We all pay our taxes and none of us have been to prison.
Posted on 07/30/2014 1:44:17 PM PDT by NYer
My wife and I recently attended a sports banquet for one of our kids' sports teams at a local restaurant. It was one of those events that I wanted to go to about as much as I wanted to get three teeth pulled. But my wife assured me it would be fun. I didn't believe her but I came anyway.
We've gone to so many of these things as my five kids are on at least three sports teams. All the kids sat together at a long table and all the parents sat at another table with the coaches. I have a theory about sports teams, the worse a team, the more coaches it has. And this team had lots of coaches.
We were seated with about eight coaches and some parents we didn't really know.
So what's the first thing someone we don't really know will bring up as a conversation starter? Well, it's the only thing they know about us which is that we have five kids. This one coach said he knew it was us when we arrived because he saw all five of our kids walking in. "That could only be the Archbolds," he laughed.
The mom directly across from me, who I didn't really know and hadn't seen at many games, leaned in conspiritorially and asked, "Who has five children? I'd kill myself if I had that many kids."
Dopey me, I actually felt embarrassed for her. I figured she couldn't hear that well and didn't know who they were talking about and would regret her comment when she learned it was the man and woman sitting directly across from her.
I shouldn't have worried. The coach seemed flummoxed, pointed at us, and then quickly engaged in a conversation on the other side of the table.
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
Five kids is a day off. A relaxing moment. A break from the action. Kick back time.
Try a few more than five. They’re twice the fun and worth every bit of money and work.
We all pay our taxes and none of us have been to prison.
My parents had 5. and my dad had 2 from a previous marriage.
I think it should be more common.
Wife wanted none. I wanted 4.
We had 3.
I win. ;-)
Yep, 5 kids should be mandatory!
And if you don’t want them ... send them to boarding school like Harry Potter. Hopefully a Christian one and not Wiccan. lol
“There was always more than 6 at the dinner table, “
Yep, and there were never any leftovers. You would be lucky to get a second biscuit.
The first time that I recall hearing something like that was when I was seven. At the time, my parents also had five children, with two more yet to come.
There really is an anti-child, anti-mother, anti-family spirit loose in the land.
You should have more! As many as you can afford. Cats too.
Now if comes to cats vs kids... it’s up to you how to decide.
lol
did that guy have one kid in mind particularly he wanted to make go away?
I guess there would always be one in a baker’s dozen.
My crazy SIL said she hated children, shortly before she gave birth to one she cares nothing for. She is married to my brother who hates his family, so it works out.
Just a bit fuzzy but why are there only a few smiling?
Probably a story there
In an ideal world that family would be cloned by a million or two!
He really was a character. He shot a Black soldier while he was in Korea during the war. I don’t know the details but his punishment was just a reduction in rank so it must have been to some extent justified.
Interestingly, the article didn’t refer to her husband. With only one child, certainly dear old dad, if he’s around, would have plenty of time to attend his child’s awards banquet, no?
I stopped at three, sensibly. Or so I thought. Until daughter number four came along.
You want to hear stupid comments from people? Try being the parent of four children of the same sex.
Now they are all grown, and I frankly wish I had not practiced birth control at all. Four is not enough.
That much is true. I can’t complain, though for the most part. I have three older sisters who I love dearly. Hand-me-downs were a bitch, though.
CC
whoa. Wonder what that might have been about.
Did that black soldier invent “Yo Momma” jokes at the wrong time?
“Who has five children? I’d kill myself if I had that many kids.”
Late life self abortion?
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