When do you think/ how do you think the Kids Conversation™ goes? I'm mostly curious about Noah, but do you have hc for the others too? Also I replayed s1 to end up with Jake and in the fucking christmas party the gane told me I was with Levi, LEVI! Yikes
Big yikes babe. From what I’ve heard, that glitch is pretty common. Thankfully I never got it because I always finish with my girl Talia💖🥰😍
Bobby: If MC tries to sit down with him and have a big discussion, Bobby would be surprised she feels it needs to be so formal and be like “well yeah, of course I want to give you a baby.” He doesn’t mind putting it off/timing it right, because those are all details. He just wants to have a family with MC, doesn’t much mind how it happens. He’s a lot less stressed about the details of career/finances, and always says “no one feels ready. When it happens we’ll make it work.”
Carl: Carl will be surprised at the suggestion, and tease MC about being a housewife, but will readily agree to it to make her happy. He’s not opposed to kids, per se, especially because he’s not home super often. He always kind of assumed he’d have kids, so it seems like a natural next step.
Gary: I know I always paint Gary as a clueless simp, but this is the funniest thing: I think Gary’s catholic, so he doesn’t believe in protection once they’re married. MC doesn’t mind and they stop using condoms around the time he proposes, but she gets an implant/IUD. So after they’re married, maybe like a few months after, MC broaches the topic of “do you want to start a family”. Gary responds of course, and MC says, “ok, well I’ll get off birth control and we’ll have to start timing it out.” And Gary’s like???? “Babe we don’t use birth control. What do you mean timing it out?” MC’s confused, and Gary explains that he’s been trying to knock her up since they got engaged. Once she explains that wasn’t possible, Gary’s absolutely shocked and a little offended they didn’t talk about it. But I just think the idea of Gary being like “??? … Um yeah I want to have a kid, but it hasn’t happened yet. When God wills it-” and MC being like 😐😐😐 “yeah… Um… So the reason it hasn’t happened yet is….”
Henrik: MC brings it up over dinner, randomly blurting out “I want to have a baby.” and Henrik is like “Oh. You... You wanted to do that… Like now?” MC laughs and says not right now, but soon. “I want to start a family with you. Henrik nods and says “dope.” MC gasps a little bit and is like “Dope?! That’s all you can say?!”, and Henrik grins, “Yeah, of course I want to have a couple of kids with you. Just… What’s changed now?” MC thinks for a bit, they’d been married for a year and a half now and it wasn’t like their finances were more in order with Henrik freelancing and MC being a charity worker. “I don’t know, I just feel ready.” Henrik nods and holds up his glass, “to the next great adventure, then.”
Lucas: Lucas does not want to have this conversation and will change the subject/refuse to talk about it unless cornered. He’s loathe to talk about his trauma of being neglected as a child, and refuses to call it trauma, and he’s terrified of doing that to another kid. The only way you’re having a kid with Lucas is if it’s an accident.
Marisol: If MC wants kids when they first get married, Marisol’s really flippant about it. Absolutely not- both of their careers are too new and they don’t have the funds or time for a baby. She thinks MC’s insane for even asking, and absolutely will not seriously have that conversation. But like 15-20 years later? When they’re both in their forties? I know I’d go to her and say, “listen. We’re both in a really good place financially, and I want to share that. I’ve wanted to be a mom for awhile now, and we’re finally in a place where we can do that. Maybe a baby isn’t right for us, but we could foster? I’d want you to also be mom, but if you can’t be home any more than you are right now, that’s fine. I want to make this work.” After a really long talk about their futures and what they want to do, Marisol agrees- it’s much easier for her to conceptualize an older child in need as opposed to a baby. They look into foster-to-adopt programs, and maybe they foster a kiddo who’s around 8 years old. They fall in love with her, but adopting falls through as the kid’s mom gets out of prison and earns back custody. As they’re looking into just adopting (because they can’t take that heartbreak again), they meet a 15 year old who’s in fostercare and agree to take them in. The teenager definitely has a lot of behavioral/mental problems, but they pour their hearts into helping him and end up adopting him a few months before his 18th birthday. They go on to adopt several more kids who are close to aging out and make their home a refuge. A bunch of their kids are able to go to college, and their family christmas parties are amazing. Sorry, I got really carried away in this fantasy I want this so much oml.
Noah: With Noah, it’s not really one conversation. As time goes on he and MC have a lot of really open communication about the future. If Noah’s considering moving positions, when MC goes to a physical and considers replacing her IUD, definitely when they were buying their house. I think a lot of it is “I really want to have a family but right now is not a good time in my career/financial life/social life”. It’s probably a year or so into the marriage, when they’ve settled into their house and been dating for 2 years before that, where MC sits him down and says “let’s talk.” He raises his eyebrows and nods, “should I make some tea?”. MC laughs and kisses him, “it’s not that kind of conversation, love.” She has to take some deep breaths before she says, “I want to start our family.” He takes a really shaky breath and laughs, “You got me really worked up.” “So what do you think?” “What do I think?” He’s stretching his arms and exhaling loudly. He shakes his head and brushes at the tears in his eyes and then he gets up to hug you. “Of course. Of course. Nothing would make me happier. I love you so much. Come here.”
Rocco: Lol. You’re trying to have kids with Rocco? Do not. Don’t get me wrong, he could be a good dad in like 10 years, but he’s way too focused on himself right now. Having kids with Rocco at this stage would result in him abandoning yall and then showing up 5-10 years later feeling bad and wanting to reconnect. The baby conversation would start with him being surprised, and then end with him being creepily excited about getting to raw you. 0/10.