What's the best age to be an empty nester?

[Anonymous]

Had fun pre-kid 22-27
Had kids 27, 28
Empty nester at 46
It’s so perfect!

[Anonymous]

I have no need to be an empty nester, but if i have to be, the later the better. Now retirement is a different story…

[Anonymous]

Age is literally just a number. I don’t mean is the new agey “it’s all in your attitude” sense I mean it depends on how healthy you are and how long you live. Consentrate on your health not your age. A 60 year old empty nester that lives to 100 will have more time that a 40 yo who lives to 65.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, there are obviously benefits to being an empty nester at a relatively young age, but those people missed out on the stuff some of us did pre-kids. I will be 55 when my youngest goes to college. I was 35 when my oldest was born. I would not trade any of those pre-kid years from 22 to 35 for more healthy empty nest years.

This is me more or else

[Anonymous]

I had my son at 24. He is 29 now and a father himself. He has. Great job, a masters degree, his own home and is a parent himself. I especially like that I am still young and fit enough to fit thru the discovery zone tunnels and play at the park with my grandson.

There are plusses and minuses to each senario. I didn't have a ton of free time or experiences in my twenties but I have them now.

[Anonymous]

I think it depends on your friends/cohort a little.

[Anonymous]

Empty nesters at 48 and 51. Kids in college but they do come home for breaks. They will likely live away once graduation comes. We like it!

[Anonymous]

I had my kids at 25 and 29, so both kids out by 47.

The "best" age is likely whatever age you happen to be when your youngest kid goes to college. I'll probably be working until I'm 65 so it's not like I have some glamorous existence now. My DS was barely around his last two years of HS and it wasn't a huge adjustment.

[Anonymous]

Not looking forward to my kids leaving home, so I guess the older the better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look another thread shaming people for not being married and having kids by 25.

I give you folks credit you don't quit.

Old mom here. Nobody is shaming anyone. Just stop.

It is. This is straight out of the family values playbook. This is not a genuine post.

Not really. OP is a single mom. Not exactly “family values playbook.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely younger the better to become empty nesters. At the same time, it is better to be child free in your 20's.

Yeah… I don’t know that one is better than the other. As a woman, it’s really fun traveling in your 20s with youth and peak beauty. Traveling in your 40s+ just isn’t the same. It is different fun.

[Anonymous]

We will be 50 when our third and youngest heads to college. In our area that will be a pretty average age so I like that our friends will be going through it around the same time we do.

I don’t think a few years in either direction would have made a big difference.

[Anonymous]

I’ll be 57 when our youngest leaves for college. I’m 50 now. I don’t care what the perfect age is but I know I’m not in a rush to have an empty nest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh look another thread shaming people for not being married and having kids by 25.

I give you folks credit you don't quit.

Old mom here. Nobody is shaming anyone. Just stop.

I’m 54 and loving it. I have a relatively new job (been there 3 years) that I really enjoy. It’s great!!


It is. This is straight out of the family values playbook. This is not a genuine post.

[Anonymous]

44 and absolutely enjoying it.