It is weird, the kids thing
To me, it just makes sense that you'd wait until you were a bit older and had a bit more life experience and money, but so many people have kids in their teens/early twenties, and I really do find it quite unnerving when people my age have teenage kids, but my lifestyle hasn't changed significantly since I was 21.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 7 Jun 2012, 13:43, 1 reply)

Trouble is
You just don't have the energy to keep up with toddlers at my age.
(Mork, Thu 7 Jun 2012, 13:49, closed)

I'd say the later the better.
I'm 45 and I have an 8 year old and a 2 year old.

I can't imagine what a fucking disaster I'd have been as a parent in my 20s. I could barely look after myself.

Having the 8 year old is great. I know everyhting that's in the charts now, I even like one or two of them.

The 2 year old is hard work though, I have to say.
(username failed moderation, Thu 7 Jun 2012, 14:04, closed)

I was a nanny in my late teens/early 20s
I'll be 35 very soon, and if I had to keep up with three kids under the age of 8 every day now like I did then, I'd probably be dead from exhaustion.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 7 Jun 2012, 18:52, closed)