Chris in VA Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I'm 48 and dd is 10. I reallly don't see much difference in my friends--some are in their early 40's, some 50's, a couple 60's--I guess it's that old "gift of oblivion" I have... My df Jane has a 13 year old, and long, lovely gray hair. Her dd often says people think her mom is her grandma. Doesn't bother Jane any. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I'm age 54 here and just sent my last one off to college this year. So technically not homeschooling my own any more, but I'm still working with other kids (keeps me young :)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I thought most of the moms on the board were in their 40s & 50s... lol Me too. :lol: I am 52, I have one dd in college (19) and one in high school (17). I realize that there are moms of all ages here, but I always 'picture' them as my age unless their avatar is obviously younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I am an old lady. My oldest is 28 and my youngest is 11. I have been homeschooling for 15 years and have two grandchildren. I have seen a few women here on the boards, who have almost as many children I do or more, who are the age of my oldest. I had no idea there were so many in my age group though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 :seeya: I'll be 52 this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'll be 49 in just a few weeks. And, yes, I do feel like the "older lady at the party" in my homeschool circle. One dear lady came over tonight to help me with a project, but she has a 6 month old at home so didn't stay too long. 3 others just had babies since Christmas and 2 more are due this summer. Just this past week, I was conversing with some ladies who were talking about the joys and trials of new babies, nursing, homeschooling with toddlers and preschoolers, PMS. They asked how I was doing and I mentioned I had not had a cycle since July. They were horrified. One dared ask, "Just how old are you?":tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'll be 49 in just a few weeks. And, yes, I do feel like the "older lady at the party" in my homeschool circle. One dear lady came over tonight to help me with a project, but she has a 6 month old at home so didn't stay too long. 3 others just had babies since Christmas and 2 more are due this summer. Just this past week, I was conversing with some ladies who were talking about the joys and trials of new babies, nursing, homeschooling with toddlers and preschoolers, PMS. They asked how I was doing and I mentioned I had not had a cycle since July. They were horrified. One dared ask, "Just how old are you?":tongue_smilie: :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: I *LOVE* babies but am SO glad I won't be having anymore, and I can't WAIT to stop having my cycle. I can't wait to be a grandmother. I want to love on a baby and send it home at the end of the day. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm here with 2 teens. I always say I just didn't have the first 5 kids that my friends have. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnTeaching Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm 48 and sneaking up on 50...or is it sneaking up on me???:ohmy: Kids are 12 & 14. Having kids earlier might have been better, but it took kissing a lot of frogs to find my Prince. It was well worth the wait and as someone said earlier, "They keep us young!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I have a 10th grader and a college senior, and I am also teaching a 6th grade family friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I am in my fifties and still going strong. I not only raised three sons to adulthood, I also have grandchildren AND a late in life surprise. My youngest is going to be 12 in May and my oldest grandson is 11. God does have a sense of humor, doesn't He? :lol: Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 next month, i'll be 52.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetBean Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm not 50 yet, but if all goes as planned I'll be homeschooling until I'm 64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Sure, I'm 51. I don't think I saw the age post last year, but there is usually at least one per year. This is the first time I've posted in an over 50 thread, though. My avatar is a photo of my middle dd taken last summer by either my db or my sil, but my previous one was me as a baby, and it definitely looked dated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 53, but really finished with homeschooling. I'm here out of habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I will be 57 in August I have two grown dds - the oldest will be 32 this Thursday (March 10th) - she is a high school physics teacher, she and her dh have two little girls, 7 and 5, and are expecting a baby the end of October. 2nd oldest is 30, married, on hiatus from medical school while she battles chronic lyme disease. My 3 dc I am homeschooling are almost 12 (she turns 12 on 3/28) and boy/girl twins who will be 11 at the end of October. I am not any more tired from homeschooling these three than I was from teaching as a classroom teacher. At least I am spending time with my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajudy Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm 51. Homeschooling 20 years, graduated 3 so far.My oldest graduates from medical school in May. I have a college junior, a college freshman, and I am still homeschooling my14 and 15 year-olds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagirl Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hi, You'll definitely feel better knowing I am 61. This is our 4th child (the others are grown and out of the home). We are homeschooling our 16 yr old, 10th gr. daughter and it is our first year to ever home school. I ask for lots of advice here on the Board and that has been a real help. I also know some people who HS and they have been encouraging and helpful. I'm figuring this out as I go. I feel like I'm doing a better job now than I was at the beginning of the school year - so that encourages me. DD LOVES being HS'd and that's a big plus too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I turned 50 in December. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyagain Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I feel soooo much better!! I'm 51 and my youngest is 2!!! I always feel out of place!:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen State Sue Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm in my early 50's with an 8th and 9th grader. There is more of us than you think! It's a good feeling to know others are in this journey later in life. After wanting children for so long and finally conceiving in my late 30's, I'm so glad homeschooling was an option and I didn't have to send them off to a school for over 6 hours a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moira in MA Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Jumping in, too. I'm 54. my eldest started college this year, youngest is a junior. My sister told me that I should have kids before I was 36 -- I followed her advice and had my first at 35 and 8 months. -- somehow I don't think that was quite what she meant but it's worked well for us. ~Moira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm "only" 43 ;) but since we just adopted two babies, I guess I'll be ancient by the time I'm finished with this homeschooling journey!! We went for a "classical" adoption in that we discovered that they will be starting first grade just in time to start the four year cycle at the right time! :-) Three times through the history cycle with the bigs and Three times through the history cycle with the littles. That is a LOT of history cycles!!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Thanks for posting this. To be honest, and as others have shared, I also feel out of place age-wise in our local h'school groups (of which I would rank up there as one of the oldest). At least I don't have to feel awkward here! :hurray: lagirl....good for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 48. Been homeschooling a long time already with a couple still in the grammar stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I will be 51 this year and there are several moms within my community who are my age or older (some with children younger than mine).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmurray Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I turn 55 this July. My dd's are 11.5 and 15.5. We didn't get married until I was 36 so I've always been the "old lady" :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3Boys Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Just turned 56. My boys are now 25, 23, and 17. When I had the youngest at 39 I had people asking me if it was my first grandchild :glare:. I also had friends older than me who were trying for their first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphispeg Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm 57 - one dd homeschooling her last 2 yrs. of high school. I have been the "oldest mom in the world" according to my kids for a v. long time I am young at heart and in spirit though. That has been the most important thing to me on this journey. The dh will be the big 60 this year.... but, tries to act not a day over 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Someone on the high school board asked us to chime in. I'm 53. Kids are 26, 24, 15. Some things are better on this side of the century :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 That would be me! Dc 18, 16, 14, 12. Youngest two still being homeschooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'm not 50 yet (I"m 48) but my youngest is 8 so I will be homeschooling all through my 50's. Prairie Girl, our stats are similar. I'm 48 w/a ds12, dd11, and a dd7. Glad to see that there are several of us on this journey. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom25girls Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'm not far. My youngest is in first grade and I'm 47. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBS Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 54, youngest is freshman in high school....I'll be 58/59 when he is going to college...okay with me, keeps ya young! LBS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna A. Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Just turned 56. My boys are now 25, 23, and 17. When I had the youngest at 39 I had people asking me if it was my first grandchild :glare:. Raising hand and waving.... I'm 47.5 now, had my youngest at 39 so I guess that means I'll be 56 when my youngest is 17. :D When she was born, we had a friend's 15yod temporarily living with us and we got similar comments about whose baby it was when we went out in public. :glare: MY oldest was only 7 at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagirl Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 At 61 I think I win! Do I get a prize?:party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 At 61 I think I win!Do I get a prize?:party: :thumbup1: I'll give you a thumbs up. You are the oldest parent to post on this thread.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaissance Mom Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I turned 50 late last year -- my youngest is only 6 yrs old while my eldest is only 12! I get such a chuckle out of chatting with moms with kids the same ages as my youngest at our homeschool group. I can see that most of them are at least 25 years younger than I am. I tell them I'm just a late bloomer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'm 45 (in 10 days) and my kids are 3 and 5, so I fit the older mom category. Just happy to be a mommy - at whatever age! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBryant3 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I'm 50 with a 14-yr-old. My husband is 62 and also has a 32-yr-old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I get such a chuckle out of chatting with moms with kids the same ages as my youngest at our homeschool group. I can see that most of them are at least 25 years younger than I am. I tell them I'm just a late bloomer. :lol::lol::lol: You realize, of course, that you just proved your age by saying this, because I did that math. That means that most of them had their 6 year olds at 19 or younger...;) I once told my mother about how young people look and that it was becoming harder to tell which dc are in college or high school (yes, I have started calling teens kids somewhere along the way despite my best intentions) and she told me that she sees plenty of drivers who look to her to be about 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom4him Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 WELLLLLL, I am 62, have a 10 yr old boy and an 11 yr old girl. I will be close to 70 before they graduate.:001_huh: I have a 42 yr old, a 41 yr old, and a 38 yr old also. I don't have to home school them though. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I'm 53 and have a 10 yr-old 4th grader...and a college sophomore and a graduate student. We're not old; we're seasoned. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 55 here. All the kiddoes are married and my grandkids are now being homeschooled. I hang out here cuz you guys a wealth of information. And sometimes a bucket load of fun. I ignore the rest of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea1 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I recently turned 48 and have two 5 year old sons. They will officially start K in the fall, although they are learning to read and write and have recently started violin lessons. We are very unstructured around here though. I will be around for a long, long time:tongue_smilie:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I'm really old! I'm 57 & my boys are 16 & 13. That's what happens when you have your first one at 40! It's nice to know I'm not alone. Most of the older moms I know at least had their first when they were younger. I turned 42 two months after ds (first and only) was born. I'm not complaining though. We had long since given up, so he was quite a pleasant surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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