Children

[teddybear4play]

If you are still childless:

How many do you want?
Do you want boys or girls (or both)?
Do you care which order they are born in?
At what age do you think you PERSONALLY are too old to have children?

4
2 of each
the boys first (I want to name them Freedom, Justice, Faith and Hope)
I'm a guy, so I can go until I die, but I'd like to see them grow up, so . . . 45-50.

TB4p

 

[plasticman33]

I have four beautiful daughters, one is my natural daughter by my first wife, three are my wifes from her first marriage. We melded them together and now they consider each other sisters, and they are all very close. They all consider me Dad, even though I never asked them to, it just became natural. I consider them all my daughters and make no comments otherwise. I love them as my own.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

I Be Childless:

How many do you want? Zero
Do you want boys or girls (or both)? Neither. Pay attention.
Do you care which order they are born in? Huh? Are you deaf?
At what age do you think you PERSONALLY are too old to have children? 13, that's when I knew for sure, but I'd had my suspicions about 'em since around 7 or 8.

 

[Rubyfruit]

I have three. I wanted three - I just like odd numbers. My husband only wanted two, so I had twins the second time around.

Boy first, twin girls second. I was desperate to have a daughter, but was convinced during my second pregnancy that the twins were boys. I was thrilled to find out differently.

Bob, your wife is a wise woman. Puppies are a lot of work. A lot.

 

[RawHumor]

I went out to the movies the other day.

The sign said "Adults $8.00, Children $4.50".

I said "I'll have 2 boys and a girl."
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Steven Wright

 

[lovetoread]

If you have children:

Before you had children, how many do you want? 6

How many do you have? 3

Are you done having children? Naturally yes,but I am thinking of adopting more.

Did you want boys or girls (or both)? Both

Did it matter what order they were born in? No

 

[morninggirl5]

If you are still childless:

How many do you want?
Do you want boys or girls (or both)?
Do you care which order they are born in?
At what age do you think you PERSONALLY are too old to have children?

I want four. I really think i will be a better boy Mom than girl Mom, but healthy children is more important than whether they are boys or girls. No preference on order.

Age..... i hate even thinking about it. I've begun to accept that i probably won't have four children. Two is more realistic at this point. At this point, 40 is my cutoff for not having children. That may change though, even a couple of years ago, i would have said 35.

 

[Megameg]

I wanted 2, husband wanted 0. We agreed on 1. No gender preference.

We had an awesome little boy. Then we were blessed with a "surprise" daughter who is the apple of her daddy's eye.

I had no preference as to birth order, but my daughter wishes she were born first (bossy).

I, too, would love to adopt older kids someday - I actually feel destined to do it.

Edited to say: I think for me, 45 would be the cut-off age.

Meg

 

[TigerClaw]

If you have children:
Before you had children, how many do you want? 5
How many do you have? 3
Are you done having children? Yes, she and I have to talk. 3 is a handful.
Did you want boys or girls (or both)? Yes, both. I think it is healthier to have a mix. Though, now having 2 girls, I am scarred shitless. I dont want no boy messing around with them taking advantage of them. I will have to keep a strong bat by the front door.....
Seriously, it does bother me. Being a Father is not as easy as being a Brother to a woman. As a brother you know most of the guys going after your sister, as a Father I have no idea.
Did it matter what order they were born in? Yes, boy first. But fate is more determined to do what it wants.

 

[freakygirl]

If you have children:

Before you had children, how many do you want?
How many do you have?
Are you done having children?
Did you want boys or girls (or both)?
Did it matter what order they were born in?

I wanted 2..

I have 8... 4 (mine) and 4 (my boyfriends)

Yes, I'm done. I think I've produced enough

I wanted one boy and one girl.. i ended up with 2 of each

Before I had any children, the order didn't matter. After I had my first son, I wanted a girl. But would have been happy with a boy.