where are you in your family cycle?

[kimmee]

We have so many different ages and stages here - and I know alot of you know each other fairly will so this may be redundant - but - humor me!!

I am 41, I have three in elementary and middle school. Oldest 12, Youngest 9. I am divorced for four years now (was married for 11 years). Bruce,  my  boyfriend,  is 43 and is a grandfather seven times now, but his kids don't care to see him so I am not living the Grandma life yet. I'll just have to wait for Aimee (and that better be about 20 years!!!)

I think its interesting that though some of us are the same ages we got later starts, or are just basically living at different stages in our lives so I was interested to here where you all were...

[doodlebug]

Dh and I are both 40, been married 20 years. We have one dd who is 15 and we homeschool.

[PurpleButterfly]

I'm 36, hubby 37, Married 10 yrs, DS 9, DD 5, They both attend public schools.

[Missy]

I am 28. Married for 6 yrs, two kids a girl and a boy. Homeschooling DS who is 4 (dd is 2). Been with my hubby over 13 years.

[KKCondrey]

Married for a little over 2 years. We are both 28 (he was in Jan. and I was in August). We have 2 cats Speck who is 5 and Rocky who is 4, along with a very spoiled bassett hound, Speedy, who is also 4. We are also expecting our first child early next year.

[Lori Biever-Launder]

I am 43, DH is too. We have been married since 1981 and have two DSs--Andrew, 12 and Robby, 11. Both attend public schools.

[Julia Kimber]

I'm 54 (55 next month) and dh is 59. We've been married for 33 years next week! We have one son of 30.

Julia

[SewCrafty]

I'm 44, hubby is 61, been married 17 years and together for 24. No human babies but we have 11 furballs and fostering a little one now for a dear friend.

[dz_blonde_girl]

I'm 41, married for 3 years, probably won't make 4, and have 3 kids, ds#1 is 12 (next week), dd is 2 and ds#2 is 16 months.

[gkp1031]

I'm 29 (the BIG 30 next month!), Mike is 38, we've been together for 11 1/2 years,engaged for almost 4 years. No wedding date set yet, no kids, 4 cats and 1 dog!

[Michelle]

We're both 34, have 2 girls, ages 7 and 4 (almost 5!). We have one 9 yr old cat and are getting a kitten next month from a sweet friend

[sunshine]

We're both 43 (I'm 3 months older than he is), been married 22 1/2 years. We have 3 kids- Jacob is 20 and owns his own place, Doug is 17, a senior in HS and already enlisted in the Marines, he leaves next June for boot camp. And Deana is 15, a Freshman in HS.

Dh has ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), and he's already outlived his prognosis by YEARS.

I'm an RN in critical care at a large teaching hospital.

Both dh's parents and my parent's health is poor. Neither set of parents planned very well for their retirement (dh's parents are in the midst of filing bankruptcy for the second time) so we help out with physical help, financial help, travel help and lots of emotional help.

I keep my 2 yo greatnephew on my days off work to help my nephew and his wife with day care expenses.

[Dixie]

I'm 44, dh is 47. We're the parents of four dsons, ages 16-26. I also have 2 ddils and 2 grandchildren, a boy age 22 mos. and a girl, age 2 mos. I keep them while their parents work. I work a few hours a week, in the evenings.

[Darlene]

I'm almost 44, dh is 55 and we've been married 20 years in November.
Our dd is 19 and ds 18 a week from today.

[pita1213]

dh just turned 30, i'll be 29 in december. we've been together since late 92 and have been married 7 years. wehave 2 kids, ds is 8, 9 next month, and dd is 6. they both go to public schools for now.
we also have 1 dog, a beagle, who is 2 years old.

i have 2 nephews, dh's sister had a baby last february, and my sister has a golden retriver named skyy.