Anyone else feel bullied because of your age?

[Pandora0814]

Sadly, it's not just teen years that some women get to deal with this issue. I'm 25 years old and my husband is 31; I married the man of my dreams last September and became pregnant on our honeymoon on accident but we don't mind. I've have to deal with eye rolling bc of how quickly I got pregnant. I even had a random old lady tell me at Walmart "aren't you a little young to be pregnant?" I looked at the lady like she was nuts and said "excuse me but I'm 25 and married. How is that to young?!" She did not have a comment after that she just walked away.

Funny thing is, is that I don't even look young but it seems I'm wrong.

 

[mamichulo5]

hello mommies..I was looking on the home forum page and came across this topic and wanted to see how it was now apparently it is still the same( people are still mean)...I just wanted to share my story with you all, hopefully it helps someone....Oh, and by the way, I am 30 and married with my 5th on the way(so the rude comments don't change some people are just Idiots)..I had my DS#1 at 17 and had no one for support(wish I would have found this then) his dad left when I found out(never heard from him again) and my mom completely turned her back. So I had and took care of my son all by myself and was told all types of mean and nasty things (ex.) because I was so young my son would end up in prison or dead(wrong),I would end up on welfare with a house full of kids(wrong in some ways,LOL) and if I kept him it would ruin both our lives(definitely wrong)... my son is now 13yrs. old and very smart, healthy and a beautiful young man. Because I refused to let the ones who doubted me, see me fall,I did everything in my power to give my son a good life and I did(worked 2 jobs, finished school, married the love of my life(father to the last 4)@ 21 yrs.old, went to college and became a registered nurse. My son never ruined my life, if anything he made it better and gave me a reason to push harder, so that all the people around me could shut up about what a young mother couldn't do...Oh, I will never say it wasn't hard, cause it was there were times I wanted to give up but when I looked at him I knew I couldn't because he deserved it, so to all you young mothers continue to be strong and hold your heads up, it will get easier and no matter what or who never let anybody make you feel like less of a person for being the best mother you could possibly be...I don't know any of you but I am very proud of the way that you guys are sticking up for yourselves...keep up the good work ladies, it will pay off

 

[MamaPerez]

No matter the age of a person, someone is going to criticize some aspect in your life that's not ideal for motherhood. For age, people are too young or "too old." For some people, it's not even their age, but their education or their career. Others have their marital status judged- single, married, divorced, whatever.

Shortly after turning 18 I was married. The year I turned 20, hubby and I started planning out our conceiving plans, and on Christmas successfully conceived! Now I'm 21 and will have been married for 3 years before our first kid arrives. Everyone's different. It's a trivial thing to worry about other people's judgements once you have a baby to be concerned with.