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[quote=Anonymous]My mom had me at 45, I was the youngest in a big family and a surprise. Dad was 50.

My dad was the only one at my high school event wearing a fedora and a London Fog windbreaker. The other parents addressed him as "Mr. -----", because they went to school with my siblings.

My mom was 65 when I started high school, nearly 70 when I graduated from high school, and 76 when I finished grad school (I took a break in there to work before grad school).

My mom retired at 65 but dad kept working to help me pay for undergrad. But I still needed school loans, I felt guilty for making my dad feel like he had to keep working at 70! I paid for my own grad school (e.g., more loans).

I loved my parents, they were great, having older parents who could have been my grandparents was what I knew. I learned so much from them. They said I kept them young. But picture yourself being the 63-year-old mom of a high school senior, and mixing with a bunch of 44-year-old moms. And not having much in retirement savings for yourself. Because that's the reality.[/quote]

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