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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1990 here, also Ivy grad. I've observed One And Done -OR- no kids actually. I had a kid at 30 and was the earliest one in my friend group. [/quote] I don't think of one and done or no kids as a flex. Three kids is very common in my area (Greenwich). That's the flex. Everything on the initial list is accurate. The running marathons is not something that I see (and I'm a former college runner so these are my people) but being very fit is definitely a flex. [/quote] PP here. I wasn't trying to say it's a flex. Just that it's the trend I see in my cohort. I'm 34 and I don't know anyone with 3 kids, a few with two kids, and quite a lot with one kid or no kids. [/quote] Ah that’s because you’re still relatively young. The third kid usually comes in the later 30s. Especially the baby girl with two older brothers. I’m 39 and there’s a lot of “2 close in age and then a 3rd when the younger is around 4-5.” The “two careers” thing is common with only one kid but by the time kid 2 or 3 enters the picture, someone is ready to lean out to a part time job, or to government from private industry/Biglaw. All the rest is extremely true and is also true of older Millennials. There is also a lot of family financial support going on. Even in higher earning couples. Grandparents help pay for an additional nanny or private pre-K-12 and contribute the max to the college savings account. [/quote] Not PP, but a similar age millennial. I’m the only person in my group of close friends with kids (I have two and plan to stop there although I may foster later in life). Of those who don’t have kids about 2/3rds are child free by choice and the other 1/3rd are starting to get anxious about the finances and logistics. We’re all high achieving in terms of education although not with sort of ambitious post-grad careers listed on this thread — more academics, people who noped out of consulting to be artists, computer scientists who didn’t want to move to Silicon Valley, a few lawyers who didn’t stay in big law, etc. None of us have significant parental support (except emotional), and some of us are supporting our parents. But I will say: we’re all pretty happy! So that’s a win.[/quote]
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