Oh yeah your like my second cousin or third or something like that right!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 21 '00
This is a touchy subject for me. I have been married a little over a year and we are trying to have a child. I have a few problems so I am starting Clomid in early May. As far as the large family goes I have 2 sisters, and a brother. One half sister and half brother from my Dad and Step Mom. One step sister from my step Dad. Then last but not least one real sister. For most young adults today that is large. Most of my friends in High School were only children or maybe had one sister or brother.
Back to the beginning. My Grandmother and Grandfather had 8 children on one side and 7 on the other, then you add the family that you get when you have step parents and you have about 20 more aunts and uncles. Then you go down to the cousins. I have approximately between 80-100 cousins and most of them live within the state or the majority I should say. The only thing is I am the second to the oldest of grandchildren on my Dad's side of the family and it makes me feel very old to see my little cousins drinking a beer when we have a cookout or something. I mean my baby sister is going on 25.
But I would not change any of them at all. Most kids don't get to see much of there grandparents while they are living. I am 26 know and still have 2 grandparents living. For the most part we all get along. That can be tough sometimes with large families because you have so many different people and so many different attitudes. That's why you just learn to deal with one another. When you are a close family such as ours you tend to let things go a little easier to keep peace.
Now for the hard part. One of the hardest things to deal with in a large family is death. When I was younger within 5 years 6 people died in our family. Year after year it was someone very close to me. I would say that since I was born that about 20 people have died in my family. I 'm not saying 4th cousins or nothing, I'm talking immediate family. Both of my step parents had large families so we pretty much double once my parents remarried. The good thing is that when you do have to deal with death it is so much easier when you've got an aunt or grandma to hug and cry.
For the most part I would not discourage anyone from having a large family, but in today's society it is a hard task to try and raise a high number of children. I want so much to have a baby, hopefully a boy. My husband wasn't as lucky to have such a large family and he is the only boy to carry on his family name, so you know he wants a boy. But what man doesn't?
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