Why is 27 too young to have a baby?

Wolves said:

Recently I made a random comment about babies to a work colleague who responded with "You're so young though, you have years ahead of you before you will start trying to a baby!"

I've also had people tell me that I am very young to be married.

And it seems that increasingly it is a very common opinion that 27, my age, is way too young to be married or have a baby. (This seems to be the dominant opinion where I live anyway). My husband is 26, a year younger than me, and people often think he is also too young.

It really upsets me because I love my husband, who I have been with for 8 years and married for 1.5, and because lately I've been thinking a lot about maybe starting a family as it's something I really want and feel like bringing another soul into this world to love and nurture is the next step in our relationship. I definitely feel ready, we are very emotionally and financially stable. But then people tell me that we are too young and it makes me second guess myself.

How can I not care what other people think? Why do they feel 27 is too young to be married and/or to have a baby? Is there any validity to this widespread societal opinion and maybe should I reconsider my motives at this age? Would I regret having a child at this age?

It's kind-of a downer when people judge you based on your age

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Wolves said:

Recently I made a random comment about babies to a work colleague who responded with "You're so young though, you have years ahead of you before you will start trying to a baby!"

I've also had people tell me that I am very young to be married.

And it seems that increasingly it is a very common opinion that 27, my age, is way too young to be married or have a baby. (This seems to be the dominant opinion where I live anyway). My husband is 26, a year younger than me, and people often think he is also too young.

It really upsets me because I love my husband, who I have been with for 8 years and married for 1.5, and because lately I've been thinking a lot about maybe starting a family as it's something I really want and feel like bringing another soul into this world to love and nurture is the next step in our relationship. I definitely feel ready, we are very emotionally and financially stable. But then people tell me that we are too young and it makes me second guess myself.

How can I not care what other people think? Why do they feel 27 is too young to be married and/or to have a baby? Is there any validity to this widespread societal opinion and maybe should I reconsider my motives at this age? Would I regret having a child at this age?

It's kind-of a downer when people judge you based on your age

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Wolves said:

And it seems that increasingly it is a very common opinion that 27, my age, is way too young to be married or have a baby.

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