What is the earliest age that you think “not unusual” when you hear someone is pregnant?

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As long as they've graduated college, its fine.

I know people who became grandparents before their HS 25th reunion. I judge that.

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Anonymous wrote:Before 27 I would suspect it was unplanned or they are very religious/conservative. To be clear, not judging anyone - just answering the question as asked.

Does anyone else get a ton of teen/young-mom-themed suggested videos on social media? I must have clicked on one once and now I get a ton. A lot of 35 year old moms smiling next to 17 year old daughters, or 19 year olds doing that question-answering thing, and tons of supportive comments. I don't really get it

This isn’t new. Teen Mom premiered over a decade ago. To be clear I am NOT fond of underage children having children.

Yeah I guess that's right...teen mom always seemed kind of balanced in that they kind of glorified it but also showed the bad stuff as the moms' lives turned into (mostly) train wrecks.

These are just really chipper tik toks about how cool it is to have a hot daughter when you're still hot yourself, or beatific 19 year olds talking about how happy they are to have multiple kids. There's something so creepy and retrograde about it.

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Anonymous wrote:When you hear that a 20 year old is pregnant, you shriek, but when you hear a 30 year old is you of course don’t bat an eye. Assuming the couple is married and can afford to live in their community, what is the earliest age that someone can have a child and not be judged negatively. 26? 28?

No, I don't. I also don't shriek when unmarried people are pregnant, or when people who can't afford rent are pregnant.

You’re in the minority then.

Hardly. 40% of births in the US are to unmarried women. Also, almost 1 in 6 children in the US live in poor households. If you shrieked about every unmarried pregnant women or poor pregnant woman, you'd spend a lot of time shrieking.

I meant among DCUM types.

There's more to the world than the DCUM bubble.