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[quote=Anonymous]Some people come from backgrounds where children (as a class, not individuals) are just more highly valued than you value them.  I'm not insulting you, OP, but there are just different values at play here.

A lot of people believe that kids come before "financial stability," meaning instead of deciding what kind of life they want to live and then see how they can fit kids into the picture, they have the kids they want and the number of kids you wind up having determines your lifestyle.

I had my first at age 26, before I had any work experience (right out of grad school). My husband was a junior in college, not even sure what kind of career he wanted to have. You can definitely argue that we could't afford kids since we both worked measly part-time jobs and lived off student loans. But we wanted the kids first.

Now, we did have a plan to become financially stable, which is different from people who don't have a plan in place. But still, it's just a matter of different values. 
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