Big families have unique problems, issues, and situations that smaller families just can’t imagine. Several years ago my online friends and I, all of whom had big families, began listing things that were unique to big families in a humorous, tongue in cheek sort of way.
Big families are a lot of fun.
Here are some of the things that we came up with, that I can remember.
- You know you are a big family when you can get the group discount at the Museum of Natural History…and it is just your family going.
- You have to triple recipes in the cookbooks.
- A box of cereal will not a breakfast make.
- People ask if you are a daycare director when you take your kids to the park.
- People ask you whether you are Mormon OR Catholic.
- People ask if you know what causes that. You reply yes you do and you think it is fun!
- You can easily cater a church meal for 24 because it only means making a little more than you usually do.
- People count your children as they get out of the family van.
- YOU count your children as they get out of the family van.
- You have to think for a minute to remember birth weights and ages.
- The baby books take up an entire shelf.
- You have grandchildren the same age as your younger children.
- You always have someone to play Monopoly with.
- You watch the show about the Duggers and you think… “Yeah…so?”
- Noone invites you to dinner after church.
- You take up an entire row in the movie theater.
There are so many more. Anyone have any to add?
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Post from: Blisstree