-=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 09-17-19  00:25 <=-

 >  >  RH> enough headaches.(LOL)
 >  > Eighteen months is pretty close... :)   And each couple has 
 >  > their own comfort zone...  :)
 >  RH> Or discomfort zone.  Two friends had 10 kids; the second one 
 >  RH> ended up divorced. 
 > Probably it wasn't because of the kids... although I suppose that 
 > it might have been a contributing factor... :)  My one sister had 10 
 > kids, they're still together, and now the kids are mostly all grown
 > now, and having kids... nobody's gone for 10 yet, though... (G)
 > 
 RH> The first set of friends with 10 kids have been married for almost 40 
 RH> years and want another 40.  

Sounds like a nice strong marriage there... :)
 
 >  RH> Another friend had his twins, kids six and seven, just
 >  RH> after the oldest daughter's wedding.
 > If I'm parsing that correctly, the twins, born just after the 
 > oldest daughter's wedding, are now six or seven....  Or was it two
 > sets of twins....?  :)
 > 
 RH> There's only one set, and I think they're about 8 now.  They were 
 RH> kids numbered six and seven.

Ah... Now it makes sense.... My sister with the 10 kids, had twins too,
kids numbered eight and nine... she waited four years instead of two
before having the last one... and that one ended up being a C-section,
and her doctor talked her into calling it quits at that point... 

ttyl        neb

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