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Anonymous wrote:People here don't seem to understand the meaning of anecdotes, data, and sample size.

For as highly educated an area as DC is, it’s been interesting to see how much dumber we are than I thought.

The people posting about getting married young probably aren’t the brightest bulbs on the tree. They probably aren’t even in the DC area.

Yup, brightest bulbs prefer to panic after 35 and settle for whoever is available so they can first deal with infertility and then enjoy divorce process together.

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Anonymous wrote:People here don't seem to understand the meaning of anecdotes, data, and sample size.

For as highly educated an area as DC is, it’s been interesting to see how much dumber we are than I thought.

The people posting about getting married young probably aren’t the brightest bulbs on the tree. They probably aren’t even in the DC area.

Yup, brightest bulbs prefer to panic after 35 and settle for whoever is available so they can first deal with infertility and then enjoy divorce process together.

Not pregnancy struggles, it’s sometimes a doctor informing you can’t have children at all. A handful of my girlfriends from college discovered they were already barren in their early and mid 30s. Healthy and successful and told at age 33 you waited too long to have kids.

Just stop. No way this is true. It’s incredibly unusual to have your eggs depleted by early to mid 30s.

Sadly, it is not uncommon at all.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/health/women-doctors-infertility.html

This article doesn’t support what you posted. At all. Infertility is different than being “barren” / having no eggs. The women in this article are often 40, not 30. If anything, the article is saying that stress is resulting in infertility.

You need to look closer at the causes of infertility. I had “unexplained” and started trying at age 25. You’d probably criticize me when I had my first child at 35 and tell me it’s because I waited too long. But no, even at 25 I couldn’t get pregnant without help.

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Anonymous wrote:So many people in their 30s are getting cancer. Life and your fertility window can be cut short. Go to a chemo ward of any local hospital and ask the patients if they’d recommend marrying and having children in your 20s.

So your advice is have a baby so you can die of cancer and leave it an orphan.

Great advice,

DP. You should take a logic course.

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Anonymous wrote:People here don't seem to understand the meaning of anecdotes, data, and sample size.

For as highly educated an area as DC is, it’s been interesting to see how much dumber we are than I thought.

The people posting about getting married young probably aren’t the brightest bulbs on the tree. They probably aren’t even in the DC area.

Yup, brightest bulbs prefer to panic after 35 and settle for whoever is available so they can first deal with infertility and then enjoy divorce process together.

Not pregnancy struggles, it’s sometimes a doctor informing you can’t have children at all. A handful of my girlfriends from college discovered they were already barren in their early and mid 30s. Healthy and successful and told at age 33 you waited too long to have kids.

Just stop. No way this is true. It’s incredibly unusual to have your eggs depleted by early to mid 30s.

Sadly, it is not uncommon at all.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/health/women-doctors-infertility.html

Anonymous wrote:This dovetails on ambitious Gen Z'ers flocking to Southern universities, where there's this pressurized ethos to find your future spouse before graduating (and get engaged shortly thereafter). WSJ just reported this:

Sorry, Harvard. Everyone Wants to Go to College in the South Now.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/sorry-harvard-everyone-wants-to-go-to-college-in-the-south-now-235d7934

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Anonymous wrote:So many people in their 30s are getting cancer. Life and your fertility window can be cut short. Go to a chemo ward of any local hospital and ask the patients if they’d recommend marrying and having children in your 20s.

So your advice is have a baby so you can die of cancer and leave it an orphan.

Great advice,

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Anonymous wrote:I'll wait for some actual data.

+1. The responses so far have been all anecdotal. All the young people I know are marrying in their 30s.

Thank you for adding your anecdote.

Anonymous wrote:this sounds like Natalist propaganda. Whatever

Anonymous wrote:So many people in their 30s are getting cancer. Life and your fertility window can be cut short. Go to a chemo ward of any local hospital and ask the patients if they’d recommend marrying and having children in your 20s.

Anonymous wrote:So, will Gen X and Gen Z soon become grandparents sooner than expected? I don't think I'll be ready to be a grandma when my oldest is 22-25!

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Anonymous wrote:People here don't seem to understand the meaning of anecdotes, data, and sample size.

For as highly educated an area as DC is, it’s been interesting to see how much dumber we are than I thought.

The people posting about getting married young probably aren’t the brightest bulbs on the tree. They probably aren’t even in the DC area.

Yup, brightest bulbs prefer to panic after 35 and settle for whoever is available so they can first deal with infertility and then enjoy divorce process together.

Not pregnancy struggles, it’s sometimes a doctor informing you can’t have children at all. A handful of my girlfriends from college discovered they were already barren in their early and mid 30s. Healthy and successful and told at age 33 you waited too long to have kids.

Just stop. No way this is true. It’s incredibly unusual to have your eggs depleted by early to mid 30s.

Sadly, it is not uncommon at all.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/health/women-doctors-infertility.html

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Anonymous wrote:People here don't seem to understand the meaning of anecdotes, data, and sample size.

For as highly educated an area as DC is, it’s been interesting to see how much dumber we are than I thought.

The people posting about getting married young probably aren’t the brightest bulbs on the tree. They probably aren’t even in the DC area.

Yup, brightest bulbs prefer to panic after 35 and settle for whoever is available so they can first deal with infertility and then enjoy divorce process together.

Not pregnancy struggles, it’s sometimes a doctor informing you can’t have children at all. A handful of my girlfriends from college discovered they were already barren in their early and mid 30s. Healthy and successful and told at age 33 you waited too long to have kids.

Just stop. No way this is true. It’s incredibly unusual to have your eggs depleted by early to mid 30s.

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Anonymous wrote:People here don't seem to understand the meaning of anecdotes, data, and sample size.

For as highly educated an area as DC is, it’s been interesting to see how much dumber we are than I thought.

The people posting about getting married young probably aren’t the brightest bulbs on the tree. They probably aren’t even in the DC area.

Yup, brightest bulbs prefer to panic after 35 and settle for whoever is available so they can first deal with infertility and then enjoy divorce process together.

Not pregnancy struggles, it’s sometimes a doctor informing you can’t have children at all. A handful of my girlfriends from college discovered they were already barren in their early and mid 30s. Healthy and successful and told at age 33 you waited too long to have kids.