I'm 24 , 2nd yr phd and my boyf and i are getting married this year (after 5yrs). Even tho I've no lab work we'll not try for children til I'm finished. So many reasons:
1) will seriously need a break by the end, hoping to travel for a little while.
2) even the regular hormones mean at least 2 days per month are wasted, so at least first month of pregnancy would be a write off.
3) we get pretty little time for the two of us, add a baby in and our relationship would be at best put on hold.
4) Know too many friends who've had miscarriages and were told it was because of the stress of paper deadlines, writing up or just having to work long lab hours.

Really looking forward to having sprogs but want them to have a mommy who can look after them and a daddy who's not too busy looking after mommy when her reseach stresses her out!

Hee hee so much for promising to report in that night sneaks!

I'm new here but would like to join. I'm a 2nd year in maths, the mostly pure kind. Had to abandon my original topic recently and just starting at square one with another. Hoping to be able to go back to the other before the end and somehow include it in thesis. No idea what kind of chapters and such I'll have in the thesis. Not really sure where things are supposed to be going at all. No clear goals etc. So my aims are pretty short term:
by end of month:
have some idea of research plan for thesis
consistently work for more than 1hr per day
by end of week:
have presentation ready for supervisor (actually on thursday)
this involves reading two chaps of maths (50pg each), understanding them and then explaining them to my sup in a presentation.

Oh and have to get bus home in half an hour so it'll be all on the list for tomorrow. (book has to stay in uni)
holding out for a miracle!! :$

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Classic and elegant. You prefer to make a statement with a few quality pieces.

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Traditional and formal, but not tacky. You think the most beautiful weddings are understated.

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Subforums for each different type of stress filled complaint would be great! Would also stop old threads being lost as much.