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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my friend group I am one of the only ones who has kids (33) but I have like 4 friends who are pregnant right now. I was just early. It definitely kicks in. Home ownership is a little more delayed but people are also slowly moving in that direction. Three friends have bought in the last few years.

My DH purchased his first house when he was 31 with some help from his parents. We got married and lived in that house and just bought a new one. But we did leave DC to get a bigger house closer to a metro area than we could have gotten in dc.

I think people are moving towards traditional families, they just don't start as early as they do in parts of the country outside the big metro areas. [/quote]

Exactly this, from a fellow 33 year old. I always think of this when I read a hand-wringing article about millenials not having kids. I think they are, they're just doing it later and probably having fewer. Like you, my social group is mostly starting to have kids right now and there is a bit of a baby boom, which I expect to really take off over the next few years. With home ownership, it seems like most are still renting, with the idea that they'll make it work in a smaller apartment while kids are young and will enjoy the urban lifestyle until they have to think about schools. A lot of my friends are continuing to rent places that are probably a bit below what they would really like in terms of space, but that are affordable enough that they can save for a downpayment on a house. Then they'll move. So, basically what my parents did in the 80s, just about 5-8 years behind their schedule. [/quote]

I tend to agree with this.  I am 46, have an 11 yo, and in a group of 7 friends with a combined 14 kids, we have # 4.  The two oldest kids are siblings, and their parents got married earlier than the rest of is (and were the only ones to have kids in their 20s).  Then there's 6 who are all cluster at around 3 years, and a younger set from later/second marriages (and a surprise).   Of the later set, all have at least one parent who was 40+ at the kid's birth.  [/quote]

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