I got married at 20 and had my first child at 22. I'll likely be a grandparent in my 40s. From a selfish perspective, I was too young to really understand what

I got married at 20 and had my first child at 22. I'll likely be a grandparent in my 40s. From a selfish perspective, I was too young to really understand what I was taking on, and it's been difficult at times. I missed out on many things. Not much of my adult life has been focused solely on my needs. However from a family perspective, it has worked out quite well. I worked some difficult jobs at first but eventually got my degree, started a career, left to cofound a startup, bought a house. Kids are doing well. People think you have to do all that before you have kids, but that's not true. When you're already young, kinda dumb and kinda poor then you can make it work. I'm now 37 and my youngest is 10, so I'm not running around chasing kids anymore. I've got enough energy to help them with school. I like being a young dad now.