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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m with you!

We are selfish and we know it, but we wanted to share our life with someone. We very much planned for DD, and we very much enjoy sharing our life with her. She’s our buddy and we love the freedom we have with one.

We are never outnumbered, one parent can always have a break (super nice on vacation and on weekends), speaking of travel: three to a row! It works for us and we are very pleased.[/quote]

How are you selfish for having one kid? [/quote]

I don’t know but as a parent of one it’s a message I get and I’m always just like, huh?? This idea def needs to be explained to me [/quote]

I mean, I'm a one kid parent too and I get it also. I also agree it's ridiculous. Is it selfish to want to balance being a parent with doing other things?

Example: Tonight our 2 year old was a living demon. I swear to god she was possessed. However, we got her to bed at 7:30 and now DH and I are eating popcorn and watching Masterchef. We get to have a break after a long week of work and a child in demon phase. I guess some people think it's selfish to want this?

Also, PP is right that the best thing you can do for the Earth is to not contribute to overpopulation by having 1 kid rather than 2 or more. [/quote]

Mom of two here -- one issue I have with parents of singles is how darn defensive you get of something that is a total non-issue - it comes off as being smug and know-it-all.  Frankly, I really don't care how many kids you have, you do do.  But please, you don't need to rub it in my face that you have so much free time, life is so much easier for you, you're just SO THRILLED that you got your life back and don't ever have to deal with dirty diapers again.  It's really annoying.[/quote]

This!  We have 3 - elementary, preschool, infant.  The oldest has lots of only child friends.  I could not care less whether they wanted 5 kids or the one was actually an oops.  Moms of multiples are not obsessing about why you have one.  [/quote]

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