50 is too old to.....??

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Anonymous wrote:raise an infant. Feel free to carry the baby but the sleep deprivation is really hard at 50

My sister is doing it - and doing it well. I'm more worried about the teenage years when my sister is in her mid-late 60s

My teenagers have actually been really easy, I can see an older me handling them quite well. Infant/toddler years kicked my butt though. Sleep deprivation is brutal.

I think my sister is past the sleep deprivation phase - her daughter is 2. But her daughter is very active. Sister is 51. Her husband is 55.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:raise an infant. Feel free to carry the baby but the sleep deprivation is really hard at 50

My sister is doing it - and doing it well. I'm more worried about the teenage years when my sister is in her mid-late 60s

My teenagers have actually been really easy, I can see an older me handling them quite well. Infant/toddler years kicked my butt though. Sleep deprivation is brutal.

I think my sister is past the sleep deprivation phase - her daughter is 2. But her daughter is very active. Sister is 51. Her husband is 55.

They have fairly short attention spans, they need constant supervision, they catch stomach viruses and nasty colds. One of my kids had croup at that age and had to go to the hospital.

2 is fun and I love that age. But it is A LOT of work keeping up with and constantly caring for a 2 year old. If your sister is doing well with that, good for her. To me teenagers are w-a-y easier than 2.

[Anonymous]

Party all night. Sleep with a man younger than 34.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Endure vanilla and/or infrequent sex

+1

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Anonymous wrote:For me? 50 is too old to have kids at home. I cannot imagine parenting young kids at my age. I adore my grandkids! I also love that they go home. Those of you doing it have my admiration. Just glad it's not me.

LOL

I didn't have my first child until I was 34. I can't imagine having a grandchild at 50. When did you have both time and money to spend on just yourself?

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I'm 50 with an 8 yo boy and 12 yo girl. I work FT. I wear tennis skirts (even though I don't play) and my hair is almost 75% gray. I don't care what people think. I speak my mind. I drink wine. I have parties all the time.

I live.

I don't fucking care what others think of me b/c I may only have - at the most - 30 more years on this Earth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For me? 50 is too old to have kids at home. I cannot imagine parenting young kids at my age. I adore my grandkids! I also love that they go home. Those of you doing it have my admiration. Just glad it's not me.

LOL

I didn't have my first child until I was 34. I can't imagine having a grandchild at 50. When did you have both time and money to spend on just yourself?

I beat you, young lady! I was 38 and 42! lol! I just responded in fact.

At that point, my husband and I were established in our own careers with our own homes. We are financially solid with quite a bit in college savings and retirement. Plus, we each have pensions.

People just don't get it! If you're healthy, age doesn't matter. I love having young kids.

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I had three kids between ages 32 and 36. Married five years before that and we saved a lot of money to give us a kid nest egg. It really helped. Became a GD at 62. My BIL became a Dad at almost 50 via adoption and I can tell its a strain. At 65 he has to listen to Justin Bieber and deal with the angst of a 15 year old girl. Plus he'll be over 70 when he is done paying for college. That stinks. Best age to have kids is around 28-35. Get your career going before hand, be young enough to deal with it and when you hit 55-60 become an empty nester and get on with the next phase of your life.

So, 50 is too old to have kids and too young to be a grandparent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had three kids between ages 32 and 36. Married five years before that and we saved a lot of money to give us a kid nest egg. It really helped. Became a GD at 62. My BIL became a Dad at almost 50 via adoption and I can tell its a strain. At 65 he has to listen to Justin Bieber and deal with the angst of a 15 year old girl. Plus he'll be over 70 when he is done paying for college. That stinks. Best age to have kids is around 28-35. Get your career going before hand, be young enough to deal with it and when you hit 55-60 become an empty nester and get on with the next phase of your life.

So, 50 is too old to have kids and too young to be a grandparent.

Says you, the Great Idiot Proclaimer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had three kids between ages 32 and 36. Married five years before that and we saved a lot of money to give us a kid nest egg. It really helped. Became a GD at 62. My BIL became a Dad at almost 50 via adoption and I can tell its a strain. At 65 he has to listen to Justin Bieber and deal with the angst of a 15 year old girl. Plus he'll be over 70 when he is done paying for college. That stinks. Best age to have kids is around 28-35. Get your career going before hand, be young enough to deal with it and when you hit 55-60 become an empty nester and get on with the next phase of your life.

So, 50 is too old to have kids and too young to be a grandparent.

Says you, the Great Idiot Proclaimer.

And your POV is....other than being a douche bag?

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I'm 51 and just got through dropping sophomore daughter off at college and helping her move heavy things up flights of stairs.

It was taxing -- even in my early 50's. That's what I can't figure out -- You guys that are planning on having college student kids when you are mid-60's or 70's, how are you planning on carrying all of the crap up and down the stairs?

Or are you all so wealthy that you have a butler or something to help with all that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 51 and just got through dropping sophomore daughter off at college and helping her move heavy things up flights of stairs.

It was taxing -- even in my early 50's. That's what I can't figure out -- You guys that are planning on having college student kids when you are mid-60's or 70's, how are you planning on carrying all of the crap up and down the stairs?

Or are you all so wealthy that you have a butler or something to help with all that?[/quote

No - have the college kids do it!

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I pretty much feel that at 50 I can do almost anything I want. Now 60 - I'm not so sure about.

[Roar]

Wear baggy cargo shorts.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a nurse. In the healthcare field it's not too old. I don't consider too old until around 75. That said, I'm 34 y/o, if a 50 y/o tries to ask me out on a date, that's too old and creepy.

Yeah you I know I even work with older nurses late 60s etc definitely still not too old