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* '''Inverted''': [[IWantGrandkids Her parents]] or [[MandatoryMotherhood others]] want Alice to have children, but she doesn't want to, perhaps she is also a ChildHater.

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[[IWantGrandkids Her parents]] or [[MandatoryMotherhood others]] want Alice to have children, but she doesn't want to, perhaps to; she is may also be a ChildHater.ChildHater.
** Alice has [[MassiveNumberedSiblings ten children]], and the first thing she feels when she wakes up every day is regret that she got sidetracked being a mother instead of fulfilling her ambitions.



** Bob is a jerk who can't seem to get a wife no matter what he does but needs one for some reason (HeirClubForMen, CitizenshipMarriage, etc.), so he takes out a personal ad for a woman between the ages of 30-35, knowing that Alice is desperate to have children and would accept any man as her husband by this point.

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** Bob is a jerk who can't seem to get a wife no matter what he does but needs one for some reason (HeirClubForMen, CitizenshipMarriage, etc.), so he takes out a personal ad for a woman between the ages of 30-35, 30 and 35, knowing that Alice is desperate to have children and would accept any man as her husband by this point.



* '''Discussed''': "Now that I'm 30, maybe we should start thinking about having kids? I won't be young forever!"
* '''Conversed''': "Isn't it funny how women in TV shows always want kids? You'd think human women went through [[Franchise/StarTrek Pon Farr]] after they hit 30!"

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* '''Discussed''': "Now that I'm 30, thirty, maybe we should start thinking about having kids? I won't be young forever!"
* '''Conversed''': "Isn't it funny how women in TV shows always want kids? You'd think human women went through [[Franchise/StarTrek Pon Farr]] after they hit 30!"thirty!"
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* '''Inverted''': [[IWantGrandkids Her parents]] or [[MandatoryMotherhood others]] want Alice to have children, but she doesn't want to.

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* '''Inverted''': [[IWantGrandkids Her parents]] or [[MandatoryMotherhood others]] want Alice to have children, but she doesn't want to.to, perhaps she is also a ChildHater.
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** UpToEleven: Alice begins doing this the first day she gets her period.

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** UpToEleven: Alice begins doing this the first day she gets her period.

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* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is a ChildHater.
** [[IWantGrandkids Her parents]] or [[MandatoryMotherhood others]] want Alice to have children, but she doesn't want to.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice is single and childless at 35, but doesn't seem to spend a lot of time worrying about it.
** Alice already has children.
** Alice freezes some of her eggs when she's 24.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But she has six online dating service accounts, all seeking a man who is ''eager'' to settle down and raise a family.
** But she wants another child, or if her kids are old enough, [[IWantGrandkids she wants grandchildren]].
** Or, her kids are all adopted, and she wants to have a biological child or children.
** She doesn't do it because she's gearing up for chemotherapy, or because her family has a history of early menopause/premature ovarian failure. She does it because she's worried about having a healthy baby after she turns 35.

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* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is a ChildHater.
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'''Inverted''': [[IWantGrandkids Her parents]] or [[MandatoryMotherhood others]] want Alice to have children, but she doesn't want to.
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'''Subverted''': Alice is single and childless at 35, and some people think she has a problem with it but doesn't seem to spend a lot of time worrying about it.
** Alice already has children.
** Alice freezes some of her eggs when she's 24.
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Subverted''': But she has six online dating service accounts, all seeking a man who is ''eager'' to settle down and raise a family.
** But she wants another child, or if her kids are old enough, [[IWantGrandkids she wants grandchildren]].
** Or, her kids are all adopted, and she wants to have a biological child or children.
** She doesn't do it because she's gearing up for chemotherapy, or because her family has a history of early menopause/premature ovarian failure. She does it because she's worried about having a healthy baby after she turns 35.
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** Alice freezes some of her eggs when she's 24.


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** She doesn't do it because she's gearing up for chemotherapy, or because her family has a history of early menopause/premature ovarian failure. She does it because she's worried about having a healthy baby after she turns 35.

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** Alice asks Bob about "where this is going" etc. on the first date.

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** Alice asks Bob about "where this is going" going", etc. on the first date.



** Alice has one child but has always wanted more.



** Due to the population having been heavily depleted by the ForeverWar, both sides employ the PropagandaMachine to make sure everybody is having as many children as possible to replace the ones who grow up to die in battle. As such, remaining single is treated as unpatriotic.

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** Due to the ForeverWar's massive population having been heavily depleted by the ForeverWar, reduction, both sides employ the PropagandaMachine to make sure everybody is having as many children as possible to replace the ones who grow up to die in battle. As such, remaining single is treated as unpatriotic.

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