Larger Families Chatter ~ May 2008-May 2009

[Dustmite]

...some guy asked my DH if they were all his (meaning the kids of course) and he replied back quick as a wink - I'm still waiting on the bloodtests! Cheeky sod!

I worked with a guy who was going through the checkout at a local grocery store with his wife then pregnant with his son. The cashier looked at the two of them then looked at him and said you must be real excited to which the guy looked at his wife then back at the cashier and with a straight face said "oh its not mine".

I guess the poor woman was speechless and had a horrid look on her face...wish I could have seen it. Actually I wish I had the guts to mess with people like that.

The closest I come is when people want to know if we are done or say something like "their all your kids?", I typically say "yup, what can I say - were breeders". Then of course there is the traditional "don't you know what causes this?" My wife was asked this by a good friend in church one morning who thought he was being really funny. My wife looked at him and said "yes and apparently we like what causes it". The guy turned real red and his wife about fell over laughing at him.

[mountain mummy]

hehe when i was pregnant with #4, we were buying bunk beds for the kids and the woman in the store asked if we knew what caused it. My DP was looking after our other 3, keeping them occupied, so I replied, yeah but we haven't found a cure for it yet!

Some people really should mind their own business!

[halltribe]

ha ha ha!!!

We have been asked whether we are Catholics or rabbits? Neither!!!

It REALLY REALLY annoys me when people think I have this many kids to get more money from the government!!! Are they joking?!?

[Dustmite]

truth is they should be asking you to have more kids! The tax base is shrinking because of small families - a larger family will eventually equate to a larger tax base which will raise the quality of life in society.

[mountain mummy]

It's not like the government gives you that much ... our FTB only increased about $100 per fortnight when #4 came along! But we don't do it for the money!

[halltribe]

Yeeha we are on holidays - we're not going anywhere but are having a break, this term has been so busy!

[CathieW]

Hi

My name is cathie And we have 3 children 12, 7, 2 and we are expecting twins in October. When people found out that I was having twins I didn't get congrates I got oh you poor thing how are you going to cope with 5 children. Some people can be soooo rude.

cathie