I'm 26, DP is 30 in a few months. We've been together for almost 6 years. We've just bought a lovely house after years of renting and earn a decent wage between us. For the past year I'm constantly thinking about us being a family and what sort of things we will do and I often have dreams where I'm pregnant/have a little family. I look at babies and my heart just warms, I feel so broody and I can't wait to have my own. Everyone around me is either pregnant or have just had babies.
DP is great with his nieces/nephews and it's so lovely to see. He works away during the week but I have a good support system and would have help from my parents and his when they're not at work. I don't mind him working away and he likely will long term as that's what his job requires and that's where the money is.
We want 2 and with him being 30 this year I feel like times ticking if we don't do it soon. It feels like there's always something.. new car needed which were saving for to buy outright so will take a while, I'm in the middle of a course which will take another year and we'd like to have another holiday or 2.
How old where you and your partner when you had your children and how did you know the time was right? Did you ensure you had everything in place, savings, cars, house fully sorted first? We do have savings but it's not a huge amount and our house should be done in the next few months there isn't much left to do.