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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]

Nope.  I'm 30 with two lovely DCs.  But unlike OP and people with many children, we will be able to afford college for our two.  We will be able to travel internationally with them (and will because we have family overseas), they will be able to participate in activities outside of school because we will have the ability to pay for them.  Our older DC helps take care of our younger DC as much as a 4yo can and they have a great relationship.  They will grow up having experienced a childhood free from the burden of raising their younger siblings.  They have older cousins who they are very close to and who care for them.  I will do everything in my power to make sure that my two have a great relationship with us as well as each other so get off your high horse, you know nothing about me.[/quote]

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