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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I am different, if I connect with a person it usually has nothing to do with age.  Are older moms only comfortable being around other older moms?  Do younger moms have an issue being in a group with older moms?
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I don't think it's as big an issue as some people think it is, though I don't doubt that the people who think it's an issue have personally experienced something that influences their opinion.

In this area, moms skew older. I was a young-looking 28 when my first child was born. The moms of her daycare compatriots were all over 35. They had graduate degrees. I didn't. They were established in their careers for 10+ years. I wasn't. It was a difference in life perspective. Maybe some women would have let that affect the friendships. We didn't. One of my best friends is 15 years older than me and our daughters are the same age.

Meanwhile, in my hometown in the midwest, a lot of my friends from high school had their first babies when we were 21/22 years old. By the time I had my first, they had 2-3 more children and their oldest kids were getting ready to enter middle school. We had similar life perspective issues as a result and also didn't let it affect our friendships. [/quote]

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