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MSE Parents Club Part 9

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  • redmel1621
    redmel1621 Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    D'ya know I am sure it must be some higher beings way of keeping the population down. I would love plenty of kids my dh wouldn't. We have two sets of friends both of which have two kids and in both relationships the dad would love another few kids but the mum won't hear of it. Another friend who lives down the road has two kids and she would love another one or two but her husband is adamant, no more!!

    Isn't it strange...maybe a question when dating should be 'how many kids do you want?'
    Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
    Nothing is going to get better. It's not.
  • 3onitsway
    3onitsway Posts: 4,000 Forumite
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    8 months and 1 day, with the second arriving at 9 months and 18 days...we continue to wait for tooth no 3 *rolleyes*

    No.1 8 months and 1 week. And we continue to wait for No. 2. :(

    Would people really change hairdresser because the baby doesn't like them?

    We used to go to one down the road before J took a dislike to all hairdressers - he would never let the skinny woman do it, only the bigger girl with the big boobies. :) All of his favorite teachers, dinner ladies, favorites of my friends are the ones with the bigger boobies. :rotfl:

    Moving to a bigger place? Or completely new area?

    Same area - we like it, just a bigger place. We desperately need an extra downstairs room and an extra bedroom.

    Thanks for all the avvy compliments. Sami I suppose it does look a bit like Liv, but looks nothing like Liv as a baby. I must get a pic of her to show you - she was the grumpiest looking toddler ever. :)

    Feelie You can tell me all about gymbabes when you get back. It's our trial on Thursday.
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  • aless02
    aless02 Posts: 5,119 Forumite
    MOTM - just imagine, you could have a little boy to add to the mix of estrogen in your house!

    JAM - adorable photo of Charlotte :D

    MFD - we gave Finn a haircut at 2 weeks old!! :eek:

    I'm jealous of you all with houses. I hate London with a burning passion. I'm 25, DH is 26, and we have no hope in hell of owning any sort of property within the even remotely foreseeable future. We'd love to get out of this property blackhole but obviously relocating across the country would mean uprooting jobs and we can barely pay our bills some months much less afford unstable incomes. We're in a 2 bed private rented, which is good enough, but hate paying what we do to live here!
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  • redmel1621
    redmel1621 Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    BTW 3 - Do you realise it's no longer christmas;):p:o Your siggy:rotfl:
    Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
    Nothing is going to get better. It's not.
  • ManOnTheMoon
    ManOnTheMoon Posts: 2,815 Forumite
    redmel1621 wrote: »
    D'ya know I am sure it must be some higher beings way of keeping the population down. I would love plenty of kids my dh wouldn't. We have two sets of friends both of which have two kids and in both relationships the dad would love another few kids but the mum won't hear of it. Another friend who lives down the road has two kids and she would love another one or two but her husband is adamant, no more!!

    Isn't it strange...maybe a question when dating should be 'how many kids do you want?'

    Maybe your OH believes in the Chinese limits on birth control :o

    If it helps, the partner I had 5 kids with, I wanted to stop at 2 (4 in total for me) I'm glad I didn't as I couldn't imagine life without the younger 3.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    Same area - we like it, just a bigger place. We desperately need an extra downstairs room and an extra bedroom.

    Well, I hope you find the right place. Poor Lucy took ages to work out where all the rooms were :rotfl:
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    redmel1621 wrote: »
    D'ya know I am sure it must be some higher beings way of keeping the population down. I would love plenty of kids my dh wouldn't. We have two sets of friends both of which have two kids and in both relationships the dad would love another few kids but the mum won't hear of it. Another friend who lives down the road has two kids and she would love another one or two but her husband is adamant, no more!!

    Isn't it strange...maybe a question when dating should be 'how many kids do you want?'

    mel I'm laughing at DH not wanting 'plenty' of kids :rotfl:is 4 not plenty? Are you gonna be our very own octomum? You're one amazing resourceful lady :)

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  • Buttonmoons
    Buttonmoons Posts: 13,323 Forumite
    I'd like another kid I think, just the 1 though. But wouldnt even dare try until we had another place tbh, can you imagine sour puss below with a screaming baby at 2am. I think the stress of them and a new baby and nutty Keirabop would send me to the crazy bin!

    Mmmm, not sure If I have peppers left actually, I have frozen ones though, but I have to go by Spar again anyways as forgot to buy a loaf. Did get a pack of 8 richmond sausages for 20p though :D Toad in the hole tomoz!
  • jillie1974
    jillie1974 Posts: 6,997 Forumite
    3onitsway wrote: »
    We used to go to one down the road before J took a dislike to all hairdressers - he would never let the skinny woman do it, only the bigger girl with the big boobies. :) All of his favorite teachers, dinner ladies, favorites of my friends are the ones with the bigger boobies. :rotfl:


    is he trying to tell you something......
    'Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded'
  • ManOnTheMoon
    ManOnTheMoon Posts: 2,815 Forumite
    aless02 wrote: »
    MOTM - just imagine, you could have a little boy to add to the mix of estrogen in your house!

    I'm jealous of you all with houses. I hate London with a burning passion. I'm 25, DH is 26, and we have no hope in hell of owning any sort of property within the even remotely foreseeable future. We'd love to get out of this property blackhole but obviously relocating across the country would mean uprooting jobs and we can barely pay our bills some months much less afford unstable incomes. We're in a 2 bed private rented, which is good enough, but hate paying what we do to live here!

    It would be nice to have a boy, although the old clich! of 'as long as the baby is healthy'. Plus I know how to bring up girls, no matter how individual they can be.

    I was lucky that I was left the house, much to the disgust of my siblings. Parents didn't like any of us, Grandparents were disgusted with my siblings, so I was the lucky one. Yes, my siblings would rather smoke, drink and eat takeaways all day. How they ever got half decent partners, who they don't deserve, is beyond me.

    Hopefully the future will be kind to you, although in this economic climate I don't think any good news is coming soon.

    Their is always the lottery ;)
  • redmel1621
    redmel1621 Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    weezl74 wrote: »
    mel I'm laughing at DH not wanting 'plenty' of kids :rotfl:is 4 not plenty? Are you gonna be our very own octomum? You're one amazing resourceful lady :)

    :oI obviously didn't read that before posting,:rotfl:Nah 4 isn't plenty, I would say 4 is a few kids!! Not sure what I would consider as plenty:think:

    Maybe enough that a minibus is required...in fact i did say the other night I was looking at minibuses;):)
    Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
    Nothing is going to get better. It's not.
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