u/deadplant5

I, 40F, just turned 40 in April. Met a dude, 47, from the apps for a drink.

He did this thing where he wanted my relationship history. Then when I put the question back at him, he went on a rant about the woman he was in a five year relationship with when they were in their late 30s. That she forced him into marriage, after five years of dating. That it was so unfair that she wanted to try for kids right away. I'm sitting there like, seems reasonable on her part.

But he wants kids now. At 47. I explained that while I wanted kids, but am 1. kinda looking at it as unlikely as I'm 40 2. Recognize that if I got pregnant it would be a high risk pregnancy and would probably suck overall because at this point I have a bad back and whole bunch of other old injuries that haunt my body, plus old man sperm increases risks of all sorts of things 3. Am completely unwilling to do IVF because I am high risk for breast and ovarian cancer and don't want to increase the odds. He had very clearly not thought of any of this

Overall, just so so serious. And depressing. Is this what dating is going to be like?

Just went past on division. Lots of cop cars. What is happening?

Thought this was an interesting piece connecting the dots between data center growth and manufacturing growth. A lot of switchgear, UPSs and thermal equipment gets manufactured in North America, including the United States, because it's really too big to ship efficiently. Pre configured rows are another area where at the very least assembly is happening here.

Changed the title since I think most people already think of them as a hyperscaler since they have a hyperscaler footprint.