If you are mid-forties, how old are your children?

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Just musing on this as I recently told people I was taking a day off to attend my daughter's graduation and they assumed I meant from nursery 😂

I'm mid-forties and my children are 21 and 17.

Fair enough. Am in end 40s not mid 😎

At 45 I had 17, 15 and 13 year olds. I know people 10 years older and younger than me with kids the same age as me.

Do not even look at any man on your 50th. Nor even passing by. Book a day in an all women silent convent for your 50th. Just to be safe sure 😘

I'm 41 and dc will be 19 next month.

I usually get the same assumption when I say I have dc that they're a small child, and are then surprised when they're at Uni not preschool!

I am 42 and my children are 20, 11 and 3. All born in different decades. Not through choice, it just takes us a mega long time to get pregnant! X

46 with a 10, 16 and 18 yo

I'm 45 my one and only will be 27 next month.

clearly i know what it means! I meant what is op classing as “mid 40s” as she doesn’t say how old she is and theres a range of ages commenting. To me “mid 40s” is right in the middle hence me saying “when i’m 45”

by your definition theres a 5 year window and kids ages will be a bit different at 43 v 47!

I am fascinating by people having an 18yr old and a 2 yr old. What is it like?

fascinated!

I'm 41 with an 18 year old and 15 year old but then my DB is 43 with a newborn.

I think there uscsuch a range! Im 48, dc ages 8 and 10.

A school friend because a grandmother the same day I became a mum.

I have similar aged friends with GC, with chikdren at Uni, and with 1 yr olds!

45 and DS is 9

Wow op you started young! You must be loving your freedom!
Mine are 19 and 13 … hardly see 19 yo as they are at uni and 13 year old is with me 50% of the time.

I am older, but when I was 46 my dc were 20, 18, and 13, 7 and 2.

I’m 45
twins age 6 (adopted) I’m saying that because people query the gap
one age 5
one age 4

Oh, maybe I did? Would you like them back? The 4 year old is definitely not mine..

(46 next month)

2 days old 😊

I'm 46, my dcs are 26, 7 and 3.

@Deadringer what's it like having such a range of ages?

Ahhhh. How 🥰 lovely. Congratulations

I’m 45 with a 24yo and a 20yo.

I also have a 2yo grandson.

My wife is 46 (and I am almost 40) and we have a 4 year old. As a lesbian couple it took us almost 7 years to have a child (failed fertility treatments, miscarriage, so took the adoption route). Because everything took so long it means we've made the (very difficult) decision to stop here. So happy we have our gorgeous little one, but often feel a pang of sadness that there will be no siblings.

We live in quite a deprived area and we are definitely some of the eldest parents in the school yard! I'm sure there's a link there?

@basinbasin it's like having 2 families really, it was tough at times with teens/adults coming home late at night with little ones in bed, stuff like that, and going out as a family, or on holidays isn't practical.

42 and my dc are 26, 23, & 18.. I get a lot of double takes (I also look on the younger side which doesn’t help).