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Have we ever done this? How old are you?

eyenigheyenigh member
edited January 2014 in One & Done: Only child
This just kind of came up in another conversation and got me wondering what the median age of everyone on here was. Care to share? I know a lot of the people that I know that have onlies as a conscious choice seem to be right around my age group but that could just be coincidence for all I know!
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Have we ever done this? How old are you? 38 votes

20-24
2% 1 vote
25-30
39% 15 votes
31-35
42% 16 votes
36-40
10% 4 votes
40-44
5% 2 votes
45 or over
0% 0 votes
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Re: Have we ever done this? How old are you?

  • Chapter79Chapter79 member
    I'm 34 :) (but my DD will be 8 in a few months).
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  • kristenndkristennd member
    Being over 40 definitely reduces the number of people who ask us about having another.
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  • KL777KL777 member
    I'm 40 and people still ask me all the time.

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  • kristenndkristennd member
    KL777 said:
    I'm 40 and people still ask me all the time.
    You don't seem to look it though. I have wrinkles, greying hair, and a frumpy wardrobe. No one assumes TTC would still be easy.

    I have even been mistaken for his grandmother.
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  • Tink112011Tink112011 member

    I'm 28 (so is DH). 

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  • JackoftheBoxJackoftheBox member
    I will be 27 this month!! Woot Woot! 
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  • eyenigheyenigh member
    Some of you guys are a lot younger than I thought! I'm 38 but pretty immature. :)  I've been childless so long that while all my friends in my age group had kids, I wound up making a whole new set of friends that were around 10 years younger than me because they were much easier to relate to. I work at a university so I've always had a very age-diverse group of friends since we have lots of people of all ages working side by side. I have a few friends my age that have teenagers and two Facebook friends that are grandmothers, which is just insane to me.
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  • JackoftheBoxJackoftheBox member
    eyenigh said:
    Some of you guys are a lot younger than I thought! I'm 38 but pretty immature. :)  I've been childless so long that while all my friends in my age group had kids, I wound up making a whole new set of friends that were around 10 years younger than me because they were much easier to relate to. I work at a university so I've always had a very age-diverse group of friends since we have lots of people of all ages working side by side. I have a few friends my age that have teenagers and two Facebook friends that are grandmothers, which is just insane to me.
    I would say 60% of my friends are over 30. And they are freaking awesome! 
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  • Chapter79Chapter79 member
    JackoftheBox said:
    eyenigh said:
    Some of you guys are a lot younger than I thought! I'm 38 but pretty immature. :)  I've been childless so long that while all my friends in my age group had kids, I wound up making a whole new set of friends that were around 10 years younger than me because they were much easier to relate to. I work at a university so I've always had a very age-diverse group of friends since we have lots of people of all ages working side by side. I have a few friends my age that have teenagers and two Facebook friends that are grandmothers, which is just insane to me.
    I would say 60% of my friends are over 30. And they are freaking awesome! 
    I'm 34 and freaking awesome.
    NOT conceited, though.....  I'm not.

    The 30's have been the best age decade for me, hands down. I love the 30's.
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    (+ hers and his, ages 13 & 8)
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  • KatieB19KatieB19 member
    BostonKisses2 said:

    I just turned 30 in December.

    Me too!
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  • ShabutieShabutie member
    I wasn't going to post until I noticed I must be [one of?] the youngest on this board! I am 24. I am mostly a lurker- I post once in a blue moon, but I must say, I am so glad to have found this board. You ladies have given me the confidence to shut people down, and not feel guilty about it, when they insist I MUST have another. I know 100% that I do not and will not want another. I believe they are especially annoying when insisting because they are so rude about it, I'm assuming because of my age... I just give a stern "No." now and change the subject :)
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    BNHarris8 said:
    I wasn't going to post until I noticed I must be [one of?] the youngest on this board! I am 24. I am mostly a lurker- I post once in a blue moon, but I must say, I am so glad to have found this board. You ladies have given me the confidence to shut people down, and not feel guilty about it, when they insist I MUST have another. I know 100% that I do not and will not want another. I believe they are especially annoying when insisting because they are so rude about it, I'm assuming because of my age... I just give a stern "No." now and change the subject :)
    Come out of lurkdom!! Next time someone asks just say "why? are you?" I love this. I always get crazy looks lol.
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  • this decaf lifethis decaf life member
    I'm 25.
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  • bridetobemobridetobemo member
    28 and hubs is 33
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  • eyenigheyenigh member
    kristennd said:
    I'm 42 and DH is 29.

    Yep.
    There's a woman on my BMB with the same age difference. Nice work! :)
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    ICarriedAWatermelon said:
    Chapter79 said:
    I'm 34 :) (but my DD will be 8 in a few months).
    34 and you live 5 min from Nisky? I'm thinking there is a good chance you were in my husband's HS class. (Colonie 1998?) OK - you don't have to answer that one. And I won't probe any more, I promise!!

    DH and I are 33. I consider myself one of the fence sitters on this OAD board. One of the biggest pressures in my mind is my age. I know I'm not *old*, but I'm no spring chicken, either.
    @ICarriedAWatermelon - you have a PM :)
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    (+ hers and his, ages 13 & 8)
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  • Chapter79Chapter79 member
    BNHarris8 said:
    I wasn't going to post until I noticed I must be [one of?] the youngest on this board! I am 24. I am mostly a lurker- I post once in a blue moon, but I must say, I am so glad to have found this board. You ladies have given me the confidence to shut people down, and not feel guilty about it, when they insist I MUST have another. I know 100% that I do not and will not want another. I believe they are especially annoying when insisting because they are so rude about it, I'm assuming because of my age... I just give a stern "No." now and change the subject :)
    Please post more! Jump on in!  We won't bite, I promise. Not hard, anyway ;)
    My H was 23 when we decided to be parents of any only.  He had a vasectomy at just 26, so not far from your age.  When people are younger, apparently that gives others a means to assume they don't know what they're talking about, and minds will change.  I guarantee you, ours never did.. and now we're in our 30's.
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    (+ hers and his, ages 13 & 8)
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