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Originally Posted by Scanner
Cicy,
You make us feel so old - you are 40 and having your first grandchild. I turn 40 later this year and our 3rd child will be born in June (we will still be 39).
Truthfully, my wife is a bit jealous of Jamie Lynn Spears. She doesn't feel like she should be having a baby at 39 y.o.
A lot of this depends on the religious beleifs too. The Catholic Church for instance, beleives the sole reason for marriage to exist is to pro-create, finaances be damned (no pun intended).
So marriage at 21, followed by 8 kids is a life devoted to God.
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Sorry! didn't mean to make anyone feel old! lol
I love being a grandmother. it is too cool. Can I still say that? anyways, I don't feel 40. I still feel young which is a great benefit when you become a grandma young. When I got married at 16 I was not pregnant. We planned to wait two years before we had children. Ooops
. Two months later I was pregnant. (for the young posters, pull out method does not work). I was okay with it he was not. We stayed together until she was 6 weeks old. So there I am 17, no license, no high school diploma, nothing. But I survived and am doing great now and she is fabulous. My daughter was 21 when she got pregnant so at least she waited longer than me. Having children as said above should not be about money it should be about love and the desire to create life. Children are as expensive as you make them. And exactly when did the rules say I had to pay for her college? If I can help great, if not then she has to use her head and figure it out like I did. I think it makes a better person when you have to pull yourself up. My daughter did not have a great first car. But she saved until she could buy a better car. She knew I was not going to hand her an expensive car. First of all she was 16, most kids wreck their first car. She didn't but lots of kids do. So I bought an older sturdier car.