| I thought you were going to say this was going t be your 6 th kid. Disregard your FIL. Bad word choice. |
| The truth is this, that after the first child no one gives a damn about additional children except you. |
Agree, he means time is flying. Congrats OP |
| Did you express to him that you were going to have only one child? Is your husband an only? Are his children spaced like 7 years apart or something? People say all kinds of weird stuff but that is an odd reaction for sure. |
Nope never mentioned we were only planning to have one......my husband and his sister are 4 years apart. |
| People say dumb things. When I told my (difficult) grandmother I was expecting, she said “better you than me.” |
Funny! |
When I announced my second pregnancy my mother responded "Is this something you wanted"?
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I know someone whose parents were just awful to them for having more than one kid. Apparently, they were upset because they had already set up in their minds how many grandchildren they would have (!) and how they would distribute their wealth to them.
Hilariously, they now have 10 grandkids! Happily, they got over it. |
It sure is grandma! That made me laugh. |
| I feel you. Currently pregnant with #2 and my parents didn’t seem impressed. My father hasn’t asked a question or shown any interest. I’ve given up - can’t worry about it. |
| My grandfather told my mom she already had enough kids when she told him she was pregnant with her third. He said the world doesn’t more people (after she was already pregnant!). It broke her heart. |
I have always found it funny, how people feel the need to give an opinion on how many children other people should have. People will comment no matter how many you have (oh you have two, but they are both the same gender? You have three, two wasnt enough? Heaven forbid you have more than 3, and then the comments on the year spread: less than two years is too little, more than five they are practically like only children) OP, congratulations! Just bad manners on FIL part. |
You know this is mostly what I think whenever someone else is having a kid because DC3's birth was NO JOKE. But anyhow .. carry on, carry on, and congratulations. (Better you than me). |
| Your FIL has poor manners so I hope someone elbowed him out of your sight. Congrats! |