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Hello,
I am 29 years old, never married (but in a LTR), no kids. Recently I went on a splurge of Faceook friend add-- adding lots of old high school classmates, both from my class and 3+/- above and below. We were a fairly small school. It was a very weird feeling to see several of my classmates married, with children. It just made me feel..behind. I don't feel ready to have children right now. I would like to get settled with a house, and to move into a higher paying position at work. I also work nights. I work for the airline industry, so right now, the gf and I love to travel. We are able to travel at a very discounted rate. We were planning to get as much travel in as we can while we're young, and then settle down.
Any good suggestions? Has this happened to you? I know that being married and having children isn't everything, and obviously they have their own stressors, but it still makes me feel behind. Besides delete Facebook!
It also may be worth noting that I am ~ 2,000 miles away from many of these people. 50% stayed in the state, and the others have moved elsewhere. Regardless, no change of bumping into anyone.
Last edited by leadingedge04; 03-13-2016 at 12:57 AM..
Also, "never compare your bloopers to someone else's highlight reel."
Yes, I spent a few hours looking at old friends (adding them, and then finding friends of friends that I also went to school with) and saw that a lot of them now had kids/married etc.
Why are you comparing yourself to anyone? You chose a different path to walk through life. Stay off of facebook, it only causes unnecessary drama, comparision and hysteria.
Where do you live? 29 where I live ( E.U) is considered too young to even marry lol. We are still trying to figure things out! By the way don't compare your life to your boring friends. They probably sell car insurance or something like that lol!
Secure job.
Healthy.
Very young (yes.... you are still very young)
Stable long term relationship that you want to be in.
Flexibility in lifestyle with subsidized travel.
You are actually living the dream, and you don't even realize it. Most of us will wait until retirement to fulfill a dream of travel, and then never do it because we can't afford/die/have medical problems that impede it.
I look at all those people spending all their time posting on facebook, married young and stuck in their home town STILL at the age of 29 and I think....... UGH! Sounds like a nightmare!
And most of my friends who married in their 20's were divorced by their 30's. My friends who married later have done much better....
Hello,
I am 29 years old, never married (but in a LTR), no kids. Recently I went on a splurge of Faceook friend add-- adding lots of old high school classmates, both from my class and 3+/- above and below. We were a fairly small school. It was a very weird feeling to see several of my classmates married, with children. It just made me feel..behind. I don't feel ready to have children right now. I would like to get settled with a house, and to move into a higher paying position at work. I also work nights. I work for the airline industry, so right now, the gf and I love to travel. We are able to travel at a very discounted rate. We were planning to get as much travel in as we can while we're young, and then settle down.
Any good suggestions? Has this happened to you? I know that being married and having children isn't everything, and obviously they have their own stressors, but it still makes me feel behind. Besides delete Facebook!
It also may be worth noting that I am ~ 2,000 miles away from many of these people. 50% stayed in the state, and the others have moved elsewhere. Regardless, no change of bumping into anyone.
I remember feeling that way briefly in my 20s. And we didn't even have FB.
It passes. Don't worry about it, just live at your own pace.
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