Do you wish you’d had a larger, or smaller, family ?

[Wren]

I had my daughter at a very young age, our life was erratic to say the least so I always felt it would be unfair to bring another child into it, but I would’ve loved a son.......(not instead of, as well as my girl)

Do you ever wish you’d had more, or less children ?

 

[hollydolly]

I have one precious daughter. I lost my son to still birth when my daughter was 8. I would have loved to have had more siblings for her, but it wasn't to be , and I really regret that.

 

[toffee]

I have sons' but would love to have had another 2 boys ……..and lost one in pregnancy .

 

[Gary O']

Never tried for more
Tried real hard for less
Not hard enough, evidently
Two boys, two gurls

They didn't git in my way much
Only carried one hammer into the woods
Never to be seen again
My Craftsman framing hammer

Come to think of it...they owe me

I may take it out on the 17 grandkids

 

[RadishRose]

Yes, one more.

I miscarried my first child, then had my son. I wish I'd had a second son.

 

[Sassycakes]

I am very lucky to have 2 children,a boy and a girl. I would have loved to have another one but because of medical issues it was very hard for me to get pregnant. I look at both my children like they are a blessing.

 

[Judycat]

No, we had a hard enough time raising the three we had. A lot of people around my area have 8 or more children, family turns into a crazy cult. Think Hatfield's and McCoy's. Ridiculous. "Children" are still under the thumb of Mom and Dad at age 30. I said no.

 

[Ken N Tx]

We are blessed with what we have 3 boys and 3 girls..

My wife was an only child and while we where engaged she said she wanted 6 children, I laughed at that!!

 

[Meanderer]

We have 4 children, 8 grand kids, and 3 great grands....and zero regrets.

 

[Pappy]

We wanted a boy and a girl. We got them, and then, big surprise, another boy. It turned out for the better though in the long run. Love them all.

 

[treeguy64]

Never tried for more
Tried real hard for less
Not hard enough, evidently
Two boys, two gurls

They didn't git in my way much
Only carried one hammer into the woods
Never to be seen again
My Craftsman framing hammer

Come to think of it...they owe me

I may take it out on the 17 grandkids

"Not hard enough, evidently?" Sir, I beg to differ with you, given the results!

 

[treeguy64]

Two daughters. Just fine.

 

[Lvstotrvl]

I have 2 daughters, 3 granddaughters & 1 great son-in- law!

 

[Gary O']

"Children" are still under the thumb of Mom and Dad at age 30.

Bu....bu...but they're so much fun when small

 

[Judycat]

Haha. We waited an hour for Santa to arrive and then the nightmare began.

 

[Lc jones]

I have one precious daughter. I lost my son to still birth when my daughter was 8. I would have loved to have had more siblings for her, but it wasn't to be , and I really regret that.

I’m so sorry to hear about your loss.....

 

[Lc jones]

I wish we’d had a larger family, my mother had nine children in her family and we always had a great time when we went to family reunions. But I am very thankful for the three children that I do have.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I was an only child and many times wished for a sibling. I had trouble conceiving but eventually ended up with a boy and girl. The hubby and I were happy with that. Now we have two wonderful grand sons.

 

[jujube]

I had five sisters. My late husband came from a family of eleven kids. We couldn't imagine not having a big family.

We planned to have six, then four, then two.

The Good Lord decided to bless us with one. I think I would have liked to have two, but it never happened.

 

[Duster]

I would have liked having a daughter, in addition to the son I do have.
My son was a joy to raise, a happy child.
Though my son is married, there won't be any children. My husband and I had so looked forward to someday being grandparents, but it was never meant to be.
We have nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews, but it isn't the same.
Though I've looked into fostering, I no longer have the energy. Having such old parents wouldn't be fair to a young person, either.
A friend's daughter {in her 40's, stable marriage, with 4 teenage girls} adopted an orphaned teen girl, who was a friend of her girls.
The girl was 17 and didn't want anyone telling her what to do or making rules for her to follow. It caused their family a lot of heartache.
Things went badly and they ended up returning the adopted girl to the foster care system.

 

[DaveA]

I was an only child and my wife had one sister. We had 3 girls and a boy - - none of them required any "planning". Two of the four have reached their 60's with the other two close behind.

All of them married and they have produced 13 grandchildren and 8 (to be 9 in May) great grands. All are close and at our Christmas celebration this year (which will be held on Dec. 29th), everyone will be present (barring illness or emergencies). Even our one grandson, who lives on the west coast, will be flying in.

 

[JustBonee]

Happy and blessed with the three children I was given ... two daughters and one son.

 

[Keesha]

I came from a small family with two older brothers. One was killed in 1979 when he was just 20. My father was an only child and my moms brothers both were killed. She lost her mom at 19 years of age to MS and her father , who served in the war became a POW and was all messed up when he got out. That in itself messed my mom up who met my dad and married him within 3 months. We moved from England in 1965 so I never met any relatives except my paternal grandparents when very young so there were no aunts, uncles, or cousins to speak of.

Now I have two SIL’s, 3 BIL’s 4 nieces and 4 nephews, a MIL & FIL whom I get along with well.
We don’t see each other often but do keep in touch regularly.

Yes I wish I had a sister. Of course, the idea of a sister in my imagination is probably much nicer than what a real sister would be like but I’m allowed to dream.

 

[Keesha]

Now about our immediate family:
We’ve had 3 bunnies - 2 shepherds, and a schnoodle whom we loved and adored. Now we have a cat, a Yorkie and another schnoodle who are our fur kids. They are dearly loved- spoiled even , but that’s our choice and ours alone and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

My man didn’t want any human children and I certainly wasn’t going to argue about it.

 

[Autumn72]

No, we had a hard enough time raising the three we had. A lot of people around my area have 8 or more children, family turns into a crazy cult. Think Hatfield's and McCoy's. Ridiculous. "Children" are still under the thumb of Mom and Dad at age 30. I said no.

With all that happened presently I would not unless divorce never was an option.