# Let's Hear It for the Successful Late 20's to mid-30's People!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-the-successful-late-20s-to-mid-30s-people/658768>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 19, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-the-successful-late-20s-to-mid-30s-people/658768 "2013-05-19T23:04:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-the-successful-late-20s-to-mid-30s-people/658768/21 "2013-05-20T15:23:42Z")

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I don’t do babies either. Thank God they grow up!

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-the-successful-late-20s-to-mid-30s-people/658768/22 "2013-05-20T16:48:38Z")

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1. Go to college - YES
2. Graduate from college - YES, age 22
3. Start paying off that debt - NO - because I had no debt from college, I went to state college and I worked nearly full time
4. Start a career - YES - got my first job in my field before graduating
5. Find a spouse or partner - YES - met in college, married at age 24 (just celebrated 20 yrs)
6. Take on new debt to buy a house - YES, age 25
7. Have a child or two - YES, one son at age 29
8. Pay for your children while dealing a working world that really hates the fact that you have them at all - YES, but my company was incredibly family friendly (I don’t work full time any more)
9. Save for your own retirement as well as your kids future, YES

I would say I managed to “complete” the list by age 29 when I had my son. Of course, items 8 and 9 are ongoing.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-the-successful-late-20s-to-mid-30s-people/658768/23 "2013-05-21T13:21:11Z")

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I think I’m a bit behind. I’m 30.

1)Yes  
2)Yes  
3)Never had debt to pay off  
4) Yes  
5) No  
6) Working on it - almost there  
7) No  
8) No  
9) Yes

I do live in my parents basement whilst having a successful career. Really helps with that down-payment plan. So glad not be paying rent anymore.

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