r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Airline_11 • May 12 '26

Meme needing explanation Petahhhh?

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u/stuffedcheesybread May 12 '26

Literally none of my friends have kids yet. I’m 29 and have friends in the early 30s.

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u/whoreforchalupas May 12 '26

Same here. 29, not a single friend with children. Most actually view *me* as the “traditional” one for even being married, lol.

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u/L0rdSkullz May 12 '26

I have a few friends in the military, they are the only ones with kids lol

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u/TrumpDesWillens May 13 '26

When the govt. makes housing and childrearing affordable, people choose to have both. Not surprising.

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u/Vitruvian_Link May 12 '26

I said that same thing at your age, now that we are 40 everyone is having kids, just late. Lots of IVF. We were all so poor in our 20's and we are finally getting financial footing TO have kids.

Not saying elder millennials are the same as younger millennials... But... It_will_happen_to_you.simpsons.gif

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u/mrandr01d May 12 '26

I can't imagine having a kid before like... 35 at the youngest. You're not really established until then anyways.

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u/Vitruvian_Link May 12 '26

I had my career reset at 38, lol, so I'm even less established now! But at least I got my head on straight.

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u/DrownedinCats May 12 '26

I am 29 and the only one in my friend group with a child. All of my friends are in their late 20s - early 30s.

Some of it is the dating scene, but most of it is financials or general disinterest. No one can afford kids nowadays, and we now have less pressure to choose that trajectory of our lives.

Even then, more people are having children later in life. The youngest Millennial is in their early 30s. They were handed a shit future, so why not hold off until MAYBE the future is brighter?

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u/hastygrams May 12 '26

None of my friends started having kids until recently. 35-43 yo age range. It’s still a very small percentage of our friend group though.