Reply With QuoteYou need 2 loaves of bread for lunch
10 nugget pack at maccas doesnt feed 3 outta 4 kids
You go thru a roll of toilet paper a day....
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You KNOW you are a LARGE family when........
your dream vehicle is a 12 seater van rather than a 2 door sports car!!!
Come on girls (and Dustmite if he's still around) give me some more, we have been very quiet in here lately.
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You need 2 loaves of bread for lunch
10 nugget pack at maccas doesnt feed 3 outta 4 kids
You go thru a roll of toilet paper a day....
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Buying in bulk only lasts the week, lol
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You have to count heads to make sure everyone is still with you
when the washing pile is as tall as you are
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You start buying two pkts of weet bix a week because one just doesnt last a whole week anymore
You manage to blow through 25ltrs of milk a week
you are thinking about buying a trailer and its not for rubbish
You completely look past the four bedroom houses in the real estate agents windows for five or more bedrooms
You do three loads of washing a day but the basket is still never empty
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you are thinking about buying a trailer and its not for rubbish
You completely look past the four bedroom houses in the real estate agents windows for five or more bedrooms
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Your friends and family call you RENT A CROWD so get invites to partys to boost numbers
But not so many dinner invites!!!
You need 3 medicare cards to fit everyones names on.
Your shoe rack looks like a shoe store!
You go thru a roll of toilet paper a day....
baaaahaaaaaaa yes yes and yes!!!! Wish they all still looked like they were new though
You know your a large family when.....
-People at the supermarket look at you funny when you put 6 x 3l bottle in the trolley and take the whole shelf off bread and put it on top of the trolley
-when takeaway ends up costing almost the same as a 'normal' familys groceries for the week
- quoted from J man
there is more hair in the sink then on your head
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Every 2nd person you meet on the street feels the need to say "oh you've got your hands full"
A trip to the shoe shop could fund a night in a posh hotel plus dinner plus champagne but you know those days are well in the past.
You casually mention needing a babysitter and watch friends faces freeze in terror.
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When your parents make you sound off before driving anywhere, like you're in an army barracks!
When the only icecream you buy your kids is a twinpole so you can split it in half and share it between two kids!
When you tell one of your kids something and they say ' You've already told me that 4 TIMES MUM!' and you coulda sworn you'd been telling each child!
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When saying Goodnight is like the Waltons.
when you start calling your kids by the family pets (animal) names
You KNOW you are a LARGE family when........
You have to think really hard and do a mental add-up before answering the question "how many siblings do you have?"
You get known around town as "one of the J(surname) Mob."
You fight with your siblings about who's going to share the middle seat-belt, or who has to sit in the boot (I'm not joking either).
Your mother has bought you colour-coded undies.
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You know you are a large family when it takes 2 or more trolleys to do the weekly grocery shop and people ask you is that for a month lol. When your clean clothes piles are knee high for each person. When everyone you know asks are you going to stop having more kids lol
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theres not enough space on forms when listing children.
you get a group discount just for your family.
we once went to a church and doubled the size!
Colour coded undies and army drill - I do that!!!!!
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Persephone - we used to fight about who got to go in the boot, not who HAD to go!
When kids don't get presents unless there is 1 in each colour to prevent fighting
When someone compliments one child and the parent goes 'Buy one get 3 free!'
This thread is hilarious, it brings back so much from my childhood!
You KNOW you are a LARGE family when........
I thought of some more!
When people regret asking you "where does your family live?" because it takes you so long to answer (I had siblings in 3 different States and one overseas at one point).
A tuckerbox (chest) freezer is the most valued possession in the home (and it's contents amounts to a large insurance claim when someone accidentally turns it off).
My poor DH was upset when he realised that if we only invited immediate family to our wedding, he would be inviting 4 people but I would be inviting 12
On the good side, as kids we could entertain ourselves for hours cause someone was always creating new games. There were always enough people to play a game of cricket. And no one ever dared to bully one of us, cause they would find themselves up against the entire clan.
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