|
I started young... we had our first child when we were 24 (we hadn't been married quite a year when we found out we were pregnant).
Neither of us had jobs to write home about (I was holding down various part-time and full time jobs and she was working at a dead end job).
Needless to say the pregnancy wasn't planned but it certainly wasn't unwanted either... We reasoned that by the time our child was old enought to move out we would be in our 40s and still quite young (having another baby two years ago put a crimp in those plans, but that's another story).
If I could go back and change things would I change them? I would probably have waited a few years before kids, gotten a better job, saved some money, etc... Done what many of my friends have done.
Do I regret the way things turned out? Not in the slightest. Despite being broke most of the time we still managed to make it work. That's the odd trick of it all... things almost always work out... (and despite what some on this board might say) hard work, sacrifice and determination *will* win out in the long run. My family is living proof of this.
In the end here's what it comes down to... sacrifice when you are young or sacrifice when you are older... Personally I do not and did not want to be a 60 year old with a teenager...
__________________
"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
|