what is your ideal number of kids?

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  • Shannonk507
    Shannonk507 Posts: 252 Member
    LOL Awesome. I was offering to sell my three for free the other day, too. Gotta love back-to-school attitudes and ADHD in my house. Would never, either. Oh the joys of being a mom. :)
  • ConnieMaxwell
    ConnieMaxwell Posts: 7
    My husband and I had 3, then they all got attached to people so we then had 6. Then they all had children of their own so now at Christmas we have 11. So how many you have remember THEY MULTIPLY!!!!
  • MaryEffingPoppins
    MaryEffingPoppins Posts: 371 Member
    3.
  • moyafigura
    moyafigura Posts: 140 Member
    We have two girls right now. We will be trying for a boy eventually, but would like a total of around five if its in Gods plans for us.:smile:
    Shoking that there are actually people out there that want none.
  • countrydarling1
    countrydarling1 Posts: 386 Member
    I always wanted 3 & have 3! 2 boys & a girl! Girls are so much easier! lol!
  • kandrews24
    kandrews24 Posts: 610 Member
    If I didn't have to work (I'm the sole bread winner) AND be the one to get pregnant AND nurse AND get up at night . . . I'd have at least 6-9 cherubs (maybe more). As it is, I have three boys (17, 12, and 6) and definately would love it if I had more, but that's not in the cards as I'm 47 and started too late. If I was Queen, I'd adopt a sibling pair of sisters, but husband refuses. We've had several arguments about it. The funny thing is that all three of my boys would really like a sister or two. My oldest son wanted us to have 7 kids total. He's mad at us for stopping at three. But husband stays home with the kids and has put his foot down. Argh!

    So I say, go for it!
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    0 :/ i want around 100 or more pets though lol
  • PurpleCoookie
    PurpleCoookie Posts: 334
    2 or 3
  • obstacleone
    obstacleone Posts: 228
    I have 2 girls with my ex wife. I'm not debating on if I should get snipped or not. I love my girls deeply and I don't think I need more children but what if I find someone new that loves me and wants to have a baby with me? I just don't know.
  • MelMoly
    MelMoly Posts: 1,303 Member
    I have one!:smile::flowerforyou: And if it can happen I would like 2 :heart:



    Or maybe 4 ;)
  • sagetracey
    sagetracey Posts: 607 Member
    I have two boys, 18 and 24. The eldest has left home, the youngest is likely to leave for university next March and then I will never want kids again. Two was ideal for our family and I love my boys, but it is rapidly reaching the time for just the two of us.
  • ldybugg
    ldybugg Posts: 134
    None! Just want to spoil my friends kids. Thats good enough for me!
  • 2stepz
    2stepz Posts: 814 Member
    Never had the opportunity to pursue motherhood (and I'm not the kind to do that on my own.) I have two dogs, and figure at this point, the only way I'll have human kids is if I inherit step-kids. Not the way I saw my life going, but there are plans bigger than my own.
  • sarah_ep
    sarah_ep Posts: 580 Member
    Still torn on whether to even have kids. It's either 0 or 2. Not into only childs - no offense.
  • Gary1977
    Gary1977 Posts: 804 Member
    0 !!!!

    Zero, zip, nada.....

    Dogs are cool, though.

    lol, love dogs as well. I do think one day I wouldn't mind ONE.
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    Zero - but I have 1 (and I kind of love her)
  • corieueber
    corieueber Posts: 72 Member
    got 2 and that's good for us, perhaps if we had met and started breading earlier who knows but l'm very content we have a complete family :)
  • awdamm
    awdamm Posts: 375 Member
    I have furry ones currently ( 2)

    I'd love to have twin boy and girl right out the gate and probably be done but I'd be willing to go as high as 3 NO MORE!!!!!
  • SKP1986
    SKP1986 Posts: 392 Member
    I have furry kids and a scaly kid and that is enough for me.

    I do have 3 godchildren and I adore them, but also love the fact that I get to send them HOME!
  • pinkgigi
    pinkgigi Posts: 693 Member
    I've got the perfect family (for me) a boy of 21 and a girl of 19. When I met my second husband he was quite keen to have more children, but I went and had my tubes tied. Just as well because he died of a horrible disease and I would have been left alone dealing with another child.

    My daughter is now away at university and my son is showing signs of spreading his wings, so I'll be on my own pretty soon, just a well I have cats!

    GG
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
    ONE.

    I have three.
  • Angellore
    Angellore Posts: 519 Member
    None. I don't like children. I find them bratty, snotty, smelly, noisy, dirty and annoying. I have a nephew, I love him to bits, but I can give him back. I have a weak stomach and vomit if someone else does, heave when emptying the bin, so changing nappies (diapers) and dealing with sick kids would be impossible for me! People say I would feel differently if I had my own, but why risk it? My husband and I love our life the way it is, why change it? We can do what we want, when we want. Our money is our own and we can go away on holiday many times a year, which is our number one thing to do. We have a one bed flat with 20 years left on the mortgage and if plans go right we'll retire when we've paid it off, at around 50 and go and live in Cyprus. If we had kids we would be working our arses off to put them through uni!

    Lastly, I wouldn't want kids because I would hate to put them out in the world as it is today. Things are getting harder, kids often see no future for themselves, they are forced to grow up too fast, often regardless of how they are brought up because of outside influences. Why would I want to put someone I love through that? Just my opinion.

    I love cats though. I will be a mad old cat lady.
  • pinkgigi
    pinkgigi Posts: 693 Member
    Suzi

    love that response, I used to say I stopped when I got one I liked!

    GG
  • AshDHart
    AshDHart Posts: 818 Member
    I always wanted 4. I have 2 from my first marriage and 1 with my current husband. I always said if we didn't have another by the time I was 35 then we stop trying. 35 came and 40 started to seem reasonable. 40 came and I thought why not let nature take it's course? If it happens great if not we have one beautiful daughter together. So if I end up pregnant one day we will be thrilled and if I don't we are still blessed.
  • PBJunkie
    PBJunkie Posts: 652
    I know one cannot choose the genders but we would love to have twins, one of each gender, and a younger boy.
  • Jessamin
    Jessamin Posts: 338 Member
    I'd like two. One of each, ideally. My family seem to have a great run with getting one girl and one boy first shot, so with a little luck it is genetic.
  • ursy87
    ursy87 Posts: 287
    When my hubby and I first talked about babies we were going to have 5 or 6, at first I was worried about bringing a child into the world, wars,economy etc but that was just nerves...its a big step. After my first boy was born I was diagnosed as only having one damaged kidney and advised not to have any more babies:cry: What we did though was space them out so my body had time to recover in between and stopped at 3 (as I had sections and babies were prem). My husband would dearly love a girl, but thats never going to happen. He still asks occasionally, but, my body just wouldn't cope with the strain of another pregnancy.
    I am perfectly happy with my three lovely boys now, we have brought them up to the best of our abilities and our eldest (born 9 weeks early and very sick) has just started university to be a dentist, so children do still have opportunities, if they work hard enough for them.
  • FatDadSlim
    FatDadSlim Posts: 497 Member
    I have 2 Boys, that is plenty.
  • SueGeer
    SueGeer Posts: 1,169 Member
    I have 3 boys 26, 22 & 17. Always wanted a boy first; 2nd one I wasn't worried; but was disdappointed that 3rd was also a boy. They all left home for a while but number 3 is back.....

    Sue :smile: x
  • goron59
    goron59 Posts: 890 Member
    As many as you can afford!
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