Big age gaps

[gtidriver]

Im 38 and my lad is 7.Im the youngest parent in his class,which is unusual.

[briang9]

Quhet said:

I'm 25 and my dad's 68, that is a reasonably large gap

I'm 58 and youngest son is 15

[Tunku]

I'm 54 and I'm going to be a grandfather for the first time to my 25 year old daughter's first child due at the beginning of April 2015.

[gtidriver]

Im 38 and my lad is 7.Im the youngest parent in his class,which is unusual.

[Sheets Tabuer]

I'm 42, my daughter is 4 months.

[oldcynic]

gtidriver said:

Im 38 and my lad is 7.Im the youngest parent in his class,which is unusual.

gtidriver said:

Im 38 and my lad is 7.Im the youngest parent in his class,which is unusual.

There's two of you in that position in this thread, so maybe not so unusual!

I think couples are having children later in life for many reasons, and it's also more popular to 'start again' in a second marriage - I'm 46 with children aged 5 & 7 and step-children aged 15, 16 and 18. I certainly don't feel old when I pick up from primary school or attend events there, and I'm pretty sure that it's mostly parents rather than grandparents picking up.

[Zedboy1200]

My 5 wonderful kids from my marriage are 25-8..... And my girlfriend's baby is 12 weeks. All the kids get on fabulously, and all their friends get on so well with us too, ......and I still feel in my 30's.... No problemo. I am under fifty tho (just!).

For those thinking it, it's an emphatic "yes", I have stopped reproducing now!

[LJTS]

I'm 46 & my Daughter has just turned one years old

Hopefully I'll get to see her grow up & one day I'll be a Grandparent

I have no regrets starting a family later in life, the time felt right

[Ade07]

I'm 51 and my son was born 10 days ago.

[clarkey540i]

My Dad is on his 3rd marriage and has 2 year old twins at age 62! I am his oldest at 24, which was still quite late to have kids back then.

[80quattro]

My old man was born in 1939, I was born in 1974. When I was a kid, I always seemed to have oldest Dad out of my peers - he was 35 when I was born. I was always keen to have kids at a younger age, and we have a son born when I was 29, our second when I was 30.

I'm lucky that 80quattro Snr. is still with us and has a close relationship with his grandkids, something that I never had.

[R2T2]

briang9 said:

Quhet said:

I'm 25 and my dad's 68, that is a reasonably large gap

I'm 58 and youngest son is 15

I'm 20 and my dad 47 when I was born..