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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's weird, yes, but I don't think it's "bad" - family planning decisions are inherently personal. I don't think I have any friends who had a kid in their 20s. I enjoyed being carefree and leaning hard into establishing my career in my 20s. I am now enjoying being a parent in my 30s. I also enjoy doing these things on the same timeline as my peers, because it makes it easier to maintain existing friendships when you're in the same stage of life. I, and a freakish percentage of my friends, had my first kid at 33. I had my second at 35 and am now pregnant with my third at 38. This has worked out well for me as we have a lot more income than we did in our 20s, we're senior at work, and our friends are down to hang out in the yard together rather than hitting the bars. But a different person likely has a different set of factors and priorities and having a child younger could make sense in their life.[/quote]

^ and I would be disappointed if either of my sons had a kid in his 20s. At 25 you are barely out of, or not out of, grad school. It's so much harder to establish your career if you have competing priorities so early on.[/quote]

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