Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

hjd

My mother had a brother and a sister. Each of them had 5 children.
Grandchildren:
2+15+2+2+0 =21 (plus 1.5 from next generation)
4+4+4+0+4 =16
2+3+0+3+2 =10

michaels

I would have thought it was many years since people could afford to have more than 2 or 3 kids but perhaps in parts of the country where houses are cheaper?

zagubov

Having living space for three kids in London would be a major financial challenge IMHO. Most people I know have one, or two kids at the most.

Yorkie1

Nikkster wrote: »

Edit: and as per the comment above re razors, I got an epilator for £10 a few years ago and haven't looked back since. Goodness knows how many times it's paid for itself by now, even for someone who doesn't make the most effort in the world!

I've always wondered whether an epilator is painful to use?

Doozergirl wrote: »

I gave up caffeine 15 months ago, along with most of my anxiety.

Bar soap makes me shudder.

Decaf PG Tips is so strong in taste, you never realise it's decaf
:T

Liquid soap every time for me. Saves cleaning up all that mess on the basin from the soap suds.

kabayiri wrote: »

I'm not sure we maximise the tourist potential. We could probably invest more and reap it all back by giving these tourists a world class experience. The Chinese tourists deserve value; it must cost a small fortune to trek over here.

I remember York essentially translating all the attractions' names into Chinese - they are descriptive e.g. big church with old history instead of York Minster (that's probably a very crass and inaccurate example). The Chinese tourist economy is definitely on the up, along with University students from that part of the world.

vivatifosi

:money:

michaels wrote: »

I would have thought it was many years since people could afford to have more than 2 or 3 kids but perhaps in parts of the country where houses are cheaper?

I think the next round of benefits changes, capping the number of children for whom you receive support, will change that even more.

In terms of cousins, my mum was one of six. I have 4 + 1 + 4(+4 step) plus 4 + 1 and a rumoured number of others unknown on top that on her side.

My dad was one of four. On his side I have 3 + 3 + 2 cousins. To confuse matters though, my family are mostly from Herts, so I have a huge number of second cousins too. My mum's mum was one of ten. There are a lot of us.

Yorkie1

PasturesNew wrote: »

The 1939 Register (on FMP)

It's a while since I did any family history; what's the 1939 Register?

The family that I know about is really small. Mum was an only child, and Dad had 2 siblings but only 1 of them had children, so I have just the 2 cousins.

The next generation of children reflects modern society in a way: my female cousin is married and has 1 child - so the family surname obviously isn't there any longer. My male cousin is married and has adopted a child. I'm single and childless. My brother isn't married, has a child with his partner, who has a child from her previous relationship.

silvercar

I think the next round of benefits changes, capping the number of children for whom you receive support, will change that even more.

For a lot of people, they don't ever plan on relying on benefit to bring up their kids. So one segment of the population will be effected, but not most?

Even child benefit is means tested now.

silvercar

Luckily our surname is relatively unusual. But those with common surnames should take note of PNs tracking troubles and give their kids unusual names.

vivatifosi

silvercar wrote: »

For a lot of people, they don't ever plan on relying on benefit to bring up their kids. So one segment of the population will be effected, but not most?

Even child benefit is means tested now.

For sure, but there are increasingly few of those who can afford a really big house, esp as michaels said, in the south east. I knew lots of large families growing up, now I know hardly anyone with more than 3 children.

I think a further issue is that families are so dependent on two salaries now. It would be incredibly hard to have the house, the money, the ability to take so much time off work without it affecting career (or being able to afford to be a SAHM). I wonder how many really big families there are now, and where they sit in terms of social/geographical/ethnic etc groups. May have a look for the data later if I get a chance.

silvercar

People that work in OH's team travel further out of London to afford bigger properties. I guess that is why the commuter belt (and suburbia) grow.

I have noticed that people having their children later mean that the grandparents are already retired when they are roped into childcare duty. Accepting that not everyone is in the position to make use of this. When people had kids in their late 20s, their parents could themselves be in their 50s and still working full time. If you have 2 generations waiting until their early 30s, you get retired grandparents. Not that they are all willing, able and positioned to be able to offer childcare, but some are and do.