Reply to Early thirties couples what are your finances like?

Forum Index » Money and Finances

Reply to "Early thirties couples what are your finances like?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Delay instant gratification. This includes kids. I really can't stress this enough.

We didn't start having kids until our late 30s because we wanted to purchase a house, whittle away my students loans (still not paid off but the end is in sight), get our retirement investments on the right track, and get a few big promotions.

We are now in a great place to start a small family. The first child will be born this fall. We'll take 6-12 months with the first kid and re-assess.

Again, delay that instant gratification. This economy is unforgiving if you don't have a tech job with crazy salary+benefits or family money. [/quote]

This is very bad advice and could lead to a lot of heartache.  Yes, some people find themselves easily able to get pregnant in their late 30's, but this is NOT true for many people.  Do not delay having children if you would like to have children.[/quote]

+1. The first was easy at age 34. The second at age 38 involved medications, several IUIs, money, a couple chemical pregnancies, a lot of tears, stress and heartache. IVF would have been considerably more money, medications, and stress. Before I went through this, I had no idea what it's like to struggle with infertility and I was lucky in that I already has one child. I also wish we had started earlier as we would have figured it out. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics