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**Rain Man** · 11-23-2015, 10:49 PM

I did a study a while back where I was looking at the ages of parents of young children, and I was surprised at how many parents of pre-schoolers were 40+ years old. I'm curious if the community was a fluke or if it's common.

So...poll coming. How much older are you than your YOUNGEST child? Poll crowning soon from the poll birth canal.

Rule: Your youngest may be a natural child, stepchild, or some other child relationship.

Hydrae · 11-24-2015, 10:39 AM

I misread the question and answered incorrectly. My youngest just turned 21 this week, I am 55. So the correct answer is 34, not the 20-25 answer I provided.

siberian khatru · 11-24-2015, 10:55 AM

I'm 49. He's 16. (His brother is 20.)

Spott · 11-24-2015, 11:30 AM

I was 24 when my son was born and I got a vasectomy a few months later. He's 19 now.

seclark · 11-24-2015, 11:54 AM

22 years older than my youngest.
18 years older than my older two.
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**Fire Me Boy!** · 11-24-2015, 11:57 AM

If I compensate for "cat" years, I'm 13 years older than my youngest.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 11-24-2015, 12:04 PM

I'm 39. Have a 5.5yo and a 9mo old. We lost a second child about 2 years ago, so we didn't wait this long entirely by choice. But yeah, we waited because we enjyed being TINKs. But now at least I regret it, as my parents are in their 70s and realization finally hit that they probably won't see my kid graduate high school. And that I may not see my grandkids graduation either.

BWillie · 11-24-2015, 12:09 PM

The secret is not to have children. You save hundreds of thousands of dollars, and gain freedom for multiple decades. It's pretty awesome.

stevieray · 11-24-2015, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

The secret is not to have children. You save hundreds of thousands of dollars, and gain freedom for multiple decades. It's pretty awesome.

....and die alone.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 11-24-2015, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

The secret is not to have children. You save hundreds of thousands of dollars, and gain freedom for multiple decades. It's pretty awesome.

Yup, I had that attitude for a long time. Now I wouldn't change having kids for anything.

Saccopoo · 11-24-2015, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by stevieray

....and die alone.

Everybody dies alone anyway.

However, kids can be a mixed bag.

Some kids, like my daughter, can be an absolute joy and are the greatest thing in your life.

Some kids can be the ultimate headache that fills the remainder of your life with pain and regret.

But a lot of that has to do with proper parenting. But sometimes a person/kid is just a bad person/kid regardless of how much love and time you put into it.

I was lucky. My daughter has been as perfect of a kid as I could have ever imagined or hoped for. Thank Christ she wasn't like me.

stevieray · 11-24-2015, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Saccopoo

Everybody dies alone anyway.

Incorrect. Being with your family in your last moments is irreplaceable.

Saccopoo · 11-24-2015, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by stevieray

Incorrect. Being with your family in your last moments is irreplaceable.

**** that.

I plan to be in the jaws of a grizzly bear getting mauled to death.

Recycled through nature.

brucey_72 · 11-24-2015, 01:35 PM

i am 24 and my daughter is 9 months old.. i will have one more kid though

FishingRod · 11-24-2015, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Saccopoo

Everybody dies alone anyway.

However, kids can be a mixed bag.

Some kids, like my daughter, can be an absolute joy and are the greatest thing in your life.

Some kids can be the ultimate headache that fills the remainder of your life with pain and regret.

But a lot of that has to do with proper parenting. But sometimes a person/kid is just a bad person/kid regardless of how much love and time you put into it.

I was lucky. My daughter has been as perfect of a kid as I could have ever imagined or hoped for. Thank Christ she wasn't like me.

All this. Between Mrs. Fishingrod and myself we have 5 and two grandkids. I used to work with a guy that never had any. He and his wife took trips to places like Fiji every year. I wouldn’t trade places but, he did not seem to be suffering. Oh by the way I’m 50 my youngest is 19. My parents were 39 when they had me and my mom’s parents were old when they had her. My grandpa was born in 1884 wrap your mind around that.

**hometeam** · 11-24-2015, 01:53 PM

I'll be 33 with a 3 year old in a few months.

View Poll Results: I am ____ years older than my YOUNGEST child/stepchild/etc.
0-14 years. My high school teacher was hot.	4	3.01%
15-19 years. I was a teenage were-parent.	4	3.01%
20-24 years. I'll be an empty nester at a convenient age.	19	14.29%
25-29 years. I'm old school on the parenting.	23	17.29%
30-34 years. I wanted to be established.	45	33.83%
35-39 years. I wanted to be really established.	20	15.04%
40-44 years. I had to run a two-minute drill on the biological clock.	4	3.01%
45-49 years. I'm more virile than I could have imagined.	1	0.75%
50-54 years. I'm like one of those celebrities who marries a college girl.	2	1.50%
55-59 years. My high school student was hot.	0	0%
60+ years. I'm a genetic freak.	0	0%
I have not yet finished breeding, so my youngest isn't born yet.	9	6.77%
I don't assign ages to my children. It limits their imagination.	1	0.75%
I cannot do the math to calculate this.	1	0.75%
Voters: 133. You may not vote on this poll

11-23-2015, 10:49 PM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Rain Man's Avatar Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house	The age of your youngest child I did a study a while back where I was looking at the ages of parents of young children, and I was surprised at how many parents of pre-schoolers were 40+ years old. I'm curious if the community was a fluke or if it's common. So...poll coming. How much older are you than your YOUNGEST child? Poll crowning soon from the poll birth canal. Rule: Your youngest may be a natural child, stepchild, or some other child relationship. Last edited by Rain Man; 11-23-2015 at 10:59 PM..
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11-24-2015, 10:39 AM	#31
Hydrae Sandbox: Leander Lasercats Hydrae's Avatar Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Austin, Tx	I misread the question and answered incorrectly. My youngest just turned 21 this week, I am 55. So the correct answer is 34, not the 20-25 answer I provided.
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11-24-2015, 10:55 AM	#32
siberian khatru 21st Century Schizoid Fan siberian khatru's Avatar Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Gates of Delirium	I'm 49. He's 16. (His brother is 20.)
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11-24-2015, 11:30 AM	#33
Spott Court Jester Spott's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Orlando	I was 24 when my son was born and I got a vasectomy a few months later. He's 19 now.
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11-24-2015, 11:54 AM	#34
seclark MVP seclark's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: nemo	22 years older than my youngest. 18 years older than my older two. sec
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11-24-2015, 11:57 AM	#35
Fire Me Boy! Cast Iron Jedi Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar Join Date: Nov 2004	If I compensate for "cat" years, I'm 13 years older than my youngest.
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11-24-2015, 12:04 PM	#36
mikeyis4dcats. Scarlett Johansson's boytoy mikeyis4dcats.'s Avatar Join Date: Nov 2006	I'm 39. Have a 5.5yo and a 9mo old. We lost a second child about 2 years ago, so we didn't wait this long entirely by choice. But yeah, we waited because we enjyed being TINKs. But now at least I regret it, as my parents are in their 70s and realization finally hit that they probably won't see my kid graduate high school. And that I may not see my grandkids graduation either.
Posts: 12,526

11-24-2015, 12:09 PM	#37
BWillie Future NBA Finals MVP BWillie's Avatar Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth	The secret is not to have children. You save hundreds of thousands of dollars, and gain freedom for multiple decades. It's pretty awesome.
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11-24-2015, 01:35 PM	#43
brucey_72 Starter brucey_72's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2013	i am 24 and my daughter is 9 months old.. i will have one more kid though
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11-24-2015, 01:53 PM	#45
hometeam Supporter hometeam's Avatar Join Date: Jul 2011	I'll be 33 with a 3 year old in a few months.
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