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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like quite the odd ball for having my first at (just barely) 28.  I met DH at 19 though, married him at 22, was done with grad school by 26, and we had a half dozen really solid international vacations under our belt at that point.  We own a house, 2 cars, have a savings account.  I wanted to wait, but I'm not sure what I wanted to wait for.  I guess just not feeling like I was being judged for being "too young" anymore.

I have a feeling if I lived anywhere else, I wouldn't have had a problem with it.  It's the DC mentality of 45 being more normal than 25 to have a kid that threw me for a loop.[/quote]

OP here. I feel like I'm in this exact situation. I'm 28, but met my DH right out of college and we've been married for several years.

I get push back from everyone outside of DC on why we don't have kids, but everyone in DC thinks we are WAY too young. It's definitely a different mentality and I hate how I feel pulled between the two sentiments.[/quote]

I was same situation as you, OP - with DH since college, married at 25.   Had first kid at 30, second at 33, now 35.  I think 30 was pretty right on for me and I am definitely a young parent in this area (notice it more now that my older one is in school and I see so many parents older than I am).  I would not have wanted to start any later than 30 - parenting is tiring and I can't imagine doing the little kid stages in my 40s.    [/quote]

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