[quote=poorgradstudent][quote=AN]That’s when women are most fertile. So, scientifically, it’s not young at all. Getting married at 30+ is old, which is why a lot of people 30+ are having a hard time conceiving.[/quote]
Most women are still quite fertile throughout their 20s and into their early 30s. Even 35-39 the monthly fertility rate is still 10%, although the risks of chromosomal defects do rise.
So, “scientifically”, there aren’t major disadvantages to starting a family at 29 compared to 22 unless you really want 4+ children. There’s actually a lot of good evidence that a later start to having kids provides a lot of advantages to those children, although of course correlation is not necessarily causation.[/quote]
You marry when you find the right person to marry. You know, love… compatibility… right place/right time. Not because you’ve reached a certain age.
For me it was later. I married at 38, popped out the first kid at 39, and the second at 41. Neither has any chromosonal defects. Though they both have mastered being annoying.
And back to the OP topic… I’m at the tippy tail end of the boomers. My husband is a full blown boomer. Something my husband and I had in common – we both had to come up with 20% downpayment before we bought… so it was late 20’s for us (separately) before we bought homes. Most of our friends who were buying were in the same boat – not buying till late 20’s or early 30’s.
The downpayment requirements that used to be more common delayed me and my friends from buying sooner.
