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re: Is mid 40s too old to have another kid?

Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:27 pm to
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:27 pm to
I’m 46 and I feel like I’m still too YOUNG to have a fricking kid.
Posted by RedMustang
Member since Oct 2011
6946 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:37 pm to
Got for it. More sex is never a bad thing.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
64535 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:42 pm to
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I’m 46 and I feel like I’m still too YOUNG to have a fricking kid.


If and when you 40 somethings have kids, you're going to be exhausted by the effort it takes to raise them.

Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
58803 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:57 pm to
nope. happened to several friends. went fine.
Posted by Cannon style
Homer,La.
Member since Sep 2018
1582 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:22 pm to
Old enough to bleed old enough to breed
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
30763 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:23 pm to
No, but if your wife was in mid to late 40's you begin to take risks.

Posted by MightyYat
StB Garden District
Member since Jan 2009
25029 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

If and when you 40 somethings have kids, you're going to be exhausted by the effort it takes to raise them.


There are definite advantages to having kids when you're older. All the "you'll be exhausted" shite is just if you're a lazy fat arse. My youngest is now 8 and I was 40 a month after he was born. Most people start to slow down a little at that age. Not old man slowing down but you're not really interested in Tuesday night concerts or drinks till 2am on Thursday nights or whatever. If a baby is kicking your arse at 40 you might as well just cash it in anyway.
Posted by Lago Gato
Member since Dec 2018
2040 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 2:02 pm to
I had my son at 44 . Best thing that has ever happened. We are so close and he absolutely makes me feel younger . No regrets at all .
Posted by ThanosIsADemocrat
The Garden
Member since May 2018
9395 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 2:47 pm to
No
Posted by Hammond Tiger Fan
Hammond
Member since Oct 2007
16419 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 2:50 pm to
It's too old for me. At some point in my life I want to experience the goodness of a full paycheck before I die
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
22014 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 3:16 pm to
It will keep you young my friend!
Posted by Stingy
TN
Member since Mar 2014
1907 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 3:18 pm to
If you don't already have kids then have one or more.
Posted by MarkFromBuffalo
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2018
624 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 3:36 pm to
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Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
64535 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 3:38 pm to
quote:

All the "you'll be exhausted" shite is just if you're a lazy fat arse.


This isn't true.
Posted by phutureisyic
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2016
3618 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 3:45 pm to
quote:

I'm 52 and I couldn't imagine having a kid right now. I have two sons both in their mid twenties. I started early.


I wouldn't say starting at 27 is early. That's the usual age to have a kid. I was 24 (not planned) and I think that's young. But I'm enjoying now cause people think we are brothers. I look very young fo rmy age and my son goes to NOMMA so the cammies makes him look older.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
61691 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 3:54 pm to
Ive got one that is 21 one that is 9 one that is 7. I am 49

The weirdest part is going to bday parties for parents of kids friends and finding out they are like 33.

Posted by brian_wilson
Member since Oct 2016
3581 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 4:04 pm to
i have a friend that had his first kid at 50. He says its tough keeping up but he doesn't regret it one bit.

Wife had a friend who was married to a 59 year old. They had their first kid when he was 60. Strangely his first daughter is older than his wife. They seemed super happy last time we saw them.
Posted by tigernnola
NOLA
Member since Sep 2016
3589 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 5:23 pm to
You are fine,but the roommate does not need to wait much longer. If she gets close to 40, please do amino. There does another quarter million ... enjoy :-)
Posted by Vestigial Morgan
Member since Apr 2016
3048 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 5:25 pm to
Didn'tv start till in my 40s...

Pros. Kids are amazing. Didn't have a really unhealthy lifestyle but changed things up for the better so that i can increase the odds ofv playingv with the grandkids( as opposed to being the old dude in the cardigan that never leaves his chair grandpa)
Cons. When i want to retire...theyll be in college. Trying to balance work and play time with little ones that dont care about deadlines
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 1/16/19 at 5:30 pm to
Acquaintance of mine is mid-50's expecting his third. Had his first at 48. Wife is early 30's. If you want kids, go for it. Life is too short to worry about what MIGHT happen.
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