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[quote=Anonymous]Not at all. If I'd been younger when I started having kids and $$$ wasn't an issue, I'd have loved to have 3 with 3-4 years between each but not more than that.

I think in the scenario of having a third at 44 when you have a 10 year old and 20 year old would just be exhausting. I can't imagine wanting to start over again. And they'd all really live like only children rather than a group that does things together. Remember that when that youngest is in high school, the oldest will likely be starting their own family and it will be grandparent phase starting.

My cousin had three kids close in age and then a 4th when that group was all teens. It was fun when he was little. Kind of the little mascot of the family, brought along to all their sports events but mostly grew up like an only child as the olders left home. By the time he was in HS, the parents seemed like they had really moved on from parenting, focused on new grandbabies and enjoying empty nester life while, whoops! they still had a kid at home. I'd seen big celebrations of graduations and other milestones with the older kids but by the time that last one did it seemed like nobody was that interested.[/quote]

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