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[quote=Anonymous]I would have been a terrible mother in my 20s. I was completely self-involved - my focus was on my career, getting various certifications, buying investment properties, and having fun with my friends in the time left over. The thought of marriage and kids and being tied down horrified me until my early 30s. In my mid-twenties I actively ghosted several perfectly nice guys when I felt like they were starting to get too serious. I married at 34, had kids at 36 and 38. Easy pregnancies, uneventful labors, quick recoveries.

I am now 40 with a preschooler and a toddler. I feel that things happened exactly the way they were supposed to, for me. I have friends who have high schoolers and will be empty nesters soon. I don't envy them or long for freedom, I am enjoying a slower-paced life and my sweet little ones.

Embrace it, OP! Make it a point to enjoy your young family instead of lamenting what could have been. Take good care of yourself. And don't forget... You are still young too. I promise when you're 60 you will look back and laugh at yourself for feeling "old" at 43. If you are in the DC area, you won't be the oldest mom on the playground, either. [/quote]

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