I made same comment to some nosy Beotch in a Macy’s store once. I was with an employee of mine (Russian Legal Immigrant) and her sister had just given birth to her 12th child. We were standing in check out lane and I was telling her how thrilled I was to hear of the new baby. Said they were all so well behaved. A woman behind me (from Boulder, Co) jumped into our conversation and said how disgusting it was to have so many children. My employee, being immigrant, was stunned to silence.
I was not silent. I turned around and explained that I was the youngest of 14 children from the same parents. Not one of us ever was arrested. 14 people and their spouses paid an abundance of taxes. Not one of us had ever received welfare, disability, food stamps or any other type of charity. We all had at least high school and some college.
Needless to say, the lady tucked tail and ran. Guess she didn’t need her shopping items after all.
People make fun of the Duggers. I heard all that as I was growing up. Now when I say I have six sisters and three brothers, you know, they get that look on their face of absolute shock as if they just bumped into an alien species.