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[quote=Anonymous]Most of my friends who got married young-ish and started having kids within a few years have a 3 year age gap. So like, married at 25, kids at 28 and 31, and maybe a third at 34 if they decide to go for a third. The 2 year age difference seems to be more popular for people who started having kids in their early to mid 30s when you feel like you have less time.

As an adult older millennial, most of my friends growing up had siblings 3+ years apart too, unless they were in a big family of 4+ or had older parents (like 40+ at conception) then they were closer together. The fact that people now strive for 2 under 2 is vaguely horrifying to my mom and most women her age in the baby boomer generation. She remembered my aunt - her older sister - having kids 14 months apart, and then a third a week before the oldest turned 4. And all before she turned 30. Then they started using birth control!

Kids after 35 was extremely common throughout all of human history except maybe the last 40-50 years. When there's no birth control available and little understanding of when women are fertile in order to practice timed inter course, that's what happens! [/quote]

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