Jane the Virgin : Rogelio wanting children

Xiomara and Rogelio broke up because he says he wants more kids, and she doesn't. This story point doesn't work for me. Xiomara and Rogelio broke up as teen-agers. Subsequently, he's had three wives. If he wanted more kids, he'd have had kids with one of them, or chosen women that wanted kids. He didn't. For 23 years he did nothing about the kid thing.

Now he's hooking up with Dina, a smart, career-minded woman who is even older than Xiomara, and you can't tell me Dina wants babies with Rogelio so that she's in her sixties when they're in grade school She doesn't.

This storyline is completely inconsistent, totally manufactured, and makes no sense.

I think the same way. It's a stupid story line. There is no guarantee in life that even two healthy young people will end up able to have children. So are people supposed to leave the spouse they love if they can't have children? You marry because you love each other and enjoy lots of things together. Plus these two have a child together, and now they have the fun of helping to raise a grandchild! There is no guarantee that he will have children with anyone else. Why throw away all that they have.

But it's a soap opera so lots of things won't make sense lol.

It's a soap opera, sure, but Jane the Virgin has done absolutely nothing to support or back up the idea that Rogelio wants kids. It makes sense that Xiomara doesn't. She raised Jane (with her mother) and is just getting her new career underway. And then with Rogelio, Dina makes zero sense. I like Judy Reyes a lot (she used to be on Scrubs), and she has chemistry with everybody; however, her character is a middle-aged woman who visually speaking is clearly older than Xiomara. She has an adult niece (the one who wants to act) and a full life. I feel if she'd wanted kids of her own, she'd have had them, and she's not about to start at this late date with Rogelio. Rogelio seems interested in his career and in personal maintenance, in Jane and his family connections through Jane, and in just enjoying life. Nothing about him is domestic.

I agree with all this - it's such a desperate move on the part of the writers to break them up because they've run out of all other options. At their age (41-42) it's a huge health gamble to have a child.

Plus there's also that serious blot on his parental history where he just abandoned Xo when she was pregnant without even waiting for her to make a choice whether to keep the child. He just assumed that she aborted because he told her to. I don't know how you can get over something like this.

Rogelio's insistence that not having children is a deal breaker is inconsistent with his personality. Like another poster has already said, Rogelio has had 3 wives and didn't insist upon offspring. He is way too self-centered to be a father, especially at his age, and his desire for progeny is just an ill-considered pipe dream.

Rogelio should just enjoy his grandson and participate in his upbringing. That should satisfy his misplaced paternal yearnings.

I didn't get it either. But he did mention occasionally being upset with Xiomara for keeping Jane from him (which is why he was so desperate for a male confidante). So maybe getting to know his daughter made him reconsider his stance on children and he wants the opportunity to raise a child now.

I'm not a fan of it - I want him and Xo to get back together. And helping with Mateo seems like the perfect way to get that experience he missed. Plus, with his personality, I just don't see him with young children, as needy and messy as they can be.

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This storyline is completely inconsistent, totally manufactured, and makes no sense.

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Of course, you're right! But it doesn't matter. The point of this brilliant show is to poke fun at the drama of a telenovella.

Seems plausible to me. He might have gone his entire life idly thinking about having kids 'some day'. He might even have known, deep down, that he wasn't truly compatible with any of his ex wives and it wouldn't be right to raise a kid with them. And then seeing a grown up, 23 year old daughter about to embark upon motherhood herself might have jolted him into action. I know people whose relationships have failed because they had differing opinions on whether they wanted children.

Also, even if Rogelio cannot biologically have a child, he might still wish to adopt. Xo just doesn't want to be a parent again. Period.

Ever heard of Warren Beatty? According to him he went 63 years not thinking about marriage or kids, and one day it hit him that he wanted a "family". On his second date with Annette Bening his asked her to have his kids, she said she would if he was serious, soon after they were married. So for some I guess it does happen like that.