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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ITA OP. I did this without having any sort of prior plan to do so. However, finishing law school at 27 (after spending a few years in the workforce so my app was appealing to T15), I married a 29 year old in a different field of work (also important, if you ask me). We had our first a year later. I was a baby lawyer with a baby (which definitely had repercussions but with two incomes it was all good and finally my career came together quite nicely) but we eeked out daycare and a 3/2 house in a reasonable neighborhood.

I now compare myself with my friends who waited to marry and have kids to find that: 1) those who waited to marry ended up settling, 2) those who waited to have kids ended up spending a lot of money on fertility treatments and, for those for whom it worked, they were older parents, 3) those who waited to buy a house ended up getting shut out of even the crap houses in reasonable neighborhoods.

My dad always thought I was jumping the gun and, honestly, I was afraid he was right. But I was on the right side of history with my choices and I’m so happy I wasn’t afraid to jump.[/quote]

I am always baffled by people who think their anecdote is data.  It's an anecdote.  I'm not going to even bother to type my life story anecdote which negates everything you just said because who cares.  It's an anecdote.[/quote]

Yep, it’s a positive example that affirms OP’s thesis. Additionally, I won’t try to make sense as to why you feel threatened by it.
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