Do they all belong to you?
Mar 04 '00
Some people are amazed to hear we had four children in three years and one month. Some say we are stupid, some say we are blessed and some feel it gives them free reign to ask some of the silliest questions. I always wanted a large family, maybe not so close together, but it's just the perfect fit for our family.
We started with twins, then 18 months later had a baby, then 18 months after that had our last son. We've never experienced life with one child so this is just normal to us. It's much easier now than when it was twin three year olds, an 18 month old and a newborn. If we could afford more and if my health would sustain it we would love to have more. But our choice is to stop at four.
What amazes me though are the comments we get. They range from "Are they all yours?" to "Are they natural?". I've come up with some smart come backs when people get a little to personal. One thing with twins is that people feel they have the right to ask questions about the conception of your children. The same people that would never dream of asking a mother of a singleton if she was on fertility drugs has no problem asking the mother of twins. And we know that the majority of fertility drug births end up in singletons.
My favorite comeback to "are they natural" is "No, we used to live in Las Vegas and we found them out at Area 51". Are you having more someone once asked....."No, are you?" was my comeback. I've never said it but when someone asks about fertility drugs I would love to comeback and ask them how their child was conceived. Whether a couple goes through medical procedures or not really is their business, not the general publics.
The other assumption is that we are either Catholic or Mormon. Having lived in Nevada where there is a high Mormon population it was assumed by many that we were Mormon. I had a co-worker who thought for years that we were Mormon because of the kids. We are neither which goes to prove that some people allow more than their religion to dictate their family size.
I love watching my four children interact with each other, both the good and the bad. They are best friends and I'm happy to have such a large, happy, healthy family.
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