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If you have a 10 year old how old are you/how old was your mother when you were 10

227 replies

Ikeawea · 31/12/2025 15:09

I’m 26 with a 10 year old, but when I was 10 my mother was 50. Feels very strange, I remember being my son’s age and very aware my mother was way older than the other mothers.

OP posts:
VikingLady · 31/12/2025 18:00

45, but my mum was 31.

Liftedmeup · 31/12/2025 18:01

I was 42 and so was my mum.

roadrunnerbeepbeep · 31/12/2025 18:02

I was 50 when my youngest was 10, same age my mother was when I was 10.

It was unusual then, not so much now

Alittlefrustrated · 31/12/2025 18:03

Me 51/52 ( 5 year ago)
My DM 42 - she was older tham most of my friends DM 🤯

Very1 · 31/12/2025 18:06

My Mum was 31 when I was 10.

I was 41 when my daughter was 10.

My Nan was 53 when my Mum was 10

All very different ages :)

BoarBrush · 31/12/2025 18:07

I'm 39, mum would've been 33.

SnowyVillage · 31/12/2025 18:08

I'll be 37 with a 10 year old. My mum was 45 and 49 with a 10 year old. I was like you OP in thinking my mum was on the older side. I knew I wanted my children in my late 20s ideally.

VoltaireMittyDream · 31/12/2025 18:10

I’ll be 50 with a 10-year-old.
My mum was 38 when I was 10.

Soubriquet · 31/12/2025 18:12

I’m 37 with a 10 (and a 12) year old

My mother would have been 28 with a 10 and 8 year old.

December2025 · 31/12/2025 18:13

Mum would have been 48.
I'll be 45 when my daughter is ten.

BengalBangle · 31/12/2025 18:14

I'll be 49.5 when my twins turn 10 and my Mum was 44.

BeeMyBaby · 31/12/2025 18:18

My mother was 47 when i was 10 but looked amazing, and i look back at photos if her in her 50s and she's always looked fit and toned so i never felt she was older than other mothers. She was about 38 when her eldest was 10. I was 33 when my eldest was 10, and will be 43 when my youngest turns 10. Not much of a difference other than i have a long way to go to look as good as she did.

HungreeHipp0 · 31/12/2025 18:19

I'm 40 with a 10 year old
My mum was 42

DH's mum however would have been 33. He can remember being at his mum's 30th birthday party!

SwimmingFree · 31/12/2025 18:22

Me 45, my mum was 35. I was the oldest of 3 though, my 10 year old is youngest of 3

Soontobe60 · 31/12/2025 18:22

When I had my first 10 year old I was 35 then 45 with my second. My mum was 30 when I was 10.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 31/12/2025 18:27

DM was 38 when I was 10, 41 when DSis was 10.

I was 48/51 when my children were 10.

CarolVessey · 31/12/2025 18:27

My mum was 47 when I was 10. She was much older than the mums of all my friends. At the time, I was kind of embarrassed by how 'old' she was.
Now I have a 10 year old, I'm 46. I hope she doesn't feel the same way! It doesn't seem unusual at all these days.

Bones75 · 31/12/2025 18:41

I was 29 with a 10 year old
mum was 41 when I was 10

she felt like an old mum to me, as all my friends mums were younger/ although she looked no where near her age

Bbq1 · 31/12/2025 18:43

Me: I was 44 when my only ds was 10.
Mum: Mum was also 44 when I was 10 but I was her third.

golemmings · 31/12/2025 18:44

I was 45 and 47. My mum was 35 when I was 10. She had died before my kids were 10.

Cripes12345 · 31/12/2025 18:44

I’m 50 with a 10yo. My mum was 36

TidyCyan · 31/12/2025 18:46

I'll be 44 when DS turns 10. My mum was 37. Not a huge difference.

PurpleNebula84 · 31/12/2025 18:48

I don't have a 10 year old yet, but I will be 42 nearly 43 when she does turn 10. My mum was was 37/38 when I was 10, so not a massive difference to me.

Illbefinejustbloodyfine · 31/12/2025 18:49

Im 48, my mum was 40.

ResusciAnnie · 31/12/2025 18:50

I have a 10 year old, I’m 36, had him at 25.

My mum had me at 29 therefore when I was 10 she was 39 & 40. She had her first child at 27 though.

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