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    REAL kids, not "pets" haha.

    HJ always jokes that he's going to have like ten. *rolls eyes* I tell him I say what comes and goes through.. there...

    I want two of my own, and adopt a third. The third is optional though, as well... my parents only planned on having two kids and they ended up having three... seven years after their last one LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jessika
    REAL kids, not "pets" haha.
    HEy i think of my dogs as children *people* I am special i guess
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flatcoatluver
    HEy i think of my dogs as children *people* I am special i guess

    Oh no no I was saying that to myself, not in response to anything anyone said, hehe.

    TRUST me, I refer to my pups as my kids, too. My mom talks about her "grandpups" all the time. I tell people I have two kids and they look at me like "YOU'RE SO YOUNG! WHAT HAVE YOU AND HJ BEEN DOING!!" hehe. I DO think of my pups as my kids, but they're not KIDS kids.

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    I would have liked to have had a few kids of my own. Unfortunately neither of my husbands thought I deserved to have kids. I have 2 step kids from my 2nd husband, he figures that I should be happy with that - yes, but NOT. They're ok kids, but they are not mine. He doesn't get that. Now that I approach 40 years of age in the next month it is too late, something I regret and will regret for the rest of my life. I resent both husbands, the first one I actually hate, the second - well we are still togther so I'm trying to get over it.

    I do however love my fur babies with all of my heart and lavish them with more love than they could ever want/need.
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    My mom talks about her "grandpups" all the time
    I have friends who are always on my case to have kids (I am only 23), and when my boyfriend's mother heard that, she said to them "some people have children, some people have dogs, there is no difference" That really made me laugh. That being said I would like two or three, at the most! But that will not be happening for a LONG LONG time.

    Now that I approach 40 years of age in the next month it is too late, something I regret and will regret for the rest of my life. I resent both husbands
    That is heartbreaking. I really hope you get your baby. My granny had her last baby in her early 50's (the first when she was 18) so its not too late.

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    I really would like 1 kid but twos the limit. I am definately in no hurry though...

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    I have three step kids... and thats MORE than enough. They are 15, 17, and 19. I love them like they are my own, but I could NEVER EVER have a child of my own. Its something I don't want, and never really wanted. I love my stepkids and the older they get, the better it gets. I will be excited to be a grandmom to their children.... hopefully many years from now.

    I *dread* the thought that one of the kids might get pregnant before they graduate college and live with us... or that they'd be married young and return with 3 kids in tow after the divorce.

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    none! I have never wanted children, I don't want to be responsible for a child, I hate growing up in a house with two 1/2 sisters, I can barley make it!

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    Our wish before we got married was to have 3 children. We also said that IF we wouldn't get any, we would adopt kids.
    It was good that we had talked about this,as nature decided that we would never get kids of our own. So, we adopted 2 kids, both from a different country. Would you believe that we don't even notice it anymore that they look so different from us? In our opinion, they are OUR kids, and we would do it again!!
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    I have two biological daughters aged 16 and 14
    A step-daughter aged 13 (who I never see)
    and a 16 year-old adopted son who lives with us.

    And of course another girl on the way now!

    We are discussing at the moment whether this "new" addition will be the last one - I am of the opinion that, given the age gap, this child will essentially grow up as an "only child" so I would consider having another one after this - but only if it happens almost immediately, as I would like them to be very close in age. Otherwise that's all for me!!

    My other consideration is schooling costs - We will have at least two sets of university fees to pay right at the time when this little one starts school - and she WILL attend private school, so we are already trying to save for those expenses

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    I don't have any, Don't want any and won't be having any .

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    I never want to have any kids...

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    3, but i want to adopt them all.

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    1 or 2 kids would be good..
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