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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh honey.

The child is a greater commitment than the marriage! Totally different ballgame...[/quote]

OP here.  So what are your thoughts now that you know we have a child?[/quote]

NP, but my thoughts are that marriage is completely irrelevant in your situation.  You are already bound to your child's father for the rest of your life (assuming he stays involved) and you are already responsible for another human being, which is life-altering.  Who cares if you get married or not.

I know this won't go over well with the - I'm a 50-year old grandma and it's awesome -  theme of this thread but to me getting married young is a separate issue from having kids young.  Lots of people meet the person they want to be with very young.  Having kids is a whole other thing.  Your life changes forever and there is no going back.  You will never ever again be young and carefree with no responsibilities in the world and nothing to do but explore the world, yourself, friendships, relationships, life, etc.  And no, I personally don't think living the empty nest lifestyle in your 50s is the same thing in the least.  But I am ready for everyone to tell me how wrong I am.  Rock on 50-something Grandmas.[/quote]

Honestly my early 20s was full of partying and wasted time. Time wasted sleeping all weekend and taking shitty trips because I only made 50k/yr.

I think it sounds pretty spectacular to be 45, well off and have the time and money to travel, drink nice wine, and have the luxury of a body that was not ravaged by kids in my middle age.

I have a good friend who had her first her freshman year in college. She went on to quickly have 3 more. Same dad. Still married. She managed to finish college though at George Mason over 6 years as she SAH. She's 44 and her and her husband have done really well. They take amazing trips and looking at her body you would never even think she had a baby. She has her whole life ahead of her. she is always somewhere warm and luxurious. Time and money are way better at 45 than 25. [/quote]

We have lots of time and money in our late 40s, even though we still have teens at home. There are options between popping out a bunch of kids before you're 30, and having one or two in your early to mid 40s.[/quote]

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