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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's unquestionably a thing in the highly educated, UMC, elite professional circles that people like Liz Bruenig run in[/quote]

This.

And if you were in a different socio-economic bracket in a different part of the country, having your kids in your mid to late 30s would be a thing.

It's not personal.  You're just going against the herd a bit in terms of timing and people will endlessly comment on people who are outside the norm because [b]it makes insecure people feel forced to question their own decision making.[/b]  If everyone does the same thing, it feels safer.[/quote]

When I see a 39-year old with a 13-year old I am not remotely insecure about my own decision to wait until 32 to have my kids (who ended up being twins so I didn't have any after that). I'm very happy with the age at which I got to have my kids. I had so much fun through my 20's and early 30's and once I had my kids I was settled enough in my career to be able to have a flexible but still high-paying job. Win win win as far as I'm concerned. Not that everyone has to want what I have, but I say that to contradict your statement that I am remotely insecure about anyone's choice to have a child year before I did. [/quote]

lol no one envies people who have twins at 32 anyway so who cares[/quote]

No one envies people who say lol and don't know how to use capitalization or punctuation either. [/quote]

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