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Anthony's avatar

I liked this. At age 30, I am expecting my first child. Own my home with my wife (28). Working to build a family business. And I just roll my eyes at a lot of my friends and peers living it up at Burning Man for the 5th year in a row or bar hopping still. Yet they think we’re the lame ones lol.

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Brian Katz's avatar

Good for you !

I have some friends who kids behave as you speak.

By the time they are 30, they are light years behind economically, never to catch up.

Keep up the great work.

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JMF's avatar

And when you get older you will have a nice loving family to be a part of. I know too many people who focused on career, money, freedom to “be me” and now they are in their late 30s, 40s and think they can just flick a switch and find the right person. Doesn’t work that way.

Anyway, good for you Anthony. You have it right. Wish you and your family the absolute best!

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Lee Morris's avatar

You are obviously not the lame one, Anthony. But neither, necessarily are they. If someone finds a mate at the age of forty or fifty, has a child, buys a house at that time and starts to look at life differently - all of which occurred after years of doing the opposite of you - that doesn't mean it's any less valid. I did it that way. And in many cases I saw friends who married in their twenties divorce in acrimony years later, divide their assets in pain and lose time with their kids.

Doing it young does not make it any better. You make the move when you're ready for the consequences, when your awareness of all that the decision entails means you'll get it right.

Maybe it takes a few years of Burning Man or hiking in Europe or having numerous relationships to get there for some of us..

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Anthony's avatar

Agreed! My life has way more joy now than it ever did living that lifestyle. Thanks!

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