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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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catscatscurrantscurrants · 11/07/2024 23:08

37 and 40

Chefnan · 11/07/2024 23:08

Mum 28 dad 30, I was their 3

supercatlady · 11/07/2024 23:18

Mum was 19, Dad nearly 21.

ForestForever · 11/07/2024 23:51

My mum was 42 as and my dad was 44.

Nosummerontheagenda · 11/07/2024 23:55

M 24 F 25. I am the eldest.

EnglishBluebell · 12/07/2024 00:37

40 and 46 🙄😔 Therefore I lost one of them when I was still young. So selfish

DramaAlpaca · 12/07/2024 01:03

I was the eldest child, born mid-60s. My parents were 28 and almost 30.

DH's parents started their family in the early 60s, aged 34. It was considered quite old back then. MIL had four DC in just over 4 years, had three in cloth nappies at one point. I have zero idea how she coped.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 12/07/2024 01:06

EnglishBluebell · 12/07/2024 00:37

40 and 46 🙄😔 Therefore I lost one of them when I was still young. So selfish

You really think your parents were selfish?

123letsblaze · 12/07/2024 01:09

EnglishBluebell · 12/07/2024 00:37

40 and 46 🙄😔 Therefore I lost one of them when I was still young. So selfish

Would you rather not have been born?

123letsblaze · 12/07/2024 01:11

Catnipcupcakes · 11/07/2024 22:29

Both 45.

I always did and still wish they’d been younger and I’m 53 now.

But you wouldn't exist if that was the case 🙄

pippapipps · 12/07/2024 01:13

Mum was 23 dad was 20

Help23 · 12/07/2024 01:27

41 (mum) and 37 (dad) in 1986. Always was a bit jealous my mum will see a lot more of my siblings lives who are older than me but think I'd happily have a baby up to 41 if it happened as a cut off. I was an accident anyway.

Help23 · 12/07/2024 01:28

KnittedCardi · 11/07/2024 23:07

36 and 42. I was number four, with a thirteen gap between my youngest brother and myself. An accident!

So similar to me!

LisbonKid · 12/07/2024 01:33

16 yrs Mother
Father unknown 😞

Nat6999 · 12/07/2024 04:09

Mum 27
Dad 30

CordylineCapybara · 12/07/2024 07:22

36 and 41

Taytocrisps · 12/07/2024 07:36

They were both 31 years old.. I'm their fourth child. They had their first at age 25.

mamaduckbone · 12/07/2024 07:54

Mum 43, dad 41.
I was a surprise to say the least - my dbro was 18 and dsis 16 when they had me.

3peassuit · 12/07/2024 07:57

Mum 27 and Dad 40.

LBOCS2 · 12/07/2024 08:17

Mum was 38, Dad was 30.

I was the elder of two and 38 was VERY old to have your first in the 80s.

NancyJoan · 12/07/2024 08:18

28 and 30. I’m an only child.

fieldsofbutterflies · 12/07/2024 08:21

30 and 34.

Soubriquet · 12/07/2024 08:24

My mum was 18, my dad was 20

DilemmaDelilah · 12/07/2024 09:18

Both 23. My dad was a good Catholic boy and I was born almost exactly 9 months after the wedding.

DinnaeFashYersel · 12/07/2024 09:19

Mum 24 and Dad 26