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How old were your parents when they had you?

169 replies

MyMintCrab · 11/07/2024 20:49

31 and 38 mine

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PTSDBarbiegirl · 11/07/2024 21:01

DM21 DF23

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 11/07/2024 21:01

40 and 45. They'd had the three they planned but the youngest was killed in a car accident, so I was a late addition.

itsgettingweird · 11/07/2024 21:02

26 and 30.

I'm the eldest

amymel2016 · 11/07/2024 21:02

Mum 44 Dad 54

saywhatnow1 · 11/07/2024 21:02

23 & 27

DH’s parents were just 17 & 22!

CandyflossKid · 11/07/2024 21:03

1970's Dad 39 Mum 33.
Definitely older than all my friends parents

tillyandmilly · 11/07/2024 21:05

Both parents 30

Beansandneedles · 11/07/2024 21:05

Dad was 27, mum 33. She already had 4 kids. They'd been together 5 years before I came along. I didn't quite realise what a mammoth thing that was until I turned 27. The idea of being a step parent to 4 at the age of 22, and then essentially a parent or 5 by 27...woah!!

RabbitsRock · 11/07/2024 21:05

Mum 26
Dad 27

Possumly · 11/07/2024 21:06

35 and 37. I was their third and last.

Possumly · 11/07/2024 21:06

35 and 37. I was their third and last.

S0livagant · 11/07/2024 21:06

21/22

PleaseletitbeSpring · 11/07/2024 21:08

Me: 28 mum, 30 dad. Next baby they were 39 and 41!

TinDogTavern · 11/07/2024 21:10

Mum 26, Dad 31

SquigglePigs · 11/07/2024 21:10

22 and 27. They'd been married few years at that point.

Brainded · 11/07/2024 21:15

Mum 20, dad 22 I’m the youngest

Baneofmyexistence · 11/07/2024 21:16

Mum 22 and Dad 25. She had a miscarriage before me, I’m the eldest.

FluffyJellyCat · 11/07/2024 21:18

30 and 38. Many looses after birth before me and my sister

hlc123 · 11/07/2024 21:21

Mum - 25, Dad - 27 (I am the oldest child)

NeverDropYourMooncup · 11/07/2024 21:24

35/35.

Sounds fine, but I was the accident of a new relationship that didn't last. As was the 1st at 17/34 and the second at 18/34. And the unwanted 4th at 25/42. But she was married for all of those, so it was perfectly OK then, apparently. 3rd was unsurprisingly, the Golden Child as he was the only one that was actually wanted.

Sapphire387 · 11/07/2024 21:25

My mum was 27 and my dad was 30.

mindutopia · 11/07/2024 21:27

30 and 35, which I think was probably quite old for the late 70s. I was their only child, though my dad had my half brother when he was 19/20.

rainbowsparkle28 · 11/07/2024 21:28

28 + 34 (few weeks short of 35!)

xprincessxjanetx · 11/07/2024 21:29

Mum 29 dad 36

VerasMacAndHat · 11/07/2024 21:29

Mum 27 Dad 34 I'm the middle dc of 3 1960s

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