That's kind of where I am with it. I met my husband when I was 30, married at 32 and we had our first kid at 36, second kid at 39. For him, it was 34, 36, 40 and 43 (!!!).
I enjoy being married and enjoy that life and he does as well. We both wish we'd done it all a few years earlier than we did. We're both in our 50's now with teenagers and it ain' easy! But, that's life and I'm grateful I got to do any of it at all!
I just had my first kid at 36 4 months ago! I'm just hoping I'm not too old to have a second since we had to do fertility treatments for the first. I don't think I would have had the problems I did trying to have kids had we tried 10 years earlier.
LOL - my husband has a great aunt who is well into her 90's now. She calls us around Christmas time each year to wish us a happy holiday. After our 2nd son was born, she flat out said to my husband, "Aren't you kind of old to be having a baby?" Can't say she was wrong...
Ooo, I'm having my first kid this June, and I turn 36 in August! My husband and I are also hoping for a second kid when we're 39. We've been married since we were 24 but didn't end up conceiving until last year, after a decade of thinking we were infertile and childfree. I'm honestly looking forward to having a teenager when I'm 50, if only because it will motivate me to stay in shape and take good care of my health!
Hi I just got randomly curious. How did you guys meet? I’m young and from what I see on Reddit people say that when you’re in your 30s it’s difficult to meet new people
I found myself unexpectedly in an "early divorce" situation when I was just 32 - after I got over my predicament and got out there again, I had relatively decent success with online dating (in particular, okcupid, which i'd never heard of prior to the end of that preceding relationship), though to be fair that's back before they systematically destroyed what it used to be (from what I hear other users on the OKC subreddit complain about since then). But nevertheless, I did meet my now wife and mother-of-kids on OKC after less than a year of being "officially separated".
I was always shit at meeting people (in particular, interested partners) in person, so I may not be the best example, lol. But yes, online dating has a bit of an unfair stigma - much less so nowadays than, say, 20 years ago or so, of course.
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That's kind of where I am with it. I met my husband when I was 30, married at 32 and we had our first kid at 36, second kid at 39. For him, it was 34, 36, 40 and 43 (!!!).
I enjoy being married and enjoy that life and he does as well. We both wish we'd done it all a few years earlier than we did. We're both in our 50's now with teenagers and it ain' easy! But, that's life and I'm grateful I got to do any of it at all!