I'm 37 with a 3 year old and a 1.5 year old. I could have started a bit earlier, but we were having too much fun with travel.

I'm glad I have those memories to look back on these days.:D:D

Chad, you will an old man when your kids are teenagers. They will be able to whip your ass. :D:D:D:eek:

(Biological time clock ticking...)

Actually, that might be what's driving her decision!

I got married at 32 and my wife is a bit younger than me, but we had stable careers by then, so I totally agree with Kartek. Not to mention, being old enough to have gotten everything else out of our systems, so we didn't feel like we were missing out when the newborn was taking up all of our free time.

That newborn is a teen now, and we are dealing with a new set of experiences! But the advice by raymr regarding "sports" is a good one...as long as your kid has fun participating.

The point is, when you are ready, do all you can to ensure that you spend as much time as possible with your kid(s). And when you can't be, see to it that they are engaged in something other than PC or TV-related activities!

It's not too bad. I'll be 54 when my son is 20. As long as I stay active and exercise, I should be OK.

Plus I hope that my son won't have the desire to open a can of whoop ass on me.:D:D

Yep.. Sports. :) Mine loves playing hockey.

You will be OK. I am 20 and my dads 59.



We do our annual father son camping trips, work on cars from time to time, take care of the food shopping, race the cars (at the track), and play 360. His skills in a lot of area are better than mine, so he still beats me at a lot of things.


Chad, my dad may be 60, but he is not showing any signs of slowing down. We did 6 miles of hiking around the Tahoe Natioal Forest, and had a blast.

I am 20 years older than my oldest son, and he always told that when I get old and in a wheel chair, that he was going to ***** slap me all day long. :D

That's cool. I better start picking up my exercise a bit so I can go for 6 mile hikes at 37.:D:D

Those ***** slaps would be delivered with love and respect though.:D Plus I bet he'll be willing to hook you up with a beer and a crazy straw whenever you ask.:cool:

My wife and I were married for 17 years before reproducing. I was 41 she was 37. Pregnancies at a younger age are safer.

I'm almost 23 and my dad is 49.....mom is 47.....younger is better IMHO. My wife and I are the same age, and we'll probably have kid(s) within the next 3-4 years....depending on circumstances. I don't want to have the last kid leave the house when I am 55+.....

My kid was 8yo when I adopted him (x-wife's 1st marriage), I became a GF at 39...goin' on 40 and now I have 4 GKs...

I missed the first 6 years of Scott's upbringing...and by then, he was his own style of bent...not mine...

Don't get me wrong...adoption is a good thing...the sooner the better...but, if you pull a kid out of bad situation, and you put him in a better situation, there's only one way up and that's what I hoped I was able to do...

Aklim has it right where you do need to be sure your house is in order before you head down this path...one aspect I'll throw in too...have you considered what would happen if one of you two parental units disappears from the picture...altogether? Play that scenario around in your spouse's head together and see what comes up...you may want to be more prepared...

Then again, the hormones will overrule all reason and you're at square one, looking to see if square two exists... :rolleyes:

Good luck!! :thumbsup2:

X2 for sports. Nothing better at night than a bone-tired teen looking for bath & bed.

Yah, did you also mutter "From each according to his ability, and to each, according to his needs" when you were siphoning the fuel out of Cadillac gas tanks? :)

Well Iam just glad Iam on the other end, there is life after kids :D.
Now there are grand kids, 1 1/2, 3+ and a new born Jan 7. the kids whoop my ass after a day with them.

these are from daughter #2, who will be 27 next week.

the older daughter will have her first in April, and she is 35.

#2 is from my ex wife ( the big wow, witch of watsonville) she raised her and I got to pay child support for 18 yrs. but did get to borrow her possesion once in a while with stipulations.

Daughter #1 is my step daughter, and she was 12 when my wife and I got married. she latched onto me from the start and had a good relationship. you would think I was her real dad. we had our up`s and downs as you do with teen agers, but you and your wife have to stick together, together, and work as a team. your kids need to know you are always there for them, even when they don`t like you.

I was 40 when we got married, and I didn`t want to be raising kids when I was 60, so we didn`t have any together. Maybe we should have, but looking back now, the one was a full load some times.
We have 23 years coming up in May.

If you are going to wait until you can afford them, you will wait a long time. there is never a right time. never have more than the two of you, or they will gang up on you.

Be nice to your kids, they will be picking out your rest home:rolleyes:.

Charlie