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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP, in college I dated a guy who came from a family of 7 sons. They were Catholic.

His oldest brother and his wife both worked, and they didn't want kids. No fertility issues. They both had great careers, money, and just didn't want kids. It's probably because he was the oldest brother of 7 kids. :)

Then, one of his other brothers married an older woman. She had the money, the career, etc. He played in 5 different baseball leagues. He was obsessed with sports. She wanted kids, and she kept having miscarriages. They finally had a baby after infertility treatments. He really didn't want one.

M[b]y sister and her husband were married in 1996. They are still married. No kids. However, she had a miscarriage early on at about 6 weeks, and it really scared her. 
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My father was the youngest of 7 kids. He and my mother took birth control, even against the Catholic church's wishes, and had ONLY two kids, four years apart.

Keep in mind, that unlike today where minorities are having all the babies, poor white people, especially Catholics, had a lot of children, especially before birth control.

There was at one time, a generation of women and men who felt relieved to not have to carry the burden of being poor and having 7 kids. [/quote]

I should add that my sister's husband was the youngest of 7 kids, big Catholic family, so they have lots of cousins and nieces and nephews. They don't really miss having their own kids.[/quote]

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