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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most Gen Xers are not empty nesters. I'm 50 and have a 17 and 14 yo at home, and a college kid.[/quote]

You're among the youngest GenXers. MOST of us are empty nesters. You're an outlier.

I'm 54 and I have a 23 yo and a 21 yo. The 23 yo is launched. The 21 yo is a junior at VT. I'm an empty nester.

Just because you were a grannymommy doesn't make you typical. [/quote]

DP here. I’m a young Gen Xer (1980) and hardly a “grannymommy” (what a stupid word!) I had my kids at 28 and 31 and they are now 17 and 14. Non of my Gen X friends are empty nesters. Work on your math. [/quote]

Assuming a median GenX age of about 53, a[b]n average age of last birth when a woman is 31[/b], and children leaving the house at age 18, you'd expect most GenXers to have been empty nesters for four years or so. But it wouldn't be eyebrow raising for the youngest GenXers to have a 10 year old at home. [/quote]

Not in the DCUM demographic. Are you kidding? Non-Hispanic whites have their [b]first baby[/b] a little after 28, while for Asians its after 31. [/quote]

When is the last baby though? I have to think a lot of this demographic is one-and-done. Having a second child by 31 doesn't seem like a stretch. Third and fourth children are probably somewhat rare. So I doubt 31 is all that far off for last child. [/quote]

I can only speak for my little pocket of UMC DMV, but mid 30s seems to be standard for first babies around here. Certain demographics have their babies younger (military, temporary on assignment, professional sports players, Hispanic immigrants), but on the whole the educated professionals grinding it out here wait, either because they haven’t found a partner yet or they want to raise their kids with all the UMC trappings. [/quote]

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