Oh, God.


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Gosh, that's like 4 people in this room! You might have it right now!!
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I need your comebacks. So good.

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I think the “you will want them” annoys me in any case.
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TBF some people have told my bf that he will change his mind about having kids because age / hormones / etc. Always such an unwanted conversation :(
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That's just as awful.
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Weird isn't it. I really can't think why anyone would
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The number of times in my life I've been told I'm too hormonal, not hormonal enough, etc. It's almost like there's an illogical system of oppression. /s
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I think an entirely appropriate reply would have been fuck off and mind your own business.
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Absolutely. Next time will do it because it doesn't matter who is a professor and who is a peer, they can indeed go fuck themselves. I will try to think of a polite(r) way of telling them to bugger off.
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