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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I ran across 3 couples recently who all waited between 8-11 years after marriage to have kids. Besides the glaringly obvious reasons (financially better off, done with schooling, in secure jobs), I wanted to hear from others who had done this too. Do you think it helped make your parenting relationship stronger? What is purposeful? Each of these 3 couples went on to have 3 kids within a span of about 4 years.

On the contrary, I married young and had kids immediately. It was just what I wanted. Other than a grass is greener situation, I don't see a huge amount of drawbacks ([b]other than wishing I had developed a career [/b]giving myself more independence). I also wonder if the men in the midst of the stereotypical mid-life crisis were those who married young and had kids instantly? Just curious for feedback from both camps...[/quote]

I see this as a pretty big deal, but maybe you meant issues related only to the relationship.  If you're talking only about the impact on the relationship, you have to know that it would be impossible to make any generalizations about this, since every couple is so different.  This also depends on how old people were when they got married.  For people marrying in their mid-30s, it's not even a question whether they wait or not, if they want to have kids.  [/quote]

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