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Choosing between Career and Kids

minnie616 said:
My husband's cousin and his wife had 7 children , 6 boys and a girl.
He would love telling people he met that he had 1 and a half dozen children.

1 girl and a half dozen boys. :lol:
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Three men were talking about how many children they had. The first one bragged he had 9 boys, enough for a baseball team. THe second one bragged he had 11 boys, enough for a hockey team. The third one broke down and started crying. "I have 18 girls, enough for a golf course"
 
EMNofSeattle said:
I don't think though you should speak for "our generation" as if you're a spokeswoman though. plenty of millenials are having children and do not consider it a burden.
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If people in Venezuela are still having children, anyone who wants to have them should easily be able to do it with all the advantages we have here in the USA.
 
tres borrachos said:
I think it is a concern. I married my husband a few years after we graduated from college but we waited 10 more years to have kids. I wanted to work and enjoy life. I had my last kid when I was 38.
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Your timeline was that that of one of my sisters. She had 3 boys. All turned out unbelievably well.

She did the career thing until about 32, then got married to her boyfriend, moved out of NYC and focused on the family. She socked away a good bit of money during those years in NYC, so that helped.
 
Porkuloss said:
Your timeline was that that of one of my sisters. She had 3 boys. All turned out unbelievably well.

She did the career thing until about 32, then got married to her boyfriend, moved out of NYC and focused on the family. She socked away a good bit of money during those years in NYC, so that helped.
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So did we. We wanted to make sure that when we started having kids we were financially prepared. I'm glad we did that.
 
tres borrachos said:
So did we. We wanted to make sure that when we started having kids we were financially prepared. I'm glad we did that.
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Excellent! Sounds like you made the right choice.

I was ambivalent about kids, and didn't get married until my forties at which point I couldn't see going through the child-rearing phase. My siblings more than made up for me...no regrets. My wife feels the same way.
 
blackjack50 said:
I just listened to a woman at my office talk about how it bothers her that she has to decide between kids and her career. She is a student and is doing international relations. She wants to go abroad and live the adventure lifestyle. Right now she is paying her way through school, but she is 20. Not kids now. She basically was worried that her child bearing years would run out before she was able to accomplish what she wanted.

Yes. She was being a bit melodramatic. But I'm wondering. Do others think this is a concern for a lot of women? I knew a lot of women in college who are just now starting to actually try and settle down, but they are hitting 30 and it looks like it is getting harder for some of them. I am fortunate as a man...but I'm curious about a female perspective on the whole thing.


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Life involves choices. Too many women wait until very late to have their kids, however, and we could have a Special Needs Boom to pay for. At 20, however, she is just being unrealistic. She can dream all the dreams she wants at that age. By 26 she will be over them.
 
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