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Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by Shard
(Post 11861220)
* In the 19th century.
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Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by not2old
(Post 11861184)
You think too much JS
as many have posted, they are Grandparents, even great grandparents before they reach 65 Its quite common, or so it used to be over the pond that a girl would have her first baby at 16, that child having her first child at ~18, in turn the child of the child having one at 17, the child of a child of a child having her one at 16 If the maths are right on this one.... Adding up Mother 16 (first baby) Mothers child 18 (grandparent) Mothers, mothers child 17 (great grandparent) Mothers, mothers, mothers, mothers (is now a great, great grandparent) 16 The First mother is now a great great grandmother & she is only 67. Will she still be alive to see her great, great, great grandchild? :eek: |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Yes, of course, it's possible, but the average age of pregnancy these days is 30, so young grandmothers are increasingly rare.
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Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by not2old
(Post 11861184)
You think too much JS
as many have posted, they are Grandparents, even great grandparents before they reach 65 Its quite common, or so it used to be over the pond that a girl would have her first baby at 16, that child having her first child at ~18, in turn the child of the child having one at 17, the child of a child of a child having her one at 16 If the maths are right on this one.... Adding up Mother 16 (first baby) Mothers child 18 (grandparent) Mothers, mothers child 17 (great grandparent) Mothers, mothers, mothers, mothers (is now a great, great grandparent) 16 The First mother is now a great great grandmother & she is only 67. Will she still be alive to see her great, great, great grandchild?
Originally Posted by Shard
(Post 11861372)
Yes, of course, it's possible, but the average age of pregnancy these days is 30, so young grandmothers are increasingly rare.
*according to stats Canada. |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 11861368)
I have a friend in the UK who was a grandmother at 34, so it still happens!
:eek: My elder sister was 16 years old in 1953 when she had her daughter. From that.....
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 11861558)
Overall average for Canada for first time mothers is 28.5, BC is the highest at 29.5 *according to stats Canada. Maybe stats Canada is looking at home grown folks? |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by not2old
(Post 11861560)
My nice was one of them also - that is why I made the post that I did
some of the immigrants coming in are already grandparents at age 35.... I kid you not. Maybe stats Canada is looking at home grown folks? |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 11861558)
Overall average for Canada for first time mothers is 28.5, BC is the highest at 29.5
*according to stats Canada. I've been noticing this trend on Facebook too, but it comes in different waves. First of all there are the people that married their long term high school bf/gfs in their early twenties. Most have 2/3 kids already. After that you have people that met during university, and have since got married. Then you have people that studied further or who were clearly super into their careers, who are just now getting married. Mix that together with separations from any of the above categories and it's actually really difficult to compare yourself with anybody else... Is it bad that I'm not married yet, or is it good that I'm not already divorced once? Oh well, if it happens, it will happen. |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by KuroKuro
(Post 11861863)
I've been noticing this trend on Facebook too, but it comes in different waves. First of all there are the people that married their long term high school bf/gfs in their early twenties. Most have 2/3 kids already. After that you have people that met during university, and have since got married. Then you have people that studied further or who were clearly super into their careers, who are just now getting married. Mix that together with separations from any of the above categories Since I turned 30 I've noticed a lot of things I didn't before. |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by KuroKuro
(Post 11861863)
Oops, I'll hit 30 in Nov, so I better get cracking!
I've been noticing this trend on Facebook too, but it comes in different waves. First of all there are the people that married their long term high school bf/gfs in their early twenties. Most have 2/3 kids already. After that you have people that met during university, and have since got married. Then you have people that studied further or who were clearly super into their careers, who are just now getting married. Mix that together with separations from any of the above categories and it's actually really difficult to compare yourself with anybody else... Is it bad that I'm not married yet, or is it good that I'm not already divorced once? Oh well, if it happens, it will happen. |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by beckiwoo
(Post 11861876)
And mix in the people that are over 30 and have still not settled down...
Since I turned 30 I've noticed a lot of things I didn't before. |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
By the time you're in your early 60's and you start getting the senior's discount on tuesdays you realise you've already been there, done that, there are piles of t-shirts to prove it. I've already outlived many of my friends and almost all of my enemies but continue to make new friends and in some cases re-discover the old ones. At some point you realize you aren't making and aren't part of any plans that take 25 or 30 years, then you probably realise you shouldn't take out any long term magazine subscriptions then finally you don't buy any green bananas. I remember when my little old German granny went to a tree nursery in Oliver to buy a walnut tree and the clerk asked her, "Are you sure? It can take 10 to 14 years before you get a crop of walnuts, do you think you'll be around to eat them?" Grandma spoke German and enough English to get by but only swore in Russian, only one phrase and only in extreme circumstances and that young man almost got it. "Just sell me the tree." Twenty years later she was asking me if there was some way she could get rid of the squirrels that were eating all her walnuts without shooting them. I suppose the moral of the story is don't under estimate little old ladies.
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Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
True cant compare one self too much with others.
As I approach my 40s in the next couplw of years, I just think more about the future and how quite possibly could be out of this world in less than 30 years. Men on my dads side dont tend to live long lives and my grandfather died at 63, and my 30s hasnt been kind to me health wise so just really gets me thinking. I seem to have inheritied many bad health genes from both sides of the family so not sure longevity is in the cards but who knows. Never know how long you have. I think that is one reason why I get very impatient to get certain things like a house. Age in numbers I may not be old, but my body tells me otherwise.... For instance I am up at 3am nearly with horrible stomach pains, one of several things my body does to cause discomfort. Pain stems from the hiatal hernia that I have so its not an unknown cause. |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 11861992)
By the time you're in your early 60's and you start getting the senior's discount on tuesdays you realise you've already been there, done that, there are piles of t-shirts to prove it.
I suppose the moral of the story is don't under estimate little old ladies.
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 11862026)
As I approach my 40s in the next couplw of years, I just think more about the future and how quite possibly could be out of this world in less than 30 years. JS, if you believe that you have less than 20 or 30 years to live - then you either get on with it, living life to the fullest in the best possible way that you can, or brood, worry just about everything... waiting for the final demise to get you. I'm 69 & plan on living healthy to 100. I may not get there, but you know what I'm going to give it my best shot 'come hell or high water' The bucket list is not yet half completed - time to look at buying a pair of walnut trees |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by not2old
(Post 11862069)
I'm 69 & plan on living healthy to 100. I may not get there, but you know what I'm going to give it my best shot 'come hell or high water'
The bucket list is not yet half completed - time to look at buying a pair of walnut trees |
Re: When in your 30's and you realize......
Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 11862086)
:thumbsup: They say the best way is to live until you're 99 then be really damned careful for a year. When a friend's grandpa turned 100 the Leader Post did a half page story on him, and they asked how he lived to 100. He said he did it by not smoking and drinking. We were reading this in the coffee shop and his grandson said "Let me see that!" He threw the paper back and said "Bull####, I saw him smoking and drinking at the party." :drinkingwine:
Just to add, that being a hoarder will shorten your life IMO. Refresh & fresh, drink, smoke, do whatever in moderation that makes you happy. Keep as far away as you can from the negative outlook on life folks |
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