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My parents dated for 2 or 3 years before they got married and I was born. This is the courting stage for them began officially beginning their family.

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My parents got married in May, 2005. This is when they started their family, with me being married soon after.

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I was the first born in my family, about two months after my parents got married. I was born on July 10, 2005. This started the child-rearing stage.

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My brother was born on May 29, 2006 when I was almost 2 years old. This continued the child-rearing stage of my family.

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My sister was born on October 21, 2013. This continued the child-rearing state of my family, after a period of no new children.

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Me and my siblings were all born at this point, living as one family and a full household. The full nest lasted for 9 years before the launch stage began.

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Me and my brother are fairly close in age, becoming teenagers within two years. This stage was a big shift for my fairly as we were both aging and personalities were changing.

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My family now is entering into the launch stage, as I am the oldest and will be in the process of moving out in the near future.

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My family will likely experience empty nest syndrome when I am out of the house. They will struggle with me being on college, and caring for my siblings without me there.

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When me and my siblings have all moved out, my parents will be by themselves. Since they became parents fairly early in their lives, there will be a stage before retirement where they are still working without anyone else at home. I think this will be hard for them, as there are 3 children in the house. Being without us there will be a difficult change.