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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was finished with having 3 kids by 27 (had them at 19, 24, 27). Obviously the one at 19 was an "oopsie", but it's worked out perfectly and can't imagine it any other way at this point. Owned a 5 bedroom house in a nice suburb at 26 and was able to be a SAHM for several years. I have a master's degree, a great job with flexibility, kids active in multiple travel sports that cost me in excess of $50k/yr.

So that comment about people being in a lower class when they have kids young is quite laughable. You're probably jealous you didn't have the means to be able to afford a child before 40.

Now my friends I went to high school/college with are dealing with diapers and sleepless nights at 40+, and then gonna be dealing with back to school nights and playdates in their 40's-50s, and paying off college in their 60's. F that. I can do whatever I want because my kids are old enough to take care of themselves now and I'm only 40. That's another 40ish years of life I have to enjoy with my kids and do what I please, when I please.

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I never got this logic. Plenty of 40 or 35 year olds are traveling the world as well, but free and unencumbered. You still have a 13 year old- are you telling me youre just dumping them at home and off partying? If so, you're a bad mom and another example of why most people dont want to have children while theyre still a stunted and immature adolescent. And plenty of the people who are 35 or 40 and still travelling around Bali/living some wild life will still be able to have kids when they do decide to do it.  I've always felt the "it's so much better to be a young mom" talking points just sound utterly delusional... any parent worth their salt and halfway decent is still checking in regularly with their THIRTEEN YEAR OLD and spending plenty of time at home so the kids have a solid foundation. You may be slightly more free than someone with, say, a newborn and a toddler, but not by much...[/quote]

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