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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I'm 23 years old, no kids yet but a lurker on DCUM because my fiance and I intend to try to have kids soon after our wedding, which is also soon, and I want to know roughly what I'm in for.[/b] [/quote]

DONT DO IT[/quote]

Yeah. We both love kids, but this incident is giving me plenty of reasons to reconsider whether I'm ready to raise a child. I have spent most of the past day feeling totally in over my head and needing advice from (very kind and helpful!) strangers on a message board, while wanting to call my mother. Not the most promising signs. [/quote]

OP, please, please, please don't feel discouraged by this. What you're going through right now would challenge the most experienced parent, and it sounds like you're handling it incredibly well. I've been a parent for many years now, but if I had a niece or nephew turn up on my doorstep night with a situation like this, I wouldn't know exactly what to do off the top of my head, I'd be asking for advice too. Because you're only 23 I'm going to tell you to go ahead and take some extra time before having kids because you can the freedom to do that, but please don't think you are somehow less competent to be a parent because you're not breezing through this without missing a beat. None of us would, and it's a credit to you that you're willing to ask for help and guidance rather than assuming you know it all.[/quote]

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