Four children by age 26. AMA?

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Was it always an aspiration for you to have a big family?

Did you manage to develop a career as well?

No career (yet). I wanted to be a solicitor but was pushed into a different degree by my parents, which I didn't complete. Still only 29 though so you never know. I'd like to be a counsellor maybe.

And yes, all my games as a child centred around a mummy with lots of children

At only 29 you have plenty of time! So many people I know would have made different career choices had they not been making the decisions in their late teens/early twenties.

Hopefully you'll pursue a career that you'll still be happy with further down the line.

Me too :)
What do you find the hardest part of having 4?

Thank you shoes

Erm... Maybe the constant arguing/telling tales/bickering? One has autism which means this happens a lot!

Why the delay? (I was, just, 25)

😂 I breastfed them all for around a year and couldn't conceive while doing so. Also I was on my own for a while after having my first

Why do you think you’re anything extraordinary? You’re 29 with a family, Hartley Michelle Obama!

I don't think I'm extraordinary

i think what @Iamtryingtobenicehere means is AMA is normally for those who do things that are 'different' to the 'norm' or extraordinary

4 dc is well, not that odd

I suppose. But other people have already stolen a few of mine 😂

How do you afford to house and support 4 children at such a young age?

4 children by 26 isn’t really a big deal. There’s probably not a lot that people need to ask about that because it’s not really a) abnormal or b) very interesting. It’s not that difficult to have four children whilst not working.

What's your view on global over-population? What have you done to reduce the impact on the planet that your 4 children are having?

I breastfed them all for around a year and couldn't conceive while doing so btw its perfectly possible to conceive while bf

question: why did you have 4 children? how do you pay for them?

4 children by 26 isn’t really a big deal. There’s probably not a lot that people need to ask about that because it’s not really a) abnormal or b) very interesting. It’s not that difficult to have four children whilst not working.

Interesting enough to take the time to comment though

Leroy do you mean provide for them?

I got a few Qs

1. where they planned?
2. Same father?
3. do you plan to have more or are you open to it?
4. any regrets of having 4kids?
5. what are the age gaps ?

Interesting enough to take the time to comment though

posting a comment isn’t the criteria for a situation being interesting.

Some nasty responses on this thread.
Op I aim to have my family complete before I’m 30. This is less usual in my social circle and I feel like I’m judged a lot by people who feel the stuff they are doing in there 20s is far superior to having children.
It’s slowed my career progression without a doubt with maternity leaves part time hours etc etc.
But I feel like my family will be at school and I will only be in my early 30s, then I can go for a more demanding job etc.
Is this how you feel? Do you also feel judged by others that seem to think you are wasting your 20s?

Didn’t say it was, just weird that you’d bother to comment. Unless you’re 12.

Smellbellina what else would i mean? 4 dc are not cheap to look after, and at 29 without a career (as per op posts)

Didn’t say it was, just weird that you’d bother to comment.

Well yeah, that’s exactly what you did say actually

Interesting enough to take the time to comment though

Wow. Some nasty responses

If you don’t think it’s interesting, move along! It might be to someone else.

I had my first DC in my Mid 30s most of my friends did too. The earliest close friend to me to have a kid was late 20's.
Some are still aiming to have their 1st one in their 40's - so yes this OP is, from my point of view quite unusual.

Why do some people need to be nasty?? Just don't read the thread & if you can't be polite don't comment. Jeeeze! 🙄