Six kids...eight kids - when did every family turn into the brady bunch?

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Anonymous wrote:Are they Quiverfull families?

Did you even read the thread or just toss in the only word relating to large families you know?

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Anonymous wrote:Are they Quiverfull families?

Eddie Murphy definitely identifies as Quiverfull.

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The families I know around here with 6+ kids are all Muslims.

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The ones i know are Muslim *refugees.*

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I posted above that I grew up one of 8 kids, and have four of my own. The age range in my family was 12 years. I literally cannot ever remember having an older sibling babysit me, let alone raise me. We took at least one vacation every year (driving), all of us were on organized sports teams and we lived in a suburb similar to Bethesda (not on a farm). My parents helped pay for college for each of us, and we all worked during college. Three of us earned grad degrees. We didn’t eat out much, and didn’t do things like go to Broadway shows. We did spend lots of time playing outside with other neighborhood kids, as most of our friends lived in walking distance from us. My parents were conscious of money because they had to be, but we wore new clothes and shoes and never felt like we had less than other kids. My parents made a point of spending time individually with each kid, maybe having dinner later than everyone else with just one of us. I am closer to most of my older sobs as an adult than I was as a child. I thought growing up in a big family was such a great experience that I wanted my kids to benefit from the same thing.

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Parents had six children- yes my mom is Catholic but she is the smartest and strongest (college educated back in the early 60s when most women did not go) person I know.
Best decision she made was giving me so many siblings.
I have three children (I'm a lawyer who married in my mid 30s) and I have no judgment towards those who have no children or those who have 8 plus...

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Anonymous wrote:I posted above that I grew up one of 8 kids, and have four of my own. The age range in my family was 12 years. I literally cannot ever remember having an older sibling babysit me, let alone raise me. We took at least one vacation every year (driving), all of us were on organized sports teams and we lived in a suburb similar to Bethesda (not on a farm). My parents helped pay for college for each of us, and we all worked during college. Three of us earned grad degrees. We didn’t eat out much, and didn’t do things like go to Broadway shows. We did spend lots of time playing outside with other neighborhood kids, as most of our friends lived in walking distance from us. My parents were conscious of money because they had to be, but we wore new clothes and shoes and never felt like we had less than other kids. My parents made a point of spending time individually with each kid, maybe having dinner later than everyone else with just one of us. I am closer to most of my older sobs as an adult than I was as a child. I thought growing up in a big family was such a great experience that I wanted my kids to benefit from the same thing.

I posted earlier about being one of 8-- you didn't post earlier. What religion are you and where did you grow up?

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^ Are you gaslighting me? Lol. I did post yesterday at 16:50. My parents were not the same religion, so it wasn’t a religious thing. I grew up on the west coast.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought we were going away from huge families with the advent of birth control but I guess not.

None of my six kids were accidents, dear. We knew exactly what we were doing. What a stupid statement.

Did you want such a large family from the start?

Yes. Would have had more if not for age and complications.

Are you religious? Or have a farm?

No farm. As for being religious, it is defined as, “relating to or believing in a religion,” so yes. I’m sure you’d like to believe it means something different though so I’ll leave any conjecture up to you.

Do other people in your religion also have large families?

Does your religion encourage large families or discourage birth control? Does it play a factor at all in your family planning?

I see where you’re going, but there’s really no correlation. It’s somewhat offensive actually. We’re quite capable of controlling ourselves and not having kids, you know? We’ve chosen to have a large family.

How are those questions offensive? Family planning is an important part of some religions. ??

Do you use birth control now that you’re done having kids?

Anyone?

Is it really offensive to ask if your religion plays a role in your family planning?

Obviously it does for Catholics...not sure why PP overreacted to the question.

I believe she answered your question. She said “we are capable of controlling ourselves” but you just keep pushing. That indicates her children were not born because she didn’t/couldn’t/wouldn’t use birth control.

No, she didn’t answer at all.

And I’m opening it up for others. Obviously, religion is a factor.

Maybe it’s a sore spot for some? Don’t want to admit that they are influenced by religion?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought we were going away from huge families with the advent of birth control but I guess not.

None of my six kids were accidents, dear. We knew exactly what we were doing. What a stupid statement.

Did you want such a large family from the start?

Yes. Would have had more if not for age and complications.

Are you religious? Or have a farm?

No farm. As for being religious, it is defined as, “relating to or believing in a religion,” so yes. I’m sure you’d like to believe it means something different though so I’ll leave any conjecture up to you.

Do other people in your religion also have large families?

Does your religion encourage large families or discourage birth control? Does it play a factor at all in your family planning?

I see where you’re going, but there’s really no correlation. It’s somewhat offensive actually. We’re quite capable of controlling ourselves and not having kids, you know? We’ve chosen to have a large family.

How are those questions offensive? Family planning is an important part of some religions. ??

Do you use birth control now that you’re done having kids?

Anyone?

Is it really offensive to ask if your religion plays a role in your family planning?

Obviously it does for Catholics...not sure why PP overreacted to the question.

I believe she answered your question. She said “we are capable of controlling ourselves” but you just keep pushing. That indicates her children were not born because she didn’t/couldn’t/wouldn’t use birth control.

No, she didn’t answer at all.

And I’m opening it up for others. Obviously, religion is a factor.

Maybe it’s a sore spot for some? Don’t want to admit that they are influenced by religion?

I’m the mom of 7. I posted earlier. We are sort of religious (as in we go on big holidays) but it has no impact on our family size.
What is your agenda?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought we were going away from huge families with the advent of birth control but I guess not.

None of my six kids were accidents, dear. We knew exactly what we were doing. What a stupid statement.

Did you want such a large family from the start?

Yes. Would have had more if not for age and complications.

Are you religious? Or have a farm?

No farm. As for being religious, it is defined as, “relating to or believing in a religion,” so yes. I’m sure you’d like to believe it means something different though so I’ll leave any conjecture up to you.

Do other people in your religion also have large families?

Does your religion encourage large families or discourage birth control? Does it play a factor at all in your family planning?

I see where you’re going, but there’s really no correlation. It’s somewhat offensive actually. We’re quite capable of controlling ourselves and not having kids, you know? We’ve chosen to have a large family.

How are those questions offensive? Family planning is an important part of some religions. ??

Do you use birth control now that you’re done having kids?

Anyone?

Is it really offensive to ask if your religion plays a role in your family planning?

Obviously it does for Catholics...not sure why PP overreacted to the question.

I believe she answered your question. She said “we are capable of controlling ourselves” but you just keep pushing. That indicates her children were not born because she didn’t/couldn’t/wouldn’t use birth control.

No, she didn’t answer at all.

And I’m opening it up for others. Obviously, religion is a factor.

Maybe it’s a sore spot for some? Don’t want to admit that they are influenced by religion?

I’m the mom of 7. I posted earlier. We are sort of religious (as in we go on big holidays) but it has no impact on our family size.
What is your agenda?

No agenda. It's a relevant question for large families.

You don't think religion plays a factor at all in family size, family planning, or decisions around contraceptives?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought we were going away from huge families with the advent of birth control but I guess not.

None of my six kids were accidents, dear. We knew exactly what we were doing. What a stupid statement.

Did you want such a large family from the start?

Yes. Would have had more if not for age and complications.

Are you religious? Or have a farm?

No farm. As for being religious, it is defined as, “relating to or believing in a religion,” so yes. I’m sure you’d like to believe it means something different though so I’ll leave any conjecture up to you.

Do other people in your religion also have large families?

Does your religion encourage large families or discourage birth control? Does it play a factor at all in your family planning?

I see where you’re going, but there’s really no correlation. It’s somewhat offensive actually. We’re quite capable of controlling ourselves and not having kids, you know? We’ve chosen to have a large family.

How are those questions offensive? Family planning is an important part of some religions. ??

Do you use birth control now that you’re done having kids?

Anyone?

Is it really offensive to ask if your religion plays a role in your family planning?

Obviously it does for Catholics...not sure why PP overreacted to the question.

I believe she answered your question. She said “we are capable of controlling ourselves” but you just keep pushing. That indicates her children were not born because she didn’t/couldn’t/wouldn’t use birth control.

No, she didn’t answer at all.

And I’m opening it up for others. Obviously, religion is a factor.

Maybe it’s a sore spot for some? Don’t want to admit that they are influenced by religion?

I’m the mom of 7. I posted earlier. We are sort of religious (as in we go on big holidays) but it has no impact on our family size.
What is your agenda?

No agenda. It's a relevant question for large families.

You don't think religion plays a factor at all in family size, family planning, or decisions around contraceptives?

Please don’t put words into my mouth. This particular poster told you she was offended by your question and it’s almost as if you demand to know from her - she does not owe you that. I just told you it didn’t play a part in my family at all. Like 0%. You can choose to believe it or not. Does it play a part in a lot of large families? Certainly.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought we were going away from huge families with the advent of birth control but I guess not.

None of my six kids were accidents, dear. We knew exactly what we were doing. What a stupid statement.

Did you want such a large family from the start?

Yes. Would have had more if not for age and complications.

Are you religious? Or have a farm?

No farm. As for being religious, it is defined as, “relating to or believing in a religion,” so yes. I’m sure you’d like to believe it means something different though so I’ll leave any conjecture up to you.

Do other people in your religion also have large families?

Does your religion encourage large families or discourage birth control? Does it play a factor at all in your family planning?

I see where you’re going, but there’s really no correlation. It’s somewhat offensive actually. We’re quite capable of controlling ourselves and not having kids, you know? We’ve chosen to have a large family.

How are those questions offensive? Family planning is an important part of some religions. ??

Do you use birth control now that you’re done having kids?

Anyone?

Is it really offensive to ask if your religion plays a role in your family planning?

Obviously it does for Catholics...not sure why PP overreacted to the question.

I believe she answered your question. She said “we are capable of controlling ourselves” but you just keep pushing. That indicates her children were not born because she didn’t/couldn’t/wouldn’t use birth control.

No, she didn’t answer at all.

And I’m opening it up for others. Obviously, religion is a factor.

Maybe it’s a sore spot for some? Don’t want to admit that they are influenced by religion?

I’m the mom of 7. I posted earlier. We are sort of religious (as in we go on big holidays) but it has no impact on our family size.
What is your agenda?

No agenda. It's a relevant question for large families.

You don't think religion plays a factor at all in family size, family planning, or decisions around contraceptives?

Please don’t put words into my mouth. This particular poster told you she was offended by your question and it’s almost as if you demand to know from her - she does not owe you that. I just told you it didn’t play a part in my family at all. Like 0%. You can choose to believe it or not. Does it play a part in a lot of large families? Certainly.

Jeez. I said I was surprised she was so evasive but I didn't push her -- I opened up the question to others with large families.

Thank you for responding about your family.

I'd love to hear if it was a factor for other DCUM large families. Just like there are other factors - wealth, "trendy", etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought we were going away from huge families with the advent of birth control but I guess not.

None of my six kids were accidents, dear. We knew exactly what we were doing. What a stupid statement.

Did you want such a large family from the start?

Yes. Would have had more if not for age and complications.

Are you religious? Or have a farm?

No farm. As for being religious, it is defined as, “relating to or believing in a religion,” so yes. I’m sure you’d like to believe it means something different though so I’ll leave any conjecture up to you.

Do other people in your religion also have large families?

Does your religion encourage large families or discourage birth control? Does it play a factor at all in your family planning?

I see where you’re going, but there’s really no correlation. It’s somewhat offensive actually. We’re quite capable of controlling ourselves and not having kids, you know? We’ve chosen to have a large family.

How are those questions offensive? Family planning is an important part of some religions. ??

Do you use birth control now that you’re done having kids?

Anyone?

Is it really offensive to ask if your religion plays a role in your family planning?

Obviously it does for Catholics...not sure why PP overreacted to the question.

I believe she answered your question. She said “we are capable of controlling ourselves” but you just keep pushing. That indicates her children were not born because she didn’t/couldn’t/wouldn’t use birth control.

No, she didn’t answer at all.

And I’m opening it up for others. Obviously, religion is a factor.

Maybe it’s a sore spot for some? Don’t want to admit that they are influenced by religion?

I’m the mom of 7. I posted earlier. We are sort of religious (as in we go on big holidays) but it has no impact on our family size.
What is your agenda?

No agenda. It's a relevant question for large families.

You don't think religion plays a factor at all in family size, family planning, or decisions around contraceptives?

Please don’t put words into my mouth. This particular poster told you she was offended by your question and it’s almost as if you demand to know from her - she does not owe you that. I just told you it didn’t play a part in my family at all. Like 0%. You can choose to believe it or not. Does it play a part in a lot of large families? Certainly.

Jeez. I said I was surprised she was so evasive but I didn't push her -- I opened up the question to others with large families.

Thank you for responding about your family.

I'd love to hear if it was a factor for other DCUM large families. Just like there are other factors - wealth, "trendy", etc.

I find your response rude. Also the posts at 22:12 and 17:10.
If she says the question is offensive to her, stop. It doesn’t matter whether you find it weird she’s “evasive”.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought we were going away from huge families with the advent of birth control but I guess not.

None of my six kids were accidents, dear. We knew exactly what we were doing. What a stupid statement.

Did you want such a large family from the start?

Yes. Would have had more if not for age and complications.

Are you religious? Or have a farm?

No farm. As for being religious, it is defined as, “relating to or believing in a religion,” so yes. I’m sure you’d like to believe it means something different though so I’ll leave any conjecture up to you.

Do other people in your religion also have large families?

Does your religion encourage large families or discourage birth control? Does it play a factor at all in your family planning?

I see where you’re going, but there’s really no correlation. It’s somewhat offensive actually. We’re quite capable of controlling ourselves and not having kids, you know? We’ve chosen to have a large family.

How are those questions offensive? Family planning is an important part of some religions. ??

Do you use birth control now that you’re done having kids?

Anyone?

Is it really offensive to ask if your religion plays a role in your family planning?

Obviously it does for Catholics...not sure why PP overreacted to the question.

I believe she answered your question. She said “we are capable of controlling ourselves” but you just keep pushing. That indicates her children were not born because she didn’t/couldn’t/wouldn’t use birth control.

No, she didn’t answer at all.

And I’m opening it up for others. Obviously, religion is a factor.

Maybe it’s a sore spot for some? Don’t want to admit that they are influenced by religion?

I’m the mom of 7. I posted earlier. We are sort of religious (as in we go on big holidays) but it has no impact on our family size.
What is your agenda?

No agenda. It's a relevant question for large families.

You don't think religion plays a factor at all in family size, family planning, or decisions around contraceptives?

Please don’t put words into my mouth. This particular poster told you she was offended by your question and it’s almost as if you demand to know from her - she does not owe you that. I just told you it didn’t play a part in my family at all. Like 0%. You can choose to believe it or not. Does it play a part in a lot of large families? Certainly.

Jeez. I said I was surprised she was so evasive but I didn't push her -- I opened up the question to others with large families.

Thank you for responding about your family.

I'd love to hear if it was a factor for other DCUM large families. Just like there are other factors - wealth, "trendy", etc.

I find your response rude. Also the posts at 22:12 and 17:10.
If she says the question is offensive to her, stop. It doesn’t matter whether you find it weird she’s “evasive”.

Again, I wasn't asking her - I opened it up to ask other large families. It's very telling that only 1 person with a large family is willing to answer.