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I'd say 3 years or less? Mine will be 2y9m, which I consider fairly close, though not as close as 2 under 2, obviously. I feel like once you get to 4 years apart it's not really "close" any more.

It's under 3 years to me.

Around 2 year.s

Around 2 years or less. I feel like once there's two grades or more between them, they aren't really close in age.

Of course, as an adult, 30 and 35 are pretty close in age. But 5 and 10? Not so much.

When can express it in months in common usage, that's close in age to me.

2 years or less

Under 2.5 years, I think. Mine will be 3 years 2 months apart and I don't think of them as being too close or too far apart.

I think three years or less. My family typically space kids out by a lot though, so three years seems close to me.

2 years or less.

Not more than two years (give or take a few months).

DD1 and DD2 are 22 months apart and I consider them close, although I certainly know people who have smaller age gaps.

DD2 and DD3 will be 2.5 years apart - I know that in reality, that age difference isn't too different, but it FEELS a lot bigger (perhaps because as a second child, I think DD2 acts a lot older than 26 months).

Around 2 years in my estimation.

For me 2 years or less.

@oliviaoblivia: That's so weird!!!

But what I meant by "two grades or more between them" was that they'd be at least three or more grades apart, so literally two grades between their grades. Like second grade and fifth grade have two grades (third and fourth) between them. Sorry if my wording was confusing!

To me it means a gap of two years or less.

About 2 years.

@Adira: The cutoffs can really change things. LO1 & LO2 will only be 8 months closer in age than LO2 & LO3 and yet, my first two will only be one year apart and the second two will be three years apart in school. So like 5th grade, 4th grade, and 1st grade at the same time. So funny how that works out!

2 years or less.

I agree with @Adira:, so where they are in high school together. My brother and I are 2 5 years apart and 3 grades. So when I was a senior he was a freshman. That always felt close to me.

2 years

3 years or less

I'd say 2.5 years/30 months apart. That still seems really close to me given that 18 months is the ideal minimum recommended time between pregnancies. LOs less 30 months apart would mean starting to TTC right at 18 months and successfully conceiving within the first couple cycles.