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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely younger the better to become empty nesters.  At the same time, it is better to be child free in your 20's.  [/quote]
As I say to my sister who had her kids in her 20s, whereas I had mine in my 30s, you either pay for it now or later.

She paid for her it in her 20s -- no career, struggled financially, but youngish as an empty nester -- all their kids are living on their own

I paid for it in my early  50s -- I'm an older parent and when I retire, I will have money, but I  won't be as healthy as my early 40s.

For me, I would not change the way I did things.  Having kids was super hard, and I was not prepared for it in my 20s, at all.  Plus, even if my kids were to fly the coup in my 40s, I would still have to work FT and wouldn't be able to travel *that* much.

Whereas, I'm planning to retire in my mid 50s once the youngest goes to college, and we can travel a lot more frequently and for a lot longer.

So, I say, early to mid 50s because you still have some youth left to enjoy traveling and not work.  Retiring at 40s would be a lot harder financially than in the 50s.[/quote]

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