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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] You DID bring it on yourself!!! I really don't have any sympathy for anyone who has 4+ kids and can't seem to get a handle on them or their life.  And all this bullshit about "being open to children" is getting on my last nerve.  For most of human history, most children did not survive childhood. But now that we are all living into our 70's and 80's having that many children is just plain selfish.

I will give you the evil eye if you and your brood are in my way or your children are ill behaved and you are not doing a thing about it.  [/quote] Something tells me when you are old and broke and wanting to draw social security and can't because the baby boomer generation sucked it dry by not saving and refusing to die and refusing to let their parents die at natural ages and staying alive way too long at tax payer expense...THEN I suspect you'll suddenly (much too late) see the wisdom behind having many children. You see, unlike the person you quoted, and the OP, you will have no one to care for you in your old age. Your children, should you maintain any type of relationship with them, will put you in the cheapest raisin ranch medicaid will pay for so as not to eat up their inheritance. OP will have 10 kids to rotate between, and in all likelihood will live a longer healthier life since there have been studies indicating people with more children tend to do so. Fewer children being born into the next generation also means fewer workers for the next generation...fewer doctors, nurses, CNA's, housekeepers, cooks....fewer of the kind of people you will depend on as you age. Think about it.[/quote]

This may be true in your fantasy world, but it may not really work out this way.  I come from a large family.  Our family dynamic was horrible growing up because of the family size.  Now, in their old age, my parents often don't have any of us with them on holidays.  If someone has to care for them, it will likely be my sister or I.  Certainly, the rest will not be taking their turn in the rotation.  I am not nearly as code to my parents as my DH (who is one of two) or friends with smaller families.[/quote]

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