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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I are teen parents.

Our daughter just graduated from college at 22.

It was difficult and there will always be a tiny bit of shame attached, especially when people find out how old we are and how old our daughter is, we get tired of having to explain ourselves over 20 years later, but life is life. Sometimes I lie about my age just to avoid the questions. [/quote]

It sounds as though you and your husband have done a great job.  You have absolutely nothing to feel ashamed about!

Congratulations to your daughter on her graduation from college.  Congratulations to you  and your husband for sticking together and raising a great kid even though you were kids yourselves when she was born.

I didn't have my own kids until my mid to late 30's.  I'll bet I wasn't a whole lot younger than you are now when I had my second and last child.  The other day I was at a school event for one of my kids when a lady around my age sat down right behind me.  I heard her mention that she was there to see her teenage grandchild.....[/quote]

Thanks for the encouraging words! We are very proud of her and we think we did a decent job, considering on how we got our start. I will admit that I'm a little relieved that she didn't continue the cycle and make us grandparents in our 30s, but she's way more responsible and smarter than we were.
Most days we don't even think about it, but some days it feels like the world will never let us forget that we were teen parents. It's probably just my own insecurities, but I feel judged and written off whenever we strike up conversations with strangers.

My husband is a physician, which makes things even more complicated when they find out, because you don't see many doctors who are also teen Dads. [/quote]

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