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  No it wasn't my parents paid for my education, but thank you for the concern x
context: My parent is 41 years older than me. It was weird when people thought she was my grandma but it didn't ruin my day or anything. Personally, it was more strange when I was like 25 and trying to start doing my own thing in life, and my parent was now 66 and in bad health. >
  
  Same for me, my mum had me at 37 which doesnt seem too bad but now she is 62 and has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and im only 25. She is my favorite person in the world and I would die if she didn’t get to meet my futur kids or see me graduate. >
  
  My wife and I had kids in our mid 30s and knowing I'll never watch them grow old bothers me >
  
  ....how young do you expect to die? >
  
  I don't know. But if I live to 70, my kids will lose their father in their 30s. I lost my dad when I was 32 but he was 50. I think of everything that he missed since then. It is what it is >
  
  70’s pretty young to be honest. Not to be morbid but if you got hit by a truck or got an incurable disease, that could happen if you had your kids earlier too >
  
  Go back 2 generations & majority would wish they even make it to 70, im sure in 2-3 generations the average will be 90-100 >
  
  My maternal grandfather made it into his 90s, and my husband’s paternal grandparents are still both alive and kicking at 95. His grandpa even hits the gym three times a week. >
  
  You got blessed genetics sir >
  
  Ma’am, and I think so! My mom is soon to be 70 and has more energy than most 20 year olds these days. >
  
  My dad had me at 57 ! So when I was 20 he was 77…
  So yeah people at school made fun of me a bit on that, or thought that he was my grandpa. He died at 87 when I was 31 (he died the day of my birthday).
  He was a great dad and I’m happy I had him as a dad. He was retired when he had my sister and me, so he was a stay-at-home dad when my mom was workkng. My mom is 18 years younger. She’s 77 now and I’m 38. >
  
  My dad had me when he was in his 50s as well. But I was only 21 when he died (he was 75). He also took care of me while my mom worked. I’m now 33, she’s 71. >
  
  Do people do that? My parents were on the older side and nobody ever said anything about it. Honestly, I had a lot of privilege over it because they had money and were well established in their careers compared to many of my friends who had young parents still trying to figure out life. >
  
  I get dunked on left and right because I had my only child at 20. The way I see it, barring any unexpected circumstances, I get more time with my kid than I would if I had her at 40. Either way though it's nobody else's business >
  
  There are pros and cons to both. In the end all that matters is that one is a loving parent. >
  
  It might be a cultural thing though. My mum was in her late 30s when they had me and my dad was 40. I'm in my early 20s now and all my friends parents are in their 60s as well. Of course there's young parents here too, but people are often heavily focused on getting a degree and a steady job before kids. So it's really quite the oppisite here in Sweden for the most part. >
  
  Assuming you’re in the US. Here at least it’s socioeconomic. Not at all unusual now for a middle-class or upper-middle class couple to wait until their late 30’s or even early 40’s to have a kid. 
  I’d say their kids are lucky. Most people are established at that age and can provide a better, more stable lifestyle for their kids than parents just starting out. >
  
  Damn. Thank you for this comment. Im 39 and just felt like recently I can take after another human being. Not that I will or can ( biologically ) but It was on my list. Maybe still is I guess >
  
  Life does less to prepare people these days. Childhood continues to increase where a 30 year old can still be considered to be just figuring it all out. >
  
  My parents are older, 40 when I was born.  Almost a decade after my siblings.
  The only two things that are hard is that my parents were less energetic when I was a kid.  They were very inactive.  Not overweight.  Just tired, effectively raising me to behave like a retired person when I graduated hs.
  Second thing, I'm 30 and don't have any kids.  This is very important in my family.  Unlike people with younger parents, Im going to have less time to seek my folks out for advice.  My parents are 70 now.  Even if I had a baby right now, I'd only have 10 years to ask them for advice.
  It's not a huge issue, but it's one that haunts me. >
  
  Honestly, with the internet nowadays, you don’t really need advice from your parents if you really care about that ( not to mention most people don’t listen to their parents anyway) 
  But it would be nice to do things or spend time with adult child and not worrying physical limitations. That’s the only thing I’m worried about. >
  
  My dad died when I was 11, I’m now 20 and he would have been 63. Couldn’t have asked for a better dad, nothing weird about it >
  
  I’m sorry for your loss, and it’s heart warming to hear how you thought of your dad. What were your your favorite things to do with him? What were the most memorable moments? >
  
  He was really into tractors, we used to play with remote tractors together and went to the local tractor fest, haven’t been there in years. Just doing random things together really, I was too young to remember most but he was always protective and loving towards me. Went to the shops, etc he wasn’t a big traveler more of a homebody :) >
  
  Never saw this when I was a kid, it was usually the other way as the kids (mine included) whose parents are 19 years older than the kid was poor whereas the kids with older parents were upper middle class. >
  
  My parents had me at 33. When I was in elementary school in a very poor area, everyone’s parents were around 20 years older than them. But now I’m at college and everyone’s parents are older than mine. So I agree. >
  
  My dad and I are also 40 years apart. 
  It was never an issue and I was always glad I had mature parents who weren't still kids themselves. >
  
  It's not weird it's just sad that they will, statistically speaking, be dead for a larger portion of your life than most others >
  
  I had my first at 30 and my youngest at 40 but my family tends to be very long lived. My grampa died at 97 just a couple years ago and he was healthy and mobile up until about 96. I think all but one of my grandparents made it to their 90’s so I have a good chance of seeing my kids into their 50’s. >
  
  My parents are a lot older than me, way older than any of my friends growing up, so I get this lmao. My dad was 49 when he had me and my mum was 38. I'm 21 now and my dad is 70. I had a slightly shitty childhood but have incredible parents, but I did wish they had me younger like my siblings. Watching parents health go down and not remembering many memories with any grandparents before they all died sucks >
  
  I’ve never had anyone make fun of it for me but it’s kinda weird my dad is older than all of my partners grandparents 😂 >
  
  my mother had me at 42, but she’s never been stable throughout life and we moved around and lived in poverty throughout my childhood. shes 60 now, and housebound due to her illness. it’s so depressing to see. i wish i got to have her in my life longer, like my 38 year old sister has. imo there’s good and bad parts to older parents. >
  
  Had one at 22 and another at 40. Nobody seems to care. >
  
  There was a kid in my class who's dad was 50 when he was born. I didn't say anything to him about it and I'm sure he's a great dad. It's just crazy to me that he'll be almost 80 now with a kid in their twenties. >
  
  Alot of granparents end up raising their kids kids.  It would kinda be like that.  They bond closely. >
  
  I don't think it's weird for parents to decide to have kids later. My parents did the shit they wanted to before having us, it was never really an issue, they were still just as active as anyone else's parents growing up. But I know growing up and even still people seem surprised if I tell them that both my parents are 64, my brothers are 32,26 and 22 and then I am 23. >
  
  I’m 29 my dad is 72 no one ever really said anything other than maybe a little surprised at his age but never like it was a bad thing. I mean who cares? The people who do care about this stuff obviously aren’t worth your time since they actually give a shit about something so meaningless. >
  
  I sure hope not cause I will also be 60 when my youngest is 20. You can't always time or prefectly predict conception. >
  
  Yup. My youngest was conceived when I was 43, 11 years after my IVF twins that took 4 years and tons of medical intervention to conceive. Who would have thought that would ever happen? >
  
  Had mine at 35 and the other one shy of 40 by a few months.  Majority of my friends were the same. >
  
  No one can afford to have kids anymore before they're 30. My best friend had her first at 34, she was living paycheque to paycheque until age 31. >
  
  Oh fuck off with that it's objectively untrue. There's nothing wrong with waiting until you're 30 (my wife and I were 28) but it's a matter of priorities. 
  Again there's nothing wrong with prioritizing a career or social life or travel or whatever else you do. But most couples could afford a child if they decided that's what they wanted. >
  
  My dad was 45 and my mom was 40 when I was born, my brother is 21 years older than me and my sister is 18 years older than me. I got in many fights as a kid because other kids would say things like “your dads so old” or the question would go like “are those your grandparents?” I would say no it’s my mom and dad and they would say “they are so old”. All this wasn’t said in an inquisitive way it was said like kids would say it with mocking intentions. I had more physical fights about the subject as a kid than about anything else. They loved me and doted on me as they knew I was their last child (they had tried when my brother and sister were younger and it never happened they gave up and I was a surprise). When I was like 19 my father retired and I remember answering the question when someone would ask what my father did for a living “he’s retired” and they would be like “I wish I could retire early” or some variation of that and I wouldn’t elaborate unless they asked more questions.
  Now I’ve repeated the cycle, my 2 kids from my first marriage are 26 and 22. After my divorce from my first wife I married again and my new wife is 13 years younger than me. I’m 47 with a 3 year old. >
  
  I’m 21 and both my parents are in their 60s. Though no one said anything to me 🤷🏻‍♀️ >
  
  I’m 60. My twins will be 13 this March. >
  
  My father was 45 when I was born...It was awesome. >
  
  Because you used the word josh in a sentence >
  
  Don't listen to those kids.
  But maybe listen to what the doctors are saying. >
  
  What are doctors saying about this? >
  
  I can't believe knowing for a fact that by the time you start your life your parents will have one foot in the grave. If you want to get married or have any kids, you can almost guarantee they will not be there for most of it. >
  
  On the other with their extra life experience they would have set you up so much better for life, to the point that you don’t think in such limited and idiotic ways. >
  
  Me: 31; Dad: 72; Mom: 69
  In summer school, she had to come to my class for some reason, and one of the other kids said, “oh, I thought that was your grandma!” When I told her she said, “if anyone ever says that again, let them know you were a planned baby.” Back handed way of saying I’m a wanted child instead of an accident. >
  
  Haha great answer >
  
  My Mom had me at 37, and I am a bit angry that she waited so long. Studies have concluded that children born to older parents, are way more likely to have a mild to severe disability, than to children born to younger parents, and even to teenage parents. >
  
  Do you have a disability you mention in your comment? >
  
  Yes. I have a mild, but high functioning form of Autism. >
  
  Never heard kids doing this. >
  
  Depends on the generation.
  Before the 1980s it was possible for a 20 year old to get a job, buy a house and raise a family and many people embraced their horniness and did so.
  Now is a different world. Men in their 20's live in their parents basement are into video games, women in their 20's focus on dating and career and only start to consider having kids when they are solidly in the "high risk pregnancy" age. >
  
  
  when they are solidly in the "high risk pregnancy" age.
  
  This is overhyped, for the record. I'm an old mom -- just had at baby at 47. I'm "high risk" due to age, but actually had no complications at all. I was actually less healthy in my 30s. And that's true of several of my friends who also recently had babies. Several hundred thousand women in their 40s and 50s have babies every year. >
  
  This is why the younger generation is so unwell, especially mentally. High mutational load. >
  
  Uh, ok. Not true, but believe what you want to. >
  
  You don't even know what mutational load is, do you? >
  
  … That’s what jealousy creates. The fact that your parents are older will mostly always mean good stability, money and more common sense… 
  Should make fun of the young parent having people. >
  
  young parents already get judged an EXTREME amount. >
  
  Haha, you're not weird, enjoy your parents' wisdom >
  
  Nothing weird about that. I’m 22 and my parents are almost 60 >
  
  That's not too bad then, as they were still in their 30s when you were born. >
  
  Yep, mine was 60 when I was 10. She died when I turned 19, unfortunately. But everyone thought it was weird that my mom was the age of their grandparents. >
  
  My dad was older in life when he had me, and then my sister a few years later. I (we?) went through a weird stage where people would either think he was my grandpa or my husband of all things, and that my younger sister was our daughter. Love my dad but wtf people lol >
  
  I have a 65 year old parent at 13 and i see nothing weird about it, yea hes old but what about it >
  
  r/ihadastroke (?) >
  
  I never got made fun of, just surprised looks when I say my dad is 45 years older than me. 
  I am almost 25 and he is 70 >
  
  I’m 23 and my parents are into their late 60s. Never really had an issue with it besides not being able to do anything high-energy with me when I was younger, but I had friends to go with for that. >
  
  right! there are no rules to this. mature parents historically are regarded as doing a good job. >
  
  I feel like I should down vote because I want it to be a popular opinion, but it doesn’t seem like one at all where I’m from, so take my upvote. >
  
  He said " josh"... >
  
  "Who was that with your grandma?"
  Me: "My mom..." >
  
  Oh nice I’m not the only one >
  
  My parents had trouble conceiving and had me at 31 & 39. People always thought my dad was my grandfather. I only met 2 of my grandparents, lost one at 5yo & the other at 12yo. I hate that so many of my friends who are my age (37) still have lively grandparents bc I’m jealous DANGIT. I am lucky to still have my parents but my dad is getting more sickly everyday while my friends in my age group have parents who are out traveling the world & having the time of their lives at the beginning of retirement. 
  I swore not to do this to my own kids and had mine at 24 & 32 (2 losses in between but I wouldn’t have gone past 35 at the oldest tbh) >
  
  My dad is 50 years older than me, and my mom is 37 years older. I have one sibling that's younger than me and people always thought my dad was his grandpa. I just thought it was funny growing up.
  I think there's benefits of both ways. I'm currently raising kids and am fairly young and I have more energy than my parents did. But there are days I realize that I feel inept with some of the life experience they had. Either way you are going to screw up your kids somehow. >
  
  'josh'? Are you sure you're 20? >
  
  What having 60 y o parents does to a mf >
  
  I’m sixty with three adult children (all over 32) and a 15 year old. The quality of parenting I can provide at this age for my 15 year old is off the charts compared to when I was a younger parent. And I was considered a great parent. Wisdom and experience matters. >
  
  There’s nothing wrong with it at all lmaoo, it’s a bit funny tho. My mom had my sister and I at 16 and 21 and my now newborn brother at 43. It’s a bit weird being the middle child now but idk, I like to laugh at it 😂 >
  
  Chances are your parents are also better off financially and in a less stressful relationship >
  
  At 25, my parents are 65. Guess we are the same. And yes, I can say I’m wiser than most of my friends. >
  
  Women start facing fertility problems the older we get.  If we all waited until 40 to start having kids there'd be a lot fewer kids because it'd be too late for some of us.  You're the weird one because our species can't survive with that being the typical one. >
  
  His mom had him at 30 based on one of his comments. His dad is 60 and mom is 50. 30 is a pretty standard age for a woman to have a child. >
  
  True enough.  I was going by the title.
  I had my first at 33.  Was very surprised two years later (my 2nd, not a weirdly long pregnancy) to learn I was now a geriatric pregnant lady.  Had my 4th at 42.  That one surprised me a lot, I'd already started early menopause. >
  
  Same here. Had fertility issues though and had twins at 32, IVF. 11 years later at 43 had a surprise. Never in a million years did I expect that. Perimenopause babies are a thing i guess. A fertility boost right before our eggs shrivel up >
  
  It's not that I have anything against older parents, and having kids at 40 is still fine I think, but the older you get, the sooner you're going to die and leave your child, so I think it is a little immoral to do that to them. >
  
  You don't need parents after you're like 22. >
  
  You don't need them no, but I'd like to know mine for quite a bit longer than that. >
  
  How much time you have with your parents has less to do with age than it does the kind of relationship you have with your parents. My parents had me around 25. I’ve only seen my dad once every couple of years since my parents got divorced when I was 13. He remarried at 41 and had three more kids. He’s still with their mother over 20 years later and have been with the kids the entire time. So technically even though I’ve known him longer, his kids from his second marriage has had him longer, even though he had them later in life. It sucks if you have great older parents and would like to have them around longer, but who knows if they would’ve been the same great parents if they had you younger? >
  
  You're not weird for it, if anything it's your parents >
  
  To be fair my dad it ten years older then my mom, so technically it’s 50 and 20, but still >
  
  Wait what? >
  
  My mom is 50 and my dad is 60, I am 20 >
  
  Ohhh for some reason I thought you were tryna say your dad was 50 and your mom was 20 which made no sense lmao >
  
  You’re 20, get over it >
  
  Who the hell is josh >
  
  Josh means pick on or make fun of lmao >
  
  Where are you from where that’s a word you use? But also I have older parents and have never had this problem >
  
  It's common in the US. >
  
  Also common in the UK >
  
  You’re not weird, your parents are. >
  
  I’m 30 and my dad is 70 and my mom is 66 and I feel the same way. All my friends have parents that are 15-25 years old than them so I’m the outlier. Always thought it was weird they were ok with being teen pregnancy babies while my parents just happened to have met later in life.
  Let this be a lesson to y’all though who want kids and just haven’t found the one yet. When I was 10 my dad was 50 and his health started to fail. He tried to keep up with me in playing like sports and all but his body was broke. Love him for trying but I wore him the fuck out as a child. >
  
  It’s not weird, but it’s kinda sad that they’re that much older than you. I’m 20 years older than my firstborn, 26 years older than my second. I was definitely too young with my first but I feel much more confident with my second. I want to see as much of my children’s lives as I can, but what’s important is that they are good parents while you still have them around >
  
  It’s strange okay because most people don’t have kids at 40. It’s considered high-risk/geriatric. But like no shame, it’s just not seen a lot
  Edit for word choice >
  
  40 isn’t an unheard of age to have a child. My mom had my brother at 40 (and had me at 36). And a Google search says that 100k+ children are born a year to parents in their 40s. 
  Although it is definitely much more risky, and much more difficult. >
  
  That's true for mothers.
  About 9 percent of fathers have a kid at age 40 or later. 
  One source I found said 1 in 6 fathers over 40 is a first time father. >
  
  I never thought it was weird when someone had an older parent, at first I would be a little shocked, but then I'd get used to it. it's just how it is, and now that you mention it, I guess you even have an advantage of knowledge over the rest of us lol >
  
  I am the last of three and my parents were old for my generation. 
  My dad was 44 and my mom was 33( 34 two weeks after my birthday.
  I am myself 29, turning 30 right after giving birth and my boyfriend is 41 (42 a month after I will give birth). 
  It's not weird. Every one their tempo >
  
  I'm 18 and my mom is 62 years old. It's not weird at all thankfully she's in a good health. >
  
  At 20, my father was 74. >
  
  There's nothing wrong with having kids when you're older.  My cousin didn't meet her now husband until she was late thirties and he was 5 years older.  She was never married and no kids yet. He was divorced and had one son already.  Cousin really wanted a child. It took a while but she finally had a child at 42.  She looks young for her age but dad looks typical. He's been mistaken for a grandparent.  Kid is in college now. I always say it's a shame they didn't meet even 5 years sooner. But it is what it is. >
  
  My dad was 80 when i was 20, it's not that weird. >
  
  Wait >
  
  I feel you dude. I was born 2 months before my dads birthday, and I’m the oldest. I also have a sisters that are 3 & 8 years younger than me lol
  The only thing that bothers me about it now, is my son (3) likely won’t know his grandpa all that much (they’re exactly 70 years apart) as he lives about 1100 miles away. >
  
  By the time I have children I'll be well into my 40s, damn! >
  
  i’m 30 and people i know have only just started having kids. in general we are gonna be OLD parents >
  
  My father is 72 and im 20. Nothing special about it just get used to the feeling that they will dia fast >
  
  I have both, my mum is 18 years older than me and my dad is 40 years older (not biological). Growing up I feel that I actually benefited from both in different ways. I learnt a lot from both my parents and I'm doing well in life because of that. >
  
  The fun thing about kids that they will find something to make fun of you about regardless. Mine were Jehovah’s Witnesses…. So yeah I was weird for that. Other people were “weird” for other things. If you have two parents that love you for as long as they can before they’re gone, you can consider yourself blessed. >
  
  I was always told to have a career first. My mom had me at 34, I’ll be lucky if I have a kid at 32 or so…during my PhD program. >
  
  So, I just had a baby at 47. We're both awesome. But I want to throw out some anecdata here -- my great grandmother, who died at 80+, had her last baby at 45, in 1920. My great grandmother, whose last baby was born in her 30s, died at 99. My friend who's my age and also a new mom had her Dad, who had her late, die recently, He was 95. So I don't like the assumption that having older parents means you'll have an inadequate amount of time to spend with them. 
  Also, you never know. Plenty of people die early and aren't here for their kids, even if they had them as relatively young parents. >
  
  The only problem I've encountered having a 5 yr old at 45 is fatigue, which ultimately is my fault for letting myself get soft and lazy. I didnt even think maybe someone would make fun of her at school when her gray haired biker dad pulls up. Haha. >
  
  Its common place now - I had mine at 31 and 34 - and I'm average age in terms of other parents on the playground. My husband is 8 years older than me - and it was a concern but at the end of the day, I'm sure our children are glad we had them and hopefully appreciate the life we provide for them. It seemed more selfish somehow to deny ourselves the opportunity to be parents than to have them knowing me won't get as long with them. >
  
  41 and pregnant with my first, I hope my kid isn't embarrassed by my age, but we are very young at heart! >
  
  My mum is 37 years older than me and my dad's about 50 years older than me.. >
  
  I will say that it's odd that my parents are 10 years older than the parents of my partner, and she is 7 years older than me. It's always a mental math gambit to sort it out >
  
  My parents are 39 and 49 years older than me. I respect that they were financially stable before having a kid, but the generational gap makes it hard for us to relate to one another. Growing up I spent my time after school taking care of my grandma(parents had full time jobs), and I feel like I'm going to lose a lot of work when I should be saving up for my retirement to do the same for my parents. >
  
  Y'all get bullied for having older parents? I'm almost 18 and my dad's almost 60. My mom's 50. My parents adopted me in their early 40's/mid 30's. >
  
  My friend caught his 60 year old parents in the bedroom one day 😂 >
  
  I had my daughter (now 3.5) when I was 46, my wife was 33 . I think about how old I'll be when she's a teenager graduating school, or in her 20's and it sometimes makes me sad. But I am young at heart and body and plan to stay that way. What would have been worse is to not bring her into the world at all because I was too 'old' by someones standards, she is an incredible human being. >
  
  The only downside is that their is an increased risk for health issues of the child. Other than that yeah it shouldn't be weird that your mom's that old. >
  
  when ur 21 and ur dads 74 >
  
  My parents were 39 and 40 when I was born. It wasn't common in the '60s to have old first-time parents like that but it is nowadays. >
  
  My husbands parents were 50 and 43 when they had him! >
  
  Just means your parents waited until they had their $hit together before having kids. >
  
  I'm the youngest sibling and my dad (rip) was 48 years older than me. He was also one of the youngest siblings. As a result I'm a millenial with an uncle who died in WW2.
  Having an protracted family tree is great. >
  
  We were both 41 when our youngest was born. I remember when he was a cubscout I was only the third oldest father one dad was about 7 years older than me and the other was about 18 years older. I still see both dads out and about one is in his early 70s and the other one is in his mid 80s. I do remember being shocked meeting older parents of friends when I was in college i didn’t think that I would be one someday! >
  
  I’m 60 and my kids are 19 and nearly 16. Wife is nearly 48 >
  
  My mom had me at 21. My dad just turned 52, my mom just turned 50. I’m 29, and my sister is 26. Not gonna lie, my plan was to start having kids by 25. I wanted to be a younger parent, however clearly that has not worked out and likely will not happen for awhile 😂 I don’t necessarily think having kids younger is something to promote, bc my parents had a lot of trouble. They also should’ve never gotten married, and took them 20 years to end it 😂 however, if you’re in a good spot, I don’t see why you couldn’t. I want to be around longer to watch them grow up, but plans changed 🤷‍♀️ >
  
  Because they’re assholes who totally take it for granted that they have young parents and will have them for a long time. >
  
  When I was born my mom was 34 and dad was 38.I have a sister who is several years older than me.When I was a kid it wasn't all that uncommon for people to mistake my sister as my mother if they saw just the two of us somewhere.
  I thought it was so unusual that most of my friends parents were around 10-15 years younger than my mine.I did know also when I was in high school a guy who was probably about 18 and his parents were in their early 60s. >
  
  You benefited from having parents who are wiser and most likely more financially stable. The only bad thing is that they will leave your life faster. >
  
  I had a 60 year old parent at 40. And when my kids are 20, I'll be 62. >
  
  I’m 22 and my parents are 52. Prepare to be joshed >
  
  I didn’t no this was a thing as someone who was a product of teen parents I was picked on by kids and adults for that 🤦🏻‍♀️
  Regardless ether I don’t understand why children are picked on anyway? Like it was your parents choice not yours 🤦🏻‍♀️ >
  
  I’m 40 years older than my child and his dad and I make a point to stay healthy for him >
  
  I definitely think there’s an ideal age range for having kids, I’d say 25-35 but I’m sure everyone has different opinions. >
  
  Yeah they told you but did you actually listen? I’d rather my dad/mom be going through the same struggle with me then having them tell me something I’m not going to listen to lol >
  
  It's not even weird. My parents were older and I want to wait also. They had fun before kids. >
  
  Honestly if i can survive to my 40's, that would make my parents in their 70's. I'll consider that good innings.
  My brother is 18 and my mum is 60 and my dad is 63. I'm only 30 this year. If they both reach their 80's then i'd consider that extremely good innings.
  Though i think its pretty fair to assume your parents will most likely pass away while you are in your 40's or 50's. Though in the coming decades parents will be living to 80 while their kids are in their early to mid 60's. Shits going to be wild. >
  
  They shouldn't.  I was 40 and my husband 41 when we had our son - our first child.  (We had gone 19 years of marriage with no success at getting pregnant when it finally happened WITHOUT trying.)
  There is something pretty awesome about having a child when a couple has had 22 years to get compatible and in sync, established in their careers, owns their house, etc.
  And we have FAR MORE wisdom to impart to him than so many of the Bozo's dropping their kids off to school at the same time that we are.  
  When we first had him, my husband used to lament that we were going to be 60 and 61 when he was 20.  Now, we're at peace with it. >
  
  When I’m 60 my oldest will be 29. My youngest will be 23. I feel like that’s not as common but I don’t think it’s weird. 
  Yeah I had kids late. But I’m very happy things went this way. My 20s were awful. I was broke and aimless through most of it. I have a some stability now that made it make much more sense. This was the right time for me. I don’t really care what anyone or what society thinks about it. >
  
  My mom had myself and my three other siblings by the time she was 24. Due to her being so young I thought it was weird to be old with young children. That being said I didn’t personally judge or bully the kids- they couldn’t help it if there parents waited till there late thirties or early 40’s to have kids. Sometimes I wish my mom would have been older though. She could have been in a better position to take care of us >
  
  Not weird at all, my dad was 84 when I was 12 and I think I learned a lot from listening to him in old age and retired >
  
  Naw my dad's 60 and it's not weird at all 
  Too many prom night dumpster babies with teen mother's in this generation 
  I remember my whole class getting invited to my classmates mother's 25th birthday party when we were 11 >
  
  My mum had me at 38, my Dad was 36. They both passed last year. They taught me a many lesson in their time >
  
  Both my parents are 60+ and I’m still in my 20s >
  
  we deff made fun of kids with younger parents because they were milf bait >
  
  My mom had me at 36. I’m 25 now. We both look young for our ages thanks for Latina genes so this doesn’t really happen to us. I want kids but wouldn’t want to have them young. Sure, my mom had me a little old but at least she was able to live her life and then be financially stable enough to have me. >
  
  Because they know in 20 years your kids will never get to have any fun with their grandparents. >
  
  I’m 24. My dad is 64. I’m thankful my parents waited to have me in a very stable part in their lives and I will forever be thankful for that kind of security.
  He’s older? Yeah. Who gives a fuck tho. He’s doing great. >
  
  I remember back in elementary school, everyone else's parents were like 25-30 and mine were 50+ and I got joshed on because "haha your parents are gonna die sooner than mine" but other than that nobody has ever had an actual problem. >
  
  Women are often infertile at the age of 40 and risks of complications increase drastically >
  
  I'm 16 and my parents are 61 and 63. Albeit I have a lot of siblings >
  
  Well ... it's a lot more problematic to have a child too young than later in life. Seeing as most western couples only have 1-2 children it's only reasonable to have kids later in life. You probably have a more stable economic situation, you are probably more stable in general and most importantly, you got a kid by the plan, not by accident. >
  
  It’s not weird, it’s just going to be hard on you as they age. >
  
  Your case isn’t strange at all? Odd people made you feel that way. However, I do think it’s just strange for (men specifically considering women can really bear children after late 40s) to be 80 with teen children. They don’t have the energy to be involved, active parents let alone mentally there. My grandfather (passed at 81, would have been 83) has a daughter that’s 24. He was not as present in her life when she was an infant (59 at the time) as my father (32 at the time) was when I was born. >
  
  Heck, my folks  had 3 of us by the time they were 21 & 23. Didn't have ours 'til I we were 30/33. Too much fun to be had & wanted to actually own our home & have $$ socked away. I don't think the kid (24) thinks we're old and out of touch. >
  
  I was raised by my grandparents who were both 41 when I was born. I didn’t learn they weren’t actually my parents until I was going into my teens. One of my sisters is my birth mother. >
  
  I'm 33 and my dad is 79, and my mum is 59. It's more awkward trying to explain why my mum js so young than dad being so old. >
  
  I feel its the same with younger parents, it's like we can never win. My mom had me at 18 she was the most amazing mom, she had my sister at 30 was a garbage mom to her. I've been raising her since she was 3m except when I moved out and then 4years later she couldn't take it anymore and for the last 4years she's lived with me. Graduating soon with amazing grades. It all depends on the person >
  
  Somewhere in the world there’s kids with older parents making fun of other kids with younger parents. The only thing that is universal
  is that kids are often stupid assholes. None of it matters.
  The world seems small but grows a lot bigger when you get older. >
  
  I've never had someone say anything at all and honestly it would be rude to do so. We had kids when I was 37 and almost 40. And it's way more common now. >
  
  My parents were 44 and 56 when they had me, my dad died at 69 when I was 14. He missed out on alot and my paternal grandparents died before I was born so I never got to meet them. For the reason I've always planned to have kids whilst I'm still in my 20s. >
  
  I was 6 days shy of 39 when I had my daughter.  Shes now going to be 16 next month I will be 55.  I used to worry every day that sonething would happen to me abd I couldnt be a happy jealthy parent that she needs. Then something tells ne to let go of my fears because fears bring a person down.. just live life and cherish every moment. >
  
  That's such a weird thing for a kid to care about. I didn't even know how old my friends' parents were. I assume they were about the same age as mine, but they could have been 15 years younger or older and I probably wouldn't have noticed. >
  
  My dad is 60, my mum is 44, my sister is 19 and I’m 16 lol >
  
  My dad was 43 and my mom was 37 when they had me. I knew they were older but none of my friends noticed. Now everyone thinks they are for  my grandparents because they are in their mid 70s and I still get carded at 34. I think I learned a lot from them because they were so wise when they had me. I love that I’m directly connected to such a distant generation. I grew up on cinema, tv, and music from the 40s and 50s and I think that’s really cool. >
  
  I had the opposite experience. My mum was young (not really young but early 20s) when she had me so if anything people were surprised that my mum was so young compared to their parents. >
  
  My mom is almost 80 and I'm 30 >
  
  My father is 89 and I'm 19 I have an older brother who's 22 >
  
  I’m glad that most people commenting didn’t seem to have an issue with it but honestly, the 44 year age difference was a huge deal and created a large divide for me. Felt like I was the one who had to constantly take care of things or do active stuff, as my parents were always “too old” to do anything I wanted to do. 
  My parents, unfortunately, know that I absolutely hate that they had me this late. 
  I’m the youngest grandkid on my dad’s side of the family by a lot, so I’m not able to relate to pretty much any situation or story told as I wasn’t even born yet, not to mention it’d be a couple of years before I’d be able to remember any of those stories. I’m out of touch with my mom’s side due to alternative issues. Because of this age gap, I don’t have cousins. I don’t really feel like they’re family at all. My parents don’t recognize this, unfortunately. 
  It’s definitely not weird to have parents significantly older than you, but for me, it made it impossible to connect with the people I’m literally related to. Everyone has their own families now, and I never got to know them before that. >
  
  My parents are 70 and I’m 24 >
  
  My mom is 65, my dad is 75 and I’m 29 lol >
  
  I've got a big age gap with my youngest brother. My parents were 24 for me and 40 for him. 
  We grew up in very different environments. My parent's relationship was rocky (my mum has mental health issues) and I grew up with them fighting. I was born during a recession so we didn't have a house. We moved a lot (renting) and lived with my grandparents. I was an only child for 5 years. My mum worked full time so my grandparents looked after me most days and I only saw my dad on the weekends because he worked a four hour drive away from where we lived and stayed with his mum during the week.
  My brother was born when we had a house and both my parents had jobs. He has four older siblings. My parents are a lot more settled with themselves and they are far more experienced. His childhood is completely different to how mine was. My mum only works two days a week now and my dad works a five minute drive away from the house. The only day my grandparents mind him is on a Thursday.
  Older parents doesn't necessarily mean bad. My parents were not ready for kids when I was born. >
  
  Same here!!! I’m 19 and my dad is 59. My parents just happened to have kids later in life >
  
  You aren’t an outlier. My parents had me at 58. It’s a problem with their generation not ours. >
  
  People are shitty and stupid, that seems like the best explanation for why people would josh on someone for most reasons really. >
  
  My mom had me at 41. My dad was the same age! Everyone thought they were my grandparents. >
  
  My mom is 53. My dad is 70. I’m 23. I got asked if my parents were my grandpa my growing up. The age difference never interferes with my relationship with my parents but I’ve always been embarrassed my it. >
  
  In some cases its because a good natured ribbing is good for you. In some because their jack asses. You didn't exactly have any say in how old your parents would be when they decided to have a kid. >
  
  I’m 50, wife is 48.  Our youngest is 12. >
  
  I was the same where my adopted mom was about 40 years older than me. 
  It sucked taking care of her failing health in high school and having her pass away when I was 21.  I would have rather had a younger mom that I could have shared my adulthood with and would have been grown enough to where I could have better taken care of her during her last few years. >
  
  Having kids at 40 is super unusual, so yeah, you're kinda the weird one. >
  
  Maybe in your hick town it is >
  
  
  hick town
  
  Bro I live one of the 20 largest metros in the country, and I grew up outside of Boston. >
  
  I have both a 30 year old sister and an 11 year old brother, my mom is 51. >
  
  I’m 21 and my dads already 62 and my moms 59ish. They are actually in really good health but should walk more though and dad needs to get out of the workforce once and for all. Mom needs to find a hobby outside of US. >
  
  I had a chuckle when at 3 am in the parents break room of the NICU a young new mom that had her preemie in the room next to my son and who was seeing me every night there said that it was great to see grandparents so involved. I was 45. >
  
  Not weird. It is also not weird to have a 60 year old parent at 20, and also have a 40 year old sibling too. >
  
  I actually have the exact same age gap with my parents. It allowed my mom to be a full time SAHM and assist me with my school work because they saved up enough before I was born to do so. >
  
  Nope, not weird. My paternal grandfather was born in 1901. Dad was born in 1942. I was born in 1980. Later-in-life babies happen. 
  Granted, I lost both my parents in their early 70s, which sucked for me as a caretaker, but I’m so grateful for the parents I had, even if I didn’t get to have them as long as I would’ve liked. They were awesome, loved me unconditionally, supported me 100%. Miss them every day. >
  
  Im 17 and my dad is 64, I do have a 24 yo sis >
  
  Yeah I got older parents. Doesn’t bother me one bit. The only thing that annoys me tho, is knowing I don’t get much time with them as others do. >
  
  lol who cares?
  What difference does it make that your parent is a bit older?  Don’t be bothered with that there’s nothing weird about that at all. >
  
  It's okay, I'm 14 with a 60yo father >
  
  Having a mom 40 years older than you is uncommon. Childbirth and pregnancy in the late 30’s or later often have a lot of complications.
  I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone get shit for it before though. And most people around where I live have parents 25-35 years older than them. I wouldn’t say them and their parents are learning the same life lessons. >
  
  My mother is 45 years older than me and my dad is 46 older than me. Biggest difference I seen so far. >
  
  No one knows when there mortality is! >
  
  It's a bit unusual. You have older parents >
  
  100% agree, I’m also 20 and my dad is 60. I think it’s better that my parents had the chance to be more grown up and financially secure before I was born >
  
  We had our first son at 34, and our second at 38. So we’ll be 60 when they are 26 and 22 respectively. No one knows when they’ll die, and it’s meant that we’ve been able to have careers, get a house… it also means we have enough life experience that hopefully we can pass on some nuggets of wisdom to our kids. >
  
  Sorry it is weird >
  
  No, you’re intolerant of other peoples life choices. >
  
  I swear all my friends at school were born to 16-25 year old parents. My parents had me at 35 & 42 and people were always surprised at their age. The thing is I am the youngest child and my oldest brother is 11 years older than me. Most of my peers had siblings very close in age or usually younger. It's then not rocket science that my parents are older. >
  
  My dad will be 70 when my youngest sister is in her last year of high school - he had me (oldest) at 43 and I’ve gotten only a couple of comments or people laughing/thinking how weird it is as well as random people assuming he’s my grandpa (which has happened since I can remember lol) but I really enjoy it! He’s retired and it’s a fun time lol >
  
  I’m in my 20s, parents in my 60s too…but…tbh I’ve only ever been given a surprised or joking comment about how “old” they are compared to others in our age bracket when they haven’t actually seen or met my parents. Not gonna lie, as a parent myself already, I would never regret having my daughter when I did because she’s one of a kind and makes my heart melt, but….😅I do have mad respect for my parents doing things in their own timeline and being able to keep up and still look so young for their age. I have no clue how they did it. 
  I mean, to be able to have that extra time to prepare and still enjoy just being a couple first with the kind of freedom that entails and then after waiting on kids to have the energy to still be super involved and active parents, and they still look 15+ years younger than they are??? Wow. I am a little jealous and amazed. I have one toddler and I worry about having enough energy to give her a sibling one day. Like. I feel like I got hit by a Mack truck and look like I haven’t slept in 2 years (not too far off, either)😂 
  Anywho, I guess because of the way things are, I can really have nothing but respect and admiration for how my parents chose to do things and how well they’ve held up. I envy them in a way and anyone else who’s able to do the same. This should be the dream, not something to make fun of >
  
  To me it’s weird when I meet someone who is in their sixties and already has great-grandchildren. My great-grandparents were already dead before I was born, so not only knowing them, but having them be relatively young and still active in your life seems weird to me >
  
  The only thing weird thing  is that you'll be grieving a lot earlier than everyone else. >
  
  so true. i don’t get it. i’m in the same situation as you. i would get so embarrassed about it when i was younger but have learned to value and appreciate my parents and the wisdom they possess now. they are amazing parents and maybe that has a bit to do with their age and life experience.  i just don’t get the logic behind it. >
  
  Agreed. I’m 23 and my dad is 66. I’m not at the age where others are having kids and can’t even imagine having one right now >
  
  My parents are my best mates, I’ve started to think about what that will mean when they’re old, I’m 26 and my parents are 58, if im still as close to them when they die it’ll rip me apart. >
  
  My mother is 63 while I'm 23 <3 >
  
  It's not as unusual as some people think. I'm 30. My dad will be 70 next year. I'm the youngest of three. I think my dad was 28 when he met my mom, who was 25. They were both career focused, and finished their education prior to thinking about marriage. Even after marriage, they didn't have kids for another five years. >
  
  I don't see the issue
  You should live your life first & learn important lessons before you have a child, so you can teach that child better.
  Retirement is then your reward for raising that child to adulthood.
  I'd rather be raised by parents who are 40 years older than me than by those that are only 20 years older & are still learning themselves >
  
  No, but you dodged a genetic fuck up tho >
  
  I had a 40 yr difference, and similar with my child. So >75 years from child to grandparent. They had great relationship. No nursing home, very long life, healthy lifestyle. 
  My parents didn’t socialize with my friends’ parents (or I didn’t paid attention) and I have my own friends outside the circle of my children’s friends’ parents. 
  And recent trends, younger parents are having the grandparents raising the kids. No judgement, happening in my tight family circle. >
  
  My mom had me at 42 my dad was 47. I lost my dad when I was 15. My mom is now 89 and still going strong. I had my son at 21. I don't really see any difference in the age thing. >
  
  Same with grandparents. I never could understand people who actually worked alongside a grandparent for a few years. My dad's parents didn't start a family until they were 35. Mom is the youngest of 5. Aren't all grandparents old, slowed-down people close to 80? >
  
  Why would someone consider this weird? I swear to God, people will trigger on anything.
  I'm 26, my dad is 59 atm and I'm the oldest one, my youngest sibiling is 12 rn, it is kind obvious that she wasn't planned, but what can you do. >
  
  23 and my parents are currently 48 and 50. They were around 24 and 26 when they had me. >
  
  My mother had me at 48. Try having a 68-year-old mother at 20. >
  
  They don't and I say this as someone who's dad was 43 when I was born... >
  
  My dad is 31.5 years older than me and my mom is 28 years older than me. >
  
  My mine was almost 40 with me and 41 with my brother >
  
  I’m 22 and both my parents are in their early 60s but people tend to say they look 10 years younger. >
  
  I was 52 when I became father first time >
  
  No, you're not. It just takes some getting used to. My kids best friends all have parents that are the same age as my parents. My first parent orientation for kindergarten, there was one mom there that was my age and the rest of the class had parents around my parents age. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the area you live in too. Either side of it you're on, it seems a bit odd when you first notice it. >
  
  If your mom had you at age 40 then you most certainly are the weird one.  Or you were an accident lmao. >
  
  A friend had her IVF baby, after multiple miscarriages, who was very much wanted and planned for. My friend was in her early 40s.
  Nothing weird about it. >
  
  Nothing typical about it.  
  It's a good thing, but a weird thing too. >
  
  Since when it’s been considered weird? I’m 22, and my dad is 61 and my mom is 59 >
  
  Because having kids at 40 is a little ridiculous and that's excluding the medical implications of having  a kid that old. If you have a kid at 40 there is a good chance you won't even meet your grandchildren. 
  This definitely seems to be more of an American thing. This is very uncommon in Australia. >
  
  What business is it of yours? >
  
  Well my tax money will be paying for the kids disability funding when it comes out all messed up because it was made using 45 year old egg. >
  
  And other people's tax money was wasted on your education. Vile response.