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[quote=Anonymous]You're never really ready.  No matter what people say beforehand, having a kid is a shock to your lifestyle, routines, and priorities.  You're ready when you know that you want a kid and you feel reasonably prepared to care for one.  If you aren't sure about the first, you aren't ready.  If you are living paycheck-to-paycheck or buried under a lot of consumer debt, then you aren't ready.  You don't have to own a house, have a ton in savings, etc., but you should have your finances in reasonably good order.  Once those two things are there, you might still have worries or jitters, and that's normal.

I was willing to try for kids after we'd been married for several years, so that relationship was established, and we had our finances in reasonable order (meaning, we were living below our means, so we had a cushion to be able to afford the additional expenses of a child).  I had a kid at 35, and personally would not wanted to have started having kids later than that.  [/quote]

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