For men who became fathers in their late 30s or beyond, I’m curious about how that timing shaped your experience. Did waiting help you feel more prepared emotionally or financially? Did it affect your energy, patience, or relationship dynamics in ways you didn’t expect? I’d love to hear how becoming a dad later in life felt for you, whether it was planned or not.
What was it like becoming a dad later in life, and how did it affect your view on timing, career, and personal growth?
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Sure, there’s benefits to becoming a father later in life for you, as it’s easier to handle when a lot of chaos in your life has died away, but you also deprive them of the opportunity to experience these changes consciously with you, and understand where the family came from.
My kids will only remember their parents as fairly boring, old, secure, fat, content, rich people, like that’s always been the case. I now think it would have been great to remember when we didn’t have a car, didn’t have the large house, were hella fit, got drunk with our friends, couldn’t afford things.
We hear a lot of people talk about how their lives are not ready for kids yet, but I think that when you wait until you are where you remember where your parents were, you’re too late.
i can say that becoming a dad completely changed my life…in a positive way. i’m glad that everything happend like that