My Mum was pregnant at 17 and had her baby at 18 ... but that was 1957, and still until this day my Mum at 70 clearly has issues that she feels she hasn't accomplished what she wanted to do in life ... she has never been interstate let alone overseas, she doesn't have her driver's licence, she has never done a course of learning of any sort and she hasn't been in the workforce since she was 16.

BUT having said that i want to tell you my Mum has said all along ... young Mother's today are so very fortunate that they have so many opportunities available through the community to learn & be educated with courses, enabling them to at some point obtain a job they enjoy & hopefully make good monies from which they can travel even if it means taking the family, get a driver's licence, save for a car, etc ...

Doudou & Nelle ... hey gals so right being in ya 40's is not considered old these days but then come 50 that might be a whole other story, LOL ... Which means i will be about 80 by the time my DD leaves home (or should i be crying )