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Originally Posted by missourimary
I would prefer to adopt a school aged child. Not ever being married isn't for me either (any more than not having children late), but some things we don't have a choice in. For a long time, I was told to wait, that the right man would come along. I did, he didn't. I'd be in my 50s when a child graduated, but that is really not so uncommon anymore. Not having a child at all would be much sadder for me than adopting one later in life. Ideally I would have liked to marry in my early or mid 20s and had two kids by 30. Didn't happen. Oh, well. My sister is supportive of the idea, which helps, and my family's general life expectancy is around 90-100, so I'll still have quite a few "good years" after a child grows up, even now. And I'm more stable and mature now than I would have been then. I've also experienced many things in my 20s and 30s that most people have to wait to experience in their 50s, after the kids graduate. It pretty much all balances out, eventually.
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wish you all the best in adopting. If you are planning on doing this oversees, I hope that you are saving for this as it is not cheap. I am glad you have family that is supportive, my sister had her family in support. Another sister of mine is the self appointed second mom to our children, as I've raised mine alone for 7 years now.
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