Met a Dude with 10 Kids

Getting married young and starting large families is still completely normal with the Amish and also Mennonite to some degree. It used to be they all worked on the farm, these days they all run tax free businesses and make more money than most of the rest of us.
 
My first HS GF had 9 sibling,
She and 2yrs older brother who was in the same class as us.
(He wasn't that dumb, just delinquent)
 
Rawex said:
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Is he white?
 
My maternal grandmother had nine kids, five boys and four girls.
My paternal grandmother had six kids, four boys and two girls. The girls passed away when they were kids so I never got to know them.
 
maybe others feel differently, but i personally think it's unfair to kids for their parents to have so many. i know from within my own family, certain siblings feel not as loved due to either not having as much one-to-one time with parents or with older siblings.
 
TeTe said:
Is he Mormon?

I don't know how people can afford one kid nowadays let alone ten. Unless you're wealthy like Philip Rivers.
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This - I have friends that make decent livings, but they struggle to get buy with two young children in daycare. The fees alone eat up an entire paycheck.
 
My first guess on thread title was Amish.

Then after the van: mormon
 
Oh yeah, a guy I work with is one of 13 kids. His parents own a dairy farm in central PA.
 
Sobek said:
Not trying to one up you but...

Around 25 yrs ago I met a married couple with 11 children. And they looked like they could have pumped out more yet. Not uncommon in older times I guess.

The funny part was their surname was actually 'Welfare'. True story.
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clans and kin are making a come back
 
IIIIIIII said:
maybe others feel differently, but i personally think it's unfair to kids for their parents to have so many. i know from within my own family, certain siblings feel not as loved due to either not having as much one-to-one time with parents or with older siblings.
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It's impossible for a few kids not to be lost in the cracks. Often times they grow up with issues because of it. It is also very common for the older siblings to raise the youngest ones. And also common for the last few kids to have issues.
 
I Am Legion said:
It's impossible for a few kids not to be lost in the cracks. Often times they grow up with issues because of it. It is also very common for the older siblings to raise the youngest ones. And also common for the last few kids to have issues.
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yup, that's why i said what i did. i have experienced it within my own family. my sister is a few years older than me, and i have a middle brother who is six years younger, and my youngest brother who is ten years younger. partly due to me, and due to our age gaps, i wasn't around during some of their key moments in life due to being busy, not in the area, etc. i never realized how much of an impact that would have later in life, and i learned it the hard way. i made mistakes, but so did my brothers. in the end, we're not very close. my sister insists that we try, but she really doesn't have a clue. i mean she logically gets it, but you can't know this feeling unless you've experienced it.
 
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