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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two kids, 5 year old boy and 3 year old girl (27 months apart, to be exact). Very happy but would have loved to have one more if my spouse was on board. ideally I would’ve wanted the 2nd and theoretical 3rd child to also be 2 years apart so our 3rd child would be 1 at this point. Still want another even though if I got pregnant right now, our other kids would be 6 and 4 when the 3rd was born. I imagine by the time our kids are 7 and 5 I won’t want a 3rd anymore bc the age gaps then would be too great. So it probably won’t happen but I have about 2 years to hope my spouse changes his mind :)[/quote]

I notice people here have a weird hang up on age gaps. My kids are 8 and 2, they get along great. Several of my friends have 5+ age gaps and all seem happy with the spread. Yes, greater gap makes the relationship different but not necessarily bad, not at all. [/quote]

Well, that may be but a lot of people are not just thinking about the relationship between their kids w a large gap but about the logistics (it’s much easier, for instance, if your kids are close enough in age to attend the same school and can do/enjoy the same/similar activities) plus lots of people have kids later in life so the large gap also means the parents are much older by the time the younger kid(s) are born.[/quote]

That makes sense, it actually worked surprisingly well logistics-wise too, but I see your point.

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