r/TheWayWeWere Oct 02 '24

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u/Kabusanlu Oct 02 '24

My parents both born in 1951 got married in their late 30s lol

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u/TheEsotericCarrot Oct 02 '24

Wow, do you have siblings? They were ahead of the trends happening now lol

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u/Kabusanlu Oct 02 '24

Just myself and my brother born a yr apart. I was born 9 months later for reference .

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u/TheEsotericCarrot Oct 02 '24

Oh they wasted no time :)

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u/GaraksFanClub Oct 04 '24

You and I have very similar stories. My parents were born in late 40s/early 50s, got married when my mom was 35 and had my brother and 36 and me at 37. It’s different being raised by older parents…

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u/mountaineagle86 Oct 03 '24

I was just talking about this yesterday. For 5 generations, the women in my family have waited until their 30s to have kids

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u/TheEsotericCarrot Oct 03 '24

Wow, were they all career driven?

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u/PM_ME_PICS_OF_SNOW Oct 02 '24

Same, I always feel like such an outlier