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[quote=Anonymous]I had three siblings and one child. I thought I wanted two kids but figured out one fit for me as a Mother.

As someone who came from a family of four: We rarely saw my Dad, he worked all the time and travelled a lot. He made a very nice salary so we lived comfortably. My Mom was SAHM but I really don’t remember doing a ton with her. She was taking care of the house and meals and laundry. It was rare for me to do an activity that I could not get myself to walking or on my bike. My oldest brother took karate but that was when he cold walk to the bus stop and take the public bus system.

We did not take a lot of extra classes or go to summer camp. Vacations were once a year and to ok places but nothig extravagent. We went to California every other year becasue my Moms family had all moved there. We stayed with our cousins and had a good time but the only thing expensive about that trip were the plane tickets.

My parents saved enough money for us to all go to college debt free, which was awesome, and so they could reture comfortably.

We choose to have a smaller family, planned on two, partly because we wanted to be able to pay for college for the kids and because we wanted to go to see our family every year, so two states minimum. We wanted to take nice vacations with our kids (now kid) and be able to allow him to take the classes and do the things he was interested in. And we wanted to be able to make sure we retire comfortably in our early 60’s.

Make the choice that makes sense for you or deal with life as it comes to you. There is nothing wrong with having a larger family, they can be great. [/quote]

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