Draconator Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LeviF Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Kids look to be fed and clothed. What's the issue here, exactly? 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 8 hours ago, Draconator said: I knew a family with 9 children but half were adopted. That family was on a schedule and it worked out . All kids doing well in life. Structure, consistency and responsibilities! No way that lady gave birth to alllll those kids.. No way lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Gross 🤢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) i just don't know how anyone could keep up. i have two young kids, and we're constantly trying to cram ***** in. even in terms of giving them personal attention, i'm only good with the two i have. my wife talked about 3, but i threatened to leave. Edited March 21, 2023 by teef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 hours ago, LeviF said: Kids look to be fed and clothed. What's the issue here, exactly? Safe transportation? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 My mom was one of 9 kids. two others died in infancy. They spanned 15 years, from 1917 to 1932. The oldest (98) and the youngest (83) died in the same year. I had 17 cousins just on my moms's side along with me, my brother and sister. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, Wacka said: My mom was one of 9 kids. two others died in infancy. They spanned 15 years, from 1917 to 1932. The oldest (98) and the youngest (83) died in the same year. I had 17 cousins just on my moms's side along with me, my brother and sister. Always interesting to see these families which span many years, and their subsequent descendants. Bride the Second's father was the oldest of 14 surviving children; my wife has aunts and uncles younger than she. Grandfather Herm didn't believe in a television, apparently. Many of her first cousins are just now beginning families. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSandwhich Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Not sure why people feel the need to pick on other's life styles. If that's their choice and their pulling their own taking care of their own children and not being a burden on the rest of us, then good on them. Their doing Gods work. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 In grade school, my friend Bill was one of twelve kids. Then, in junior high, my friend John was also one of twelve kids. (Both Catholic schools - go figure. 😉 ) John and I were on the same Little League baseball team, and in our second year, both his older and younger brothers were also on the team. I'm one of four, but I remember my Mom saying that she'd wanted six. I'm the youngest, so I like to think that they stopped with me because they finally got it right. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 I wonder if they know they they can screw without conceiving a child. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 12 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: I wonder if they know they they can screw without conceiving a child. 🤔 I'm continually amazed by the number of people who believe that procreation is the ONLY reason to do the deed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Water Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, muppy said: I knew a family with 9 children but half were adopted. That family was on a schedule and it worked out . All kids doing well in life. Structure, consistency and responsibilities! No way that lady gave birth to alllll those kids.. No way lol Says they're all hers, no multiple births. Up until the arrival of hormonal birth control in the 60s, it was not that uncommon for a woman to bear 16 children. If she married at 18, went through the change at 51, and had a kid every 2 years, that's 16. The difference was, before the arrival of vaccines, antibiotics, and the rest of modern medicine, it was not unusual for a contagious disease like diptheria to go through the family like a scythe and wipe out 5 or 6, another contagious disease to take a few more before their 2nd birthday, an infection following an accident or a broken bone to take out a few more - so the family size would wind up at 8 or 9. Edited March 21, 2023 by Beck Water 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 30 minutes ago, WhoTom said: I'm continually amazed by the number of people who believe that procreation is the ONLY reason to do the deed. And make sure you don't enjoy it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Odds are that one of those kids turns out to be a serial killer. Them's just the numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 28 minutes ago, LeGOATski said: Odds are that one of those kids turns out to be a serial killer. Them's just the numbers. Well, if the boys identify themselves by their 1st, middle, and last name in a compulsory way, you might be on to something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: I wonder if they know they they can screw without conceiving a child. 🤔 Perhaps she doesn’t like it there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionallyUnstable Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 11 hours ago, teef said: i just don't know how anyone could keep up. i have two young kids, and we're constantly trying to cram ***** in. even in terms of giving them personal attention, i'm only good with the two i have. my wife talked about 3, but i threatened to leave. I assume, as most wives would, she took you up on that. How’s Cabo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 19 hours ago, Wacka said: My mom was one of 9 kids. two others died in infancy. They spanned 15 years, from 1917 to 1932. The oldest (98) and the youngest (83) died in the same year. I had 17 cousins just on my moms's side along with me, my brother and sister. My grandmother 9. First 8 all girls until #9 a boy! How'd you like to be him! Also, my cousin is older than my uncle. That means my grandmother (in her 40s) had a child after her daughter (my aunt, father's sister). This was in the 1950s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 I have a relative with 12 children and 3 of the children were born after her daughter had 2 children of her own. That can happen in families whose religion declares birth control is a mortal sin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 (edited) My wife is #8 of 9 siblings, from two fathers. The first 4, their father died in a car accident, then her mom remarried, and had 5 more. Eight girls, one boy, the boy was from the first husband. There are 22 nieces and nephews from those siblings. Edited March 23, 2023 by Just Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 My wife Pat is one of 15 O'Tooles, no twins, no miscarriages all within the span of 20 years. She is #8 with 7 older, 7 younger. There were 11 boys (2 have since passed). When people ask her to name them (actually ask any one of them to name them) they always have a sing-song recital of every kid from the oldest to the youngest. The father was an Olympic runner (and obviously the mother wasn't) Good Irish Catholic family from Long Island, most of the kids went to Catholic schools through at least high school. some to Catholic colleges. 42 Grandchildren and well over 45 great grandchildren (and still growing). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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