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When you were little, how old did you think you'd be when you got married? Were your predictions accurate?

I don't think I ever had any assumptions about how old I would be when I got married - I wasn't one of those girls that played dress-up and imagined what their wedding would be like.  I was the girl in the backyard climbing a tree and beating the boys in races around the jungle gym.  

I think it's funny (and perfectly natural) that you expect to do something similar to what your parents did and mimic how you were raised.  My mom was 24/25 when she got married, had me when she was 27 and was done having kids before she turned 30.  I did always think that I'd be done having kids by the time I was 30.  As I got older I assumed I'd probably have my first kid before I'm 30.  Now, my answer on the kid topic is "Talk to me after I turn 30" -- going to need to come up with something soon, since that reply will only work for another couple of months.  I would like to be done having kids by the time I'm 35-36 -- who knows if that changes down the road.

I doesn't sound like Adam ever made any assumptions about when he would get married - but he did make mention a few months ago about having kids that were 4-5 years apart.  I thought that he was nuts, because by the time you get the first one off to kindergarten you are back to square one with kiddie number 2.  Adam thought this was completely valid and responded "yeah, how did my mom manage?" -- he had thought about having the kids spaced that far apart because that's how HE grew up.