Parents of big families...I need GOOD come backs for idiots!

[LittleYellowOne]

"How'd this happen? SO glad you asked! You see, when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much..."

 

[smom1976]

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We have 5 kids and I have had a few people ask if we are done yet? I just say ya I think so.. honest answer...

and when I have people who realize how many kids I do have.. I just reply with ... oh a handfull...

ETA: CONGRATS!!!

I cloth diapered too..

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Once my husband's brother commented to him about how many kids we have, my husband replied, "Well, we do it so well, and we make such beautiful babies, we thought it would be a shame to stop and deprive this world of such beautiful people!"

He also followed that up with, "At least I am insuring that the family name lives on." We have four boys!

 

[DuckLady]

"Oh, I'm sorry. What were you saying?
Oh look! A chicken!"

 

[Mahonri]

I come from a family of 7 children.

DW comes from a family of 6 children.

We have 7.

I've used many of the sayings on that web site.

I have a pic of our entire family in each operatory so anyone who comes in sees why I am there working so hard and why I'll never be able to reture.
I get many comments.

Since the first 6 were boys, they figured we just gave up when we finally got our girl (#7). Not true. We just felt that we were done... I was 45 and my wife was 43 when our sweet little girl was born.

A few years ago when folks would ask, Are they all yours? I would say, "Can't you tell? I gained 20 lbs with each pregnancy!" They laughed not just because I'm a man but because I was a tad overweight!

 

[Trollkiller]

I read this whole thread and something bothers me. It seems some of you are taking undue offense to lame jokes. If the person making the comment is not trying to be mean or inappropriate you should not attack them because their light hearted comment fell flat.

When you reach number 5 what is a person to say? They can't give you encouragement like "you will make a wonderful mom/dad" because you are already an expert. They can't give you advice because you know more than they do or think you do and anything they offer will either be redundant or dismissed.

So instead they make a joke comment like "you should get cable", or "you know what causes that". Take the joke in the spirit it is given. If you attack instead of joke in return YOU look like the rude person.

On the other hand if someone is attempting to be rude or is making a crass comment in order to show their superiority, you can and should take them apart. Scold them just like you would a child that doesn't know any better.

Shake your head in a "tsk tsk" fashion and with a calm parental voice say "That was an inappropriate comment. You shouldn't make comments like that because people will think you are uneducated."

 

[Chirpy]

5! You're going to have 5 kids! What kind of dipsticks would have 5 kids???




Oh, wait... we have 8!!

Yes, I have to confess... I'm a blond dipstick with 8 children (9 if you count my hubby) and I want more!

I've never gotten any rude comments when out and about with our gang; some people have asked if we are Mormon (we're not) but when someone asks "Are they ALL yours?" I give them a huge smile and say "Yes, we have been SOOO blessed and would love to have more!" No one has ever said anything else negative after that. It's very obvious that I LOVE having a large family and don't care what they think.

I have more fun when people ask if our youngest two boys (who actually look quite a bit alike but are both adopted from different families) are twins. They are actually 4 months apart in age so I just say, "Nope, they are four months apart." and walk away. You should see their brains in high gear trying to figure that one out. If they follow up with more questions I take it as a perfect time to talk about the wonderful world of adoption. We have 3 bio and 5 adopted children through foster care. If we could, we'd have more. I've had some great conversations with people who had legitimate questions about adoption and foster care. It's been amazing how God has brought the right people into our paths who were looking for someone to talk to about large families or adoption with.

CONGRATS on only your 5th child!

Wishing you all the best with your pregnancy and birth. Go boys... we have 5 boys and 3 girls so our boys are 'winning' also.

Our kids keep hoping for more siblings... time will tell, that's in Gods hands.

 

[Southernbelle]

Congrats!

My dad is one of 7, my mom is one of 8, I'm one of 6 - sometimes I feel like apologizing for only having 3!

I always thought I'd have 5 or 6 kids, but 3 seems right for now. We are also foster parents, so sometimes we have more.

Chirpy - I had that question, too! At the time, our biological children were 7, 6 & 2 and our foster dd was 6 and I always got the "Are they twins?" No, they're 6 weeks apart and one was white and one was African American.

 

[debilorrah]

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Actually most of the people that make those comments are dead on serious about it and think people with more than 3 kids are crazy and stupid. I have met a lot of people like that. As a single mother of one son, people even asked me why I would choose to be single. HA! I didn't!!!!

 

[Feathered Wings]

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What a Wonderful husband you have there i love big familys they are so loveing to each other

I don't know why it's anybodys business how many children others have.

Must be those folks i see that have one and act like they wish they didn't have it