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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I decided long ago that we wanted only one child. We have her - she is beautiful, sweet and smart - and we feel so very blessed. I am SHOCKED by what people say to me about our decision to have just one child! I was an only child and I had no idea there was such judgement out there about having just one child!!! I have been told that I am doing my daughter a huge disservice and that she will grow up lonely and insecure (I was neither). [b]I have been called selfish and self-centered[/b] although not one person has ever called my husband selfish or self-centered. I've even been told that we aren't a family if there is only one child. I never volunteer the information but [b]everyone seems to ask when we will be having the second[/b]. Seriously, you see one baby and assume there must be another?! Has anyone else decided to have just one child? If so - what do I say to these people? [/quote] OP, I'm sorry people have said such hurtful things to you. But when people ask, when are you having the second, that's a separate question. People engage in small talk, and that's a standard question, along the lines of What do you do? and How's the weather? There's an easy answer to this question that is also inoffensive, One and done. [/quote]
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