As Gen-X, I can confirm that 30 is far more traumatic than 40.
I totally agree.
When turning 40, I had much to much going on (family stuff really taking up speed, buying own flat,…) that I didn’t give a shit.
30 on the other hand, with me still without a long-term partnership and just continuing living my old student bachelor’s life, felt like a huge thing, triggering profound eleventh-hour-panic.
I think that the dates have shifted as typical family foundation has moved from the late teens or early twenties to around 30.
This also means that 50 might be the new 40 (A fact that I can confirm by now), marking a new phase in life as 40 maybe did in former times.
I remember seeing a research thing showing that mid to late 20s was the average time people started to get married. But keep in mind, that’s average. And as soon as you’re any flavor of queer or there’s conflict near you (like war) throw those numbers out the window.
Yes, especially wars also tend to seriously disturb family planning.
My grandparents all were around 30 on my fathers side and even older on my mothers side when they became parents.
Reason for that: WWII happened…
Before and after the wars, numbers were significantly different.
My mother was nineteen when I was born in the mid 70s. But that also was around the time when that started to change in our country, triggered by the more widespread availability of contraceptives and an increase of women’s education level.
I totally agree.
When turning 40, I had much to much going on (family stuff really taking up speed, buying own flat,…) that I didn’t give a shit.
30 on the other hand, with me still without a long-term partnership and just continuing living my old student bachelor’s life, felt like a huge thing, triggering profound eleventh-hour-panic.
I think that the dates have shifted as typical family foundation has moved from the late teens or early twenties to around 30.
This also means that 50 might be the new 40 (A fact that I can confirm by now), marking a new phase in life as 40 maybe did in former times.
I remember seeing a research thing showing that mid to late 20s was the average time people started to get married. But keep in mind, that’s average. And as soon as you’re any flavor of queer or there’s conflict near you (like war) throw those numbers out the window.
Yes, especially wars also tend to seriously disturb family planning.
My grandparents all were around 30 on my fathers side and even older on my mothers side when they became parents.
Reason for that: WWII happened…
Before and after the wars, numbers were significantly different. My mother was nineteen when I was born in the mid 70s. But that also was around the time when that started to change in our country, triggered by the more widespread availability of contraceptives and an increase of women’s education level.