by 4D » Jun 3rd, '07, 14:25
I was 21 when I became a dad, and was never really considering being a father, not that it was an accident, because I was very happy in my relationship, so was not bothering with safety, if it happened it happened, and it happened. I wasn't sure, if I'd be a good dad or not, but I gotta say it comes very naturally, well to me it did anyway. You will never ever feel the emotions for anyone else that you do for your kids, it's the warmest feeling there is. I`m constantly hugging and kissing them, it's rediculous. Don't get me wrong there are hard times too, like paying bills and putting food on the table, but having kids isn't that more expensive than being single, the only difference is, you have to hold down your job, you got to be responsible. But our family of 5, live comfortably on one wage, and we never stress out too bad about bills, we're very easy-going like that.
I would say between 23 and 28 is the best time-frame to have kids, because not everyone is like me, and can cope with having kids at 21. And you don't want to be leaving it too late either, because then you're kind of under pressure to meet a person you would have kids with. And complications can come into pregnancies the closer you get to forty.