Newbie with a question

Re: Newbie with a question

• Sonadora member

  April 2013

  Persistent offenders get a "When H finds another wife to carry a 2nd child and you are going to pay for all the expenses of raising the child."

  I'm really over it.  New askers of this generally get "Oh, my hands are totally full with just

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• jessilynnwilliams member

  April 2013

  Sonadora:

  Persistent offenders get a "When H finds another wife to carry a 2nd child and you are going to pay for all the expe

  

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• KaliChick member

  April 2013

  I just usually say "Ohh, I'm very happy with just him."  However, about 70% of the time that doesn't stop the questions.  Sometimes I say "I had a hard time getting pregnant and don't have a desire to go down that road again" other times "I real

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• MonkeySender member

  April 2013

  Thankfully I don't get the "why not"s too often. People ask when I am having another one and I reply "when I can afford a night nurse. I like to sleep at night."

  
  

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• kaidekka member

  April 2013

  I'm a new mommy, so I haven't been asked yet, but when the time comes (and I KNOW it will!) I plan to respond with something along the lines of "we feel incredibly blessed to have DD in our lives, and feel that our family is complete."<span style="font

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• Arcadia1114 member

  April 2013

  We are OAD due to personal preference, financial, and health reasons. Too many signs tell us to be OAD. Most people don't pry. I did have to snap at a coworker after two plus years of her basically telling me we were selfish people for not having another

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• MamatoA2010 member

  April 2013

  I'm OAD for personal and circumstantial reasons. I feel complete having DD, like my free time and sleep and don't feel that I'm missing out by not adding to my family. The typical response I hear when people ask me if I'll have a second is, "Never say nev

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• jessilynnwilliams member

  April 2013

  Thanks for the input everyone! 

  I'm selfishly glad that y'all hear the same questions as I do.... it's nice to hear I'm not alone! It's also awesome to hear other moms who feel the same way I do. I feel like so many people don't understand o

  

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• Sprite2012 member

  April 2013

  Welcome!

  I haven't been asked very often, but my response is usually "I want to give him everything I've got".  Bottom line, it's no one's business, so no explanation is really necessary! 

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• chardonnay24 member

  April 2013

  I would just say, "we're happy with just one" or something to that effect. It's really no one else's business.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• jessilynnwilliams member

  April 2013

  Thank you so much everyone for the replies!

  

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