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I'm sure you have a job that's higher than median income because most of us here do. So you are expected to have a life partner AND save up enough for a long v

I'm sure you have a job that's higher than median income because most of us here do. So you are expected to have a life partner AND save up enough for a long vacation all before you are 30. That's a ton of pressure to put on young person. Delaying childbearing has quite a bit of disadvantages but also its advantages. Even young people can't snap their fingers and instantly have a healthy pregnancy. That's not how pregnancy works.

replicatorblog 11y ago
As a person who started a family later in life (33), I agree with the OP that starting sooner would be good for more people. I wish I had. Yes it's hard to find a life mate, but many generations did it before us. The challenge is what policy levers are there to make it workable? My pet peeve is housing cost. In the Valley, NYC, and Boston, housing is so expensive that you need a career that can pay large salaries. Places like Austin, this is much less of a problem. Also, I think it would be smart for a more frank discussion about the challenges of delayed parenthood. It's great that Facebook is paying for egg-freezing, but IVF is still super risky, financially impactful, stressful in its own right, and very uncomfortable.