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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shit yeah.  
If I had kids earlier, they'd be done with college by now.  I might actually live long enough to see and help out with grandchildren if I had kids earlier.
If I had kids earlier, I might have been more able to help my aging parents instead of being literally the only one caring for pre-school/K small kids.[/quote]

Interesting perspective. I am in my early 40s with two kids in Pre-K and 1st. The only empty nesters I know who are my age either got knocked up in high school or college, and most dropped out; life was hard for them and for their kids. I wouldn't trade places with them. [/quote]

I had mine later in life but I know many college graduates who had their kids in their 20s and have had really great lives. Still married, empty nesters, quite happy. Their kids are happy. [/quote]

You know lots of 41-year-old happily married empty nesters who are also college graduates and whose kids have graduated college too? BS.[/quote]
Are you math-challenged? Someone who had kids at 22/23/24/25 will be an empty-nester in their early forties.[/quote]

If by empty nester you mean your child has graduated college, then no. If the most important thing is getting your kid married off at 18 to make more babies, then yes.[/quote]

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