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

[crtrlovr]

that's a GOOD one, kodiakchicken!

 

[dacjohns]

Where to start and what to say. Most has already been said.

I come from a family of 3 kids that combined with a family of 3 kids when my mother remarried. I immediately became the oldest of 6. We heard the comments about they must be Catholic. We weren't but as said in an earlier post, religion and other things should be kept out of it.

My wife comes from a family of 6 kids.

We had 4 kids, the first 2 were planned and the second 2 were surprises. They were not mistakes, they were surprises and we cannot imagine our family without them.

When the third came along we were living with my folks and my mother was not very happy. I was going to school full time and working part time to support my family the best I could. She felt we had no business having more kids. They moved another house on the property because of it. Then the fourth came along. Well my youngest is special to her because she was present at her birth. I could not be there because I was away at some military training I could get away from.

Any comments and questions can come across as very rude, especially if they come from strangers or someone who is not a close friend. This includes when are you having kids to why are you having kids. What does being Mormon or Catholic have to do with it?

Being LDS I understand what the the LDS here have said and the cultural background for it. It still doesn't make the comments directed towards the parents to be right.

Sorry, but I don't have any new comebacks.


Congratulations.

 

[ninjapoodles]

I like patandchickens' response on the first page best of all--just a stony, icy, silent stare should do nicely! People blurt things like that out without even thinking of anyone other than themselves, so do them a favor and give them a moment to reflect on just how they sound: boorish and rude.

 

[Their Other Mother]

My husband had 2 kids when we married and I had 3 then we had 2 together. Even our Pastor asked us "Do you know what causes that?" We just told him we are obeying Gods word!:
Gen. 1:27 &28: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.


My husband is 62 and still wants more kids. Just tonight he was joking to some friends that I "had a bun in the oven.."

I like the coment about wanting to take over the world tho

Congrats!!

 

[NoelTate]

I am the baby of five children, although larger families were more common then than today (I'm 40 now-kinda an old baby! lol). I have been asked many times if we were Catholic. My favorite response is one I stole from Dolly Parton-"No, just horny Baptists." lol Beyond that, my only response would be that as long as I am not on welfare and can support my family without assistance, it's no one's business but my own.

 

[debilorrah]

Ok that Dolly comment was FUNNY!

 

[ydriggsal]

hi Asher,
I have six children! I now dont have a wife!! She r-u-n-n-o-f-t-e-d. lol I dont blame her!! But I always told people that my children are an ASSET not a LIABILITY! that usually shut them up. Happy Baby.............Chris

 

[chickenma]

You're the one that's blessed with a new baby.
I know for sure that if people could have more kids a lot would do it.
As long as you can handle it , you don't need to explain yourself to anybody.
Enjoy your family.
I grew up in a big huge family. My parents had 6 of their own , 3 adopted and yearround foster kids. And Yes we were happy and they could afford it.
Money isn't the thing that's makes people happy.
People that loves you make you happy. The good things in life are free. Let's all be thankfull for this.

 

[setter4]

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Wow, this is awful. You should have called for a manager.
I have no kids...my choice. My best friend has 4. She just always told people I gave her mine. LOL
Congrats!

 

[okiemommy]

Hi Asher! Congratulations!!!

We just found out a couple of days ago that we are expecting another baby. We already have four. The last two were twins, so we didn't really get the comments because it's not like we specifically planned 4. I did get the question "Are they planned?" and my comeback is, "Yes they're planned. God planned them. They usually shut up then. The other day when I told one of my friends about the recent pregnancy, she said, That's crazy! (not in a negative way, in a shocked way, but still) and then she asked if I am going to get fixed. I said, should I? She didn't say anything back. The question I keep getting now is what if you have twins again? Well then we will have twins again sillies!!! I take most of it in stride b/c most of my friends mean well. I deal with the rude comments with a quickness though

congratulations again!!

Don't let them steal your joy.