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Reply to "If you and your partner wanted different #s of children, how did you come to terms with it?"
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[quote=Anonymous]We agreed before marriage on "kids." In my mind that was two, but he wanted three. After our second child was born (and around the time I would have been getting pregnant with our third) we did some marriage counseling on this issue specifically. It was helpful for both of us -- I was able to explain how stretched I would feel trying to care for three kids, and why I couldn't be more "relaxed" about what my responsibilities would be as a mom of three. And he was able to articulate his sense of loss, especially because I am one of two siblings but he comes from a bigger family. Kids are now teenagers and we are still happily married. It was very constructive for both of us to process the decision with a third party. We haven't talked about it in a very long time, but I don't think my husband resents the decision to stop at two.[/quote]
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