20, 18 and infant
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Anonymous
| All fully genetically related. I don't get it. Why would you do that to yourself and your older kids? My understanding is it was intentional, not an accident. |
Anonymous
| Why not? Good for them. |
Anonymous
Mid life crisis I assume. Children are not good vehicles for mid life crisis moments. |
Anonymous
| Because you want another child, and you can. Also, it’s not taking away from an 18 and 20 year old; they should launched or close to it. |
Anonymous
One is an Olympic level athlete that they've been shuttling around the world for competitions so obviously that comes to a halt and kid is on their own. |
Anonymous
Yeah it does seem like a very mid life crisis/panicked at aging choice |
Anonymous
| It sounds nice in a way. I have an only who is 11 and I’d had them when I was far younger I would be happy to have another go at things. We’ve had such a great time together and it’s sad that it’s halfway done. I’ve actually thought about how adoption or fostering might fit into my life when DC goes to college. |
Anonymous
| Good thing they had their firsts young. To each their own. |
Anonymous
Agreed. My husband and I are late thirties and have a one year old. A really big age gap and another baby later in life sounds like something good to look forward to but we will be too old. We will just try to soak up every moment with our only. |
Anonymous
| Same parents for all kids? If not, this doesn't seem unusual at all. |
Anonymous
Whoops I see you wrote all fully related. Maybe the parents feel like they are grown up/ different people now and want to try parenting differently. |
Anonymous
| OP, mind your business and stop gossiping about this family. |
Anonymous
| Maybe the mom thought she was menopausal and protection or birth control weren't necessary. Either way its none of your business and I can't see this having a big impact on adult children. |
Anonymous
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My 18- year old is out of the house and independent. What's it to him what we do in our home.
I was out of the house at 18.5. I moved to another continent and never looked back. |
Anonymous
| My guess would be an accident/surprise. I have friends with a similar dynamic and they say no baby is an accident because you know that what youre causes babies. So therefore don’t be surprised when it happens. If the people you know have the same logic they won’t be telling people it was an accident. |