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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
I laughed out loud.
I also have two stepsisters, one hase been married twice, the other once, and my stepbrother is older and has never been married. Since I'm going to graduate school and my sisters have kids I am not really pressured much anymore.
This. I find myself being particularly creeped out now that I know people in my age group who are getting divorced already (at 25-30 years old). One girl I know got married at 22 and is in the middle of a divorce right now at age 25. It's sad, yet weird because I thought to myself "aren't we too young for this?"
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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
There's that, but for me it was the realization that babies die or can be very close to death. I've known families where this has happened, but usually there's an underlying factor (drug use, a genetic disorder that should have been recognized) or the mom was told from the beginning that she shouldn't have children. This year, I dealt more with couples who did everything "right" and still the kid died or was very close to it. That scares me a lot.
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I love my nephew, but I'm currently traveling with him and he coughed so much he barfed...I almost puked when he puked. I think my sympathetic gag reflex needs to be worked on before I become a parent. I also was with my baby cousin (my 1st cousin's kid, she's 12) and we talked a lot about cousins who had babies young and that it is hard so she can wait until she finishes college. I like that I'm now the good example and someone to be admired instead of pitied. I'd never be able to pick up and travel domestically or internationally, or live in a tent in Alaska for two months if I had a kid at 20. I'm going to try to get her to come visit me while I still live in a college town so she can get excited for college, and hopefully she'll stay in Girl Scouts.