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Do u think I'm too young?

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I'm 17 and my boyfriend and I planned for a pregnancy to happen, he is very mature so he plans to go to college and I too plan to go to college. His parents are very supportive and will let me live there till we decide to move out in about 2 years. I don't drink I don't smoke I don't do drugs and I don't really like to party. I take up hobbies instead like photograhy. I would just like to know if u guys think I'm mature enough.

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  1. Heck no...You are only 17, enjoy life a little before you go having children. Children are wonderful, but you have a lot to deal with when you have them and they also change relationships, I don't care how good you think your relationship is now..IT WILL CHANGE trust me. I think you guys should stop thinking about having children and worry more about finishing college first.

    I am a mother of a 7 year old. I work full time, go to college part time, I started when my daughter was 4. It is going to take me 6 years to get a 4 year degree. It takes A LOT of money and time.

    My advice: THINK VERY HARD BEFORE YOU LEAP and remember your mind/brain is still not fully developed and your life will change with every decision you make.


  2. No,don't do it.Your too young.Think about it.

  3. It doesn't matter if you're mature enough - you're not in the right place in your life. Go to college first. Trust me - nothing is more valuable than your education and you don't want to have anything holding you back from it. It is VERY hard to go to college with a baby - I have a friend who did it, but it took her 7 years to finally get a degree.

    When you have a baby, you should ideally be married, in your own house, be financially stable, and finished with education (or at least college - you can always get more degrees later).  

  4. NO 17 year old is mature enough for parenting. If you end up pregnant you can probably kiss college goodbye because affording college AND a baby on a job that pays minimum wage (which is what you'll get because you have no experience or degree), in reality it isn't going to happen.

    Your hobbies and not doing drugs/alcohol have NOTHING to do with being a parent or not. While not doing those things is a good health choice all around, it has nothing to do with being ready to be a parent.

    Do you really think this guy is going to stick around when he's in school and your home, knocked up or dealing with a baby? Going to college and supporting a child that would be half his, well, in reality, working full time and college full tiem don't happen. It doesn't work even with good intentions.

    You're an "old child" not an adult and not ready to be a parent. You need to wait until you are done with college, in a position to financially support yourself and a child AND are married, in a comitted relationship that you know can afford the care of a child and a family.  Right now your head is full of TV fantasy of being able to do all this, not reality. I know plenty of people that didn't start having kids until their 20's or 30's and they weren't even ready for all the ways it changed their life, finances and things they planned to do that they now never did for the sake of the child... and yes, some of them it was college that they never did because they thought they wanted a baby and to do it all.


  5. No, I don't think so. No 17 year old is mature enough. What would be most mature is for you guys to wait until you both have your degrees and stable careers, or at least him if you plan on being a stay at home mom. You don't want to rush this, believe me, I did.

  6. you sound like a lovely mature girl so i suggest don't waste that on having a baby so young, there is so much for you to do and babies are lovely and give you so much but they also change things in you're life and you wont be able to do so many things that you would be doing if you didn't have a baby. I hold off for a while. I'm sure you and you're partner are in a strong loving relationship but speaking from experience things change as you get older. good luck.  

  7. You are too young..do you have a good job, could you pay your bills on your own? Are you ready to take care of a child 24/7? Give up hanging out a lot with friends, and it just being you and your boyfriend. I think you are too young and immature for asking this question, b/c if you were truly confident...you wouldnt have to ask us.  

  8. NO for the fact that you even asked this question!!!  

  9. Why can't you wait until after college? I think it's selfish to have a child when you are not able to support yourself. It will be difficult to get an education when you have a child to look after. College is expensive WITHOUT the added costs of having a child to care for: childcare, medical bills, food and clothes. This is not the point in your life when you are able to devote the most attention and time to a baby, so it is not the most mature choice you can make right now.

    Good luck, though. You have plenty of time to become a mom. Don't rush into it.

  10. how can you go to college and work and be a mom? your child will have to be in daycare if you do all of this, and daycare isn't cheap yes his parents say you can live with them but that can only last but so long your baby isn't going to sleep in a crib for ever it's going to need it's own space. and babies wake up all hours of the night how can you rest for school and work? wait until you can live on your own and out of college yes you are to young. and what do your parents think of that? do they think you are ready for a baby.  

  11. you guys r too young!!!!!

    YOU SHOULDNT B HAVING A BABY UNTIL YOU GUYS HAVE MONEY, YOUR OWN PLACE, AND FINISHED COLLEGE!

    ITS A LOT EASIER THAT WAY.

    YOU GUYS SOUND TOO IMMATURE TO HAVE ONE BY DEPENDING ON HIS PARENTS! WAIT!!!!

  12. Are you too young?  Well, do you (along with this *very mature* boyfriend) have a great job with great insurance?  Do you make enough money to pay for child care, diapers, food, health care clothes, housing, utilities and all the other expenses a child can bring?  If you think you both are *mature and old enough* to have a child, you should be living on your own, not with his parents.  IMO, you are showing how immature you are by planning a pregnancy at 17 yo.

  13. If you were mature enough, you would see that waiting is the wisest answer.

  14. yes you are way too young

  15. GO 4 IT :) my girlfriend and I r hopeing to be preg we r only 16 we both have plans 4 life just like u guys :) and it is not up to the people u ask on here its up to u so u do wut u think is rite  
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