What Age Did Your Parents Become GPs?

[Lilpastry]

I ask because my parents are 55 and 65 and DHs are both 58. We aren't planning kids for about 3 years or so (been together 8, but only married 1).

Anyway, we get lots of frustrated chat (particularly from DHs parents), about time passing and them being too old to be first time grandparents and what are we waiting for etc.

However, neither of us are even 30 yet! DH will be 32 and I'll be 30 when we start trying. All going to plan, my parents will be around 58 and 68 and his will be 61. I don't see the rush, and would say these are normal ages for GPs?

My granny became a granny at 41. My mother became a granny at 66!

Totally irrelevant … they have no say in the matter at all! Have kids when it suits you not them

72, she’s a fab Granny but does find it exhausting

My mum was 60, my mother in law was 58 and my father in law was 61. These were great ages to become a grandparent, they were very hands on with my oldest and gave us a lot of help. He has a great relationship with them now (he is about to turn 12). They have continued to be very supportive grandparents to all grandchildren but are definitely less physically hands on with their youngest grandchildren now they are in their late 60s/early 70s.

44 and 45.

47 and 57 but it's less to do with age and more to do with health and fitness. My mum, although only 47, had terminal cancer by then so even though she was young, she never really got to enjoy them

49 and 50

I seriously misread this as becoming doctors and thought "huh...?"

I decided not to have children after I lost one and only one GP (non med) left, so they won't.

My dad was 64.

My mum would have been 62 but unfortunately died 8 months before her first grandchild was born (and before DB and SIL felt ready to tell anyone so she never knew she was going to be a grandmother 😔)

Rude. Clearly you do have something against older parents.

For my children, the ages of their grandparents at first grandchild ranged from 49-54. My own grandparents ranged from 61-73 when the eldest grandchild was born.

Any time between the 50s and early 70s I think would be considered to be the peak ages for becoming grandparents, with outliers in the 30s, through to 90s not being uncommon and a very few outside that range.

I've got friends who have parents who have whinged on a lot about when their offspring were going to provide them with grandchildren and this really annoyed them - my view is that doing this is very poor form. So your parents ABVU and you are not.

Sorry OP, your DH's parents ABVU.