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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you older mom's so insecure? If you're happy with your choices, then why put down younger moms. [/quote] I think - in fairness - there is a lot of putting down running both ways... NP here. I actually feel like I "timed" things pretty well. I consider myself very lucky. DH and I met at 22 yo, right after graduating from college. Got married 3 years later (at 25 yo) and got pregnant at 29 yo. We got to spend our 20s together - travelling, working on our careers, having fun. We had already bought a great first home before we had our first and felt that we were in good places in our careers (such that we continue to do well even though we need to make more sacrifices at work to deal with the kids). I had my kids at 30, 32 and 35 (just barely). I think if we'd had kids much earlier, we wouldn't be able to as successfully balance our careers and children. We both worked pretty hard during our 20s and established ourselves so that we had more flexibility later on. But we also had our kids young enough that 2 of our 3 kids will be in college by the time we turn 50. Our baby will have another year or so in HS, but I imagine I won't want to see her leave. And then, after all 3 kids are in college, my DH and I will still be in our young 50s. Still working, but probably starting to wind down a little. And young enough, I hope, to get to see our grandchildren grow. My parents had me pretty late as well, and our in their early 70s but in great shape. My DH's parents were a good 8-10 years younger than my parents, but honestly aren't in nearly the same shape. I do think that parents who have their kids a bit later may actually take better care of themselves. Older parents are very aware of their age, and probably make a bit smarter decisions in terms of exercise and diet. Of course, this is totally ancedotal and not backed up by anything other than my opinion, but I certainly see that being the case very frequently. [/quote]
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