stolen: pole: How old were your parents

[beans]

When they had you?

My mom was 31 and my dad was 30. Twinface and I are the youngest. Whats funny is I always thought my parents were soooo old when I was little, but I am going to be 29 next week and I have no kids on my plate in the near future! Sorry future kids if you think I'm an old mom!

[fuddyduddy]

30 and 32. I am the oldest. They had my youngest brother at 40 and 42.

We are waiting until we are in our 30s to start having children. It is really odd for people to have children before their late 20s/early 30s in my community.

[iluvmytxrgr]

My mom was 20. My dad was 23

[basilosaurus]

28 (dad) and 33 (mom). I'm the oldest of 2.

[YellowRose]

Dad was 25, Mom was 24

[iluvrice26]

Mama was 22 and my papa was 32. I'm the oldest of 3.

[softspot]

Mom (18) Dad (19).

[Dumbledork]

24 and 26, but they were 21 and 23 when my older sister was born.

[crimewatcher]

Mom 27, Dad 30. I'm the youngest of 3 between them but my dad had another at 45.


ETA: I always thought 27 would be a good age to start. However, I'm 25 now but would like to be KU before my next birthday haha.

[letsbeawkward]

Mom was 30 and my dad was 32. I am the youngest. They had my brother at 26 and 28.

[bettydraper]

Mom-25 Dad-24

[MrsAggie]

Mom - 26, dad - 27. I'm the oldest.

[kpol]

Both were 26. I'm the youngest.

[JakJak]

Both were 25. I'm the oldest of 6, they had my youngest sister when they were both 40

[meltoine]

Mom was 28, dad was a few days shy of 33. They were 24 and 29 when my sister was born.

[G22]

Mom was 27, Dad was 25. I'm the oldest of 4. My youngest brother was born when my mom was 41. There are 14 years between he and I.

[amaristella]

My dad was 35, my mom was almost 29 (4 days away from) and I'm the oldest although they had spent 6 years trying in order to get pregnant with me.

[basilosaurus]

I have a question for those with young parents (which I define as under 25ish). Did that affect you and your child plans?

I think my parents were normal age, late 20s, early 30s. They were the same age as all my friends' parents. So, at 31, I still feel I'm fairly young wrt childbearing. I can't imagine having parents who were college aged (or younger!) when they had me. But, if you were someone whose parents were 20, do you think that's normal? Young? How do you compare yourself to that?

[drunkpeggy]

My dad was 27 and my mom was 26. I'm the oldest of two and my sister is just shy of three years younger than me.

[fuddyduddy]

Sibil- I can't answer your questions, but I am interested in reading the responses from other people. I find these discussions fascinating.

[Deleted]

Both were 35 when I was born. I was their last child. My mom was 18 when she had her first and my dad was 23.

Poll

[basilosaurus]

Jul 16, 2012 20:34:49 GMT -5 @lemonlover33 said:

Poll

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[amaristella]

Jul 16, 2012 20:26:07 GMT -5 fuddyduddy said:

Sibil- I can't answer your questions, but I am interested in reading the responses from other people. I find these discussions fascinating.

I'm interested as well. I know that for me personally the trouble that my parents had conceiving made me want to start trying sooner rather than later because I was just afraid that it might take a while to conceive and also because I felt like my parents' age was like the perfect age.

[Dumbledork]

There were plenty of kids in my class that had parents the same age as my mom or dad. I heard a lot of stories growing up about the play my mom was in with so-and-so's mom in hs, or how my dad played hs football with the parents of classmates x, y, and z. In that respect, we definitely weren't out of the norm.

That said, I grew up in an area without all the extra curricular activities for kids, especially young kids, so I don't think their age affected my childhood plans at all. I played softball, cheerleading/dance, and spent a few miserable years doing the flute in school. If I had wanted to do volleyball or basketball, I could have, and that would have essentially been all the activities offered here. It was more our area than my parents that affected my plans.

I'll add to this, I had Bean at 22. I know people on here cringe at that, but it's the norm where I'm from.

[Jam]

Think my mom was 20 or 21. I'm the oldest of 7.

[prettyinpink]

My mom was 28 and my dad was 29, I'm the oldest. My mom was about to turn 31 and my dad was 32 when my brother was born.

[verycontrary247]

My mom was 30 and my dad was 31. I am the youngest of 4.

[kpol]

Jul 16, 2012 20:59:36 GMT -5 Dumbledork said:

There were plenty of kids in my class that had parents the same age as my mom or dad. I heard a lot of stories growing up about the play my mom was in with so-and-so's mom in hs, or how my dad played hs football with the parents of classmates x, y, and z. In that respect, we definitely weren't out of the norm.

Pretty much all that. I grew up in a rural community where people my parents age didn't really go to college and were expected to 1. Take over the family business or farm or 2. Work at a factory, the main Bank, or for the city. My parents worked at the family business until they sold it when I was 11.

When I grew up, most of the people I went to school with were expected to go to college which I think delayed having kids early for some. Of course, there are plenty of people I went to HS with that already have kids and we're 25 now. The expectation for some to take over the family business is still there, but education seems to be valued more than it was during our parents time.

For us, the Army has been a large reason for not having kids yet (and we're not really ready to either). We've been married for 3 1/2 years and haven't lived longer than 14 months in one location. We like to travel and be spontaneous but don't have the luxury of having family nearby to watch our potential children. My parents traveled two-three times a year when we were younger but they had the childcare nearby that they trusted. Once we settle down a bit, kids will probably be on the menu. But for now, we're still young and aren't in a hurry.

[beans]

Jul 16, 2012 20:36:01 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Jul 16, 2012 20:34:49 GMT -5 @lemonlover33 said:

Poll

snort

Lemon (and others) - I didn't think I needed to explain that misspelling "poll" is a nest-ism. Yes, I know how to spell it. I should have spelled it "powll" or "polle" perhaps for emphasis.

Thanks sibil for having my back.

[Deleted]

Jul 16, 2012 22:21:15 GMT -5 beans said:

Jul 16, 2012 20:36:01 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

snort

Lemon (and others) - I didn't think I needed to explain that misspelling "poll" is a nest-ism. Yes, I know how to spell it. I should have spelled it "powll" or "polle" perhaps for emphasis.

Thanks sibil for having my back.

I was surprised no one else said something. I thought you were just tired or something. I have been on TN for 2.5 years and never knew that was a Nest thing.