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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an only child with no first cousins, and I don’t understand what the problem is! I have plenty of friends, family, and fulfilled life.[/quote]

I am too and I do see what the problem is. And mainly because I married into a large family and my spouse grew up with siblings and cousins and I see now what spouse got that I did not have. Ten years ago I would have said the same thing, that it's no issue, but this is one of those things where you don't miss what you never had/you don't understand until you see what your children don't have. Now that I have children of my own, I'm very glad that I opted to have two of them and that my children have close-in-age cousins, as well as close-in-age second cousins (my spouse's cousins' kids).

I agree with the PP who said to prioritize "framily." My best friend's kids don't have cousins, so I'm trying to be intentional about developing the relationship between our kids so they get a cousin-like experience. [/quote]

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