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[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 it makes insecure people feel forced to question their own decision making.  If everyone does the same thing, it feels safer.[/quote]

+1  I grew up in an affluent LA suburb. My brother in his early 20s started dating a woman from rural Michigan who had a child.  She thought my sister and I (24-26) were just bizarre for not having children and not interested in doing so until our 30s.  On the flip side, a friend in DC had a baby at 26 and she'd regularly run into people who thought she was the nanny (she also looks younger than her age). Very different cultures.[/quote]

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