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Old 08-07-2007   #61 (permalink)
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Jan and I forgot to have kids.
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Old 08-07-2007   #62 (permalink)
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I shop when I travel so "shopping" covers both.
Me too! I love jewelry. I have a souveigner from every trip I ever took. Needless to say, that makes lots of jewelry
Speaking of traveling, what do they do for vacation? Can you imagine them checking into a hotel!!! "What do you mean your rooms do not hold 19!"
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Old 08-07-2007   #63 (permalink)
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IMHO, these people are freakin' nuts! 17 kids....AND all homeschooled?!
It would be impossible to TRULY get an education in that household. I could NEVER imagine having more kids, expecting my older children to give up their childhood in order to care for their siblings.....my mom was the last of 9...and this is why I am the ONLY....she NEVER wanted to burden her children.

I think it's great that they make it work, but I STILL think they are NUTS!!!
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Old 08-07-2007   #64 (permalink)
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Children are a blessing, even 17, provided that you can give them all the love and attention in the world, why not? I don't plan in having any , but I totally understand people that want 17! Why not????
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Children are a blessing, even 17, provided that you can give them all the love and attention in the world, why not? I don't plan in having any , but I totally understand people that want 17! Why not????
Having never had any yourself, I can actually understand how you can ask that question.

I'll start the list of reasons:

Diapers
Poop
Screaming
Crying
Tantrums
Dirty clothes
Worry
Dirty house
Insanity
Toys underfoot...

Someone else wanna take over from here?

(Don't get me wrong, I love my two sons and they made/make my life so much richer than it would have otherwise been. However, if there had been one more child in my care, I guarantee you that I would have totally gone over the edge. 17? HA! Never woulda made it to #4, myself.)
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Someone else wanna take over from here?
Two words...........Teenage Daughters
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Old 08-07-2007   #67 (permalink)
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Not a chance! I love my three, but that 3rd made life...... interesting!! Can't even imagine all those teenage girls - I'm with you on that, Susie!
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Jan and I forgot to have kids.
Gosh that must have happened to me as well.
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Gosh that must have happened to me as well.
We were working on getting pregnant...then I started working in the schools...only took 2 days to make me realize I didn't want any. Slim didn't care either way. So..it was more like..if I get preggers, we will deal with it..if not ..so be it.
I also realized at that time just how brainedwashed young girls are...first toy...baby doll.

Oh yeah.. if they have anymore kids they should name it "bananas" after the bunch..ta dum dum.
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I know, of course I forgot to mention the money factor, which plays a very important role ( 2 hearts and a hut is an utopy). In a VERY wealthy family with 17 children, most of the below problems could easily be avoided. But as you say, I don't have children so the nearest comment to having children would be on Emma, my niece: " by by Emma, auntie has to go now"- after half hour!
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Having never had any yourself, I can actually understand how you can ask that question.

I'll start the list of reasons:
Diapers
Poop
Screaming
Crying
Tantrums
Dirty clothes
Worry
Dirty house
Insanity
Toys underfoot...

Someone else wanna take over from here?

(Don't get me wrong, I love my two sons and they made/make my life so much richer than it would have otherwise been. However, if there had been one more child in my care, I guarantee you that I would have totally gone over the edge. 17? HA! Never woulda made it to #4, myself.)
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My sister in law works in a small hospital in an area with a large Amish population. They just had an Amish women give birth to her 16th child. Oh and shes 33.
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My sister in law works in a small hospital in an area with a large Amish population. They just had an Amish women give birth to her 16th child. Oh and shes 33.
I'm surprised the Amish use hospitals at all. Besides, after your... oh... 6th or so... wouldn't it be like... okay, I won't say what I'm thinking, but wouldn't it be very straightforward and almost easy?
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Two words...........Teenage Daughters
I was going to try for a daughter, but now I'm glad I didn't. I'm with Susie, I love my sons, but two is all I could handle!
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IMHO, these people are freakin' nuts! 17 kids....AND all homeschooled?!
It would be impossible to TRULY get an education in that household. I could NEVER imagine having more kids, expecting my older children to give up their childhood in order to care for their siblings.....my mom was the last of 9...and this is why I am the ONLY....she NEVER wanted to burden her children.

I think it's great that they make it work, but I STILL think they are NUTS!!!
Okay, my wife has more time to screw around on playa.info nowadays than I do.

How sad is that?
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I'm surprised the Amish use hospitals at all. Besides, after your... oh... 6th or so... wouldn't it be like... okay, I won't say what I'm thinking, but wouldn't it be very straightforward and almost easy?
Yah, you'd think the baby woulld just walk outa' there.
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