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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom was 43 when she had me. I didn't really like it TBH. Its the other side of the issue this board never shows. When I was 15/16/17 my parents were getting old and really didn't have anything in common with my friends parents. People claim it doesn't matter but it mattered to me.  They dressed older, they moved slower, and they started coming down with (manageable) but age related health conditions.  They were active, fit, and working but they were active, fit and working 60 year olds. Thats much different than 45 years old as most of my friends parents were.  Also when I turned 30 and had my own kids my mom was 73 and definitely past her prime. She didn't die till 83 but my oldest was still only 10 and youngest was 4. I would have loved to have some more active years on that end of the spectrum too. [/quote]

My parents were older when they had me and I hated growing up, having parents that were so much older than other parents but I also know even if they were younger, they will would have been the same people so it's not like them being younger would have changed the essence of who they are (or at least not by much).  My dad will be 80 this year and my mom is 71.  Do I wish they were younger and more able bodied, absolutely but that's not how life works out.  I just turned 40 and am pregnant with my second so if my kids are so lucky to have kids before they are 40, I know how old I'll be and that my time with my grandkids will be shorter than someone else who had kids at a younger age but life didn't work out that way.  So OP if you are still reading this, yes your kids might be embarrassed or annoyed that you are older than their friends parents but so what.  I say go for it.  Good luck![/quote]

Your mom was 31 when she had you. How is that old? [/quote]

+1. WTF? Who are you, PPs calling a 31 yo old? What would you prefer? To have been born to a teenage mom? Watch 16&pregnant. [/quote]

NP here and as a child of people who are similarly-aged as PP’s parents, it absolutely was considered old to have 31 year old first time parents.  Seems crazy now and I certainly had children when I was older, but yes, to have your first kid at 31 was old. My parents had been married for almost 10 years when they had me and they are both from NYC, not middle America, where people had children even younger. [/quote]

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