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TurquoiseThyme's avatar

As an only child, who has looked with envy at larger families, as long as it is a well adjusted large family. Everyone has a built in social network, it’s easier to find work, to find spouses, to find free furniture, to find a safe place to crash if life takes a downturn. It’s easier to find roommates. And a number of young professionals I know from larger families have bought starter houses with siblings. There are always people to help move.

A lot of people I know from large families, think that having more money would have made their childhood better, but they are usually totally oblivious to all the social capital they have, that I see as an only child.

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Emily Hess's avatar

Congratulations!!

We're at three. I wanted at least five, and am gobsmacked that we have the relatively small number of kids we do at this stage (ten years of marriage...I'm one of nine, my mom had five or six by this point!).

Life never seems to throw what you'd actually expect at you. Go figure.

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