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[quote=Anonymous]We have three, but neither have what I would call demanding jobs, at least not by DCUM standards (FT, but max 45 hours/week or so, very flexible).  I think some people don’t mind outsourcing a lot of the childcare via nannies, au pairs, 11 hours/day of daycare, etc.  There’s also a common belief that once you hit three, adding more doesn’t make things any harder (I disagree).  For some, it’s status, or doing it because others do it.

I also think there are people who either don’t have a good sense of how stretched thin they are, or romanticize the idea of a “big family,” or assume their third or fourth kid will be easy.  We considered having a fourth, but I don’t think we could do that and continue to have both of us work, and we both love our careers.  We have friends who both work and are considering a fourth, and when I brought up that point, the wife said, yeah, we’ll just have to have an au pair for a number of years.  That holds zero appeal for me, but if it works for her, great.  YMMV.[/quote]

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