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Yep. It's hard to resist. I have 12 kids. I sure want time for random stuff... and then I realize the Sun is rising and I haven't slept. That's with a 40-hour

Yep. It's hard to resist. I have 12 kids. I sure want time for random stuff... and then I realize the Sun is rising and I haven't slept. That's with a 40-hour work week, a 3-minute commute, and none of that gym/fitness time.

bitwize 7y ago
Did you make all 12 with your S.O. or are you like those guardian-angel foster parents from _Shazam!_?
- souprock 7y ago
  It's 100% natural with 1 wife. Homeschooling takes time. I almost bought a house that had been used as a foster home. It was disturbing. Everything everywhere had locks. Even the drawers in the kitchen had individual key-based locks. You needed a key to open the drawer. There were camera feeds all across the house. The windows were secured against exit.
  - koolba 7y ago
    That’s sounds like a wonderful life. Planning on having any more?
  - Noumenon72 7y ago
    I think I just read a post from the owner of that house on Quora. Still can't decide whether she was rational or not. https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-children-not-eat-all-of-the-snack-foods-you-buy-on-grocery-day/answer/Kristen-Gorden https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-children-not-eat-all-o...
Danieru 7y ago
Good job man, 12 kids is a worthy use of time.
defen 7y ago
That’s incredible...what is your food budget?
- souprock 7y ago
  about $4000 per month
justinator 7y ago
You kind of chose that life with complete impudence, internet stranger. No one trips while walking and finds themselves with twelve kids. ...You're not the person that decided to have so many kids because of a fear that having only a few, and then all of them dying of some sort of one in a million chance catastrophe would leave you distraught, were you?
- twodave 7y ago
  This comment bothers me on a few levels. 1. Is there some rule that people are only allowed to make decisions that make them personally and continually happy? There are any number of good and pure reasons to choose a difficult life and also remain human and be able to communicate the difficulties of that life. 2. Why the general disdain for people with more than the normal number of kids? This person that you have admitted do not know is very different from you, certainly, but does not deserve the negative undertones given here. I say these things as a father of 4 adopted children that are both the biggest challenge and blessing in my and my wife’s life.
  - elif 7y ago
    I think he's being more critical about complaining about it than about the decision itself.
    - twodave 7y ago
      I would agree if it weren’t a thread to talk about free time and if the OP was actually complaining and not simply describing reality.
welly 7y ago
Genuinely curious as to why you chose to have 12 kids. I don't have any and have no plans to father any either (you've had my quota for me, thanks!) but I can vaguely see the appeal of one or two but 12? That sounds incredibly difficult physically, mentally and financially.

bitwize 7y ago

Did you make all 12 with your S.O. or are you like those guardian-angel foster parents from _Shazam!_?

souprock 7y ago
It's 100% natural with 1 wife. Homeschooling takes time. I almost bought a house that had been used as a foster home. It was disturbing. Everything everywhere had locks. Even the drawers in the kitchen had individual key-based locks. You needed a key to open the drawer. There were camera feeds all across the house. The windows were secured against exit.
- koolba 7y ago
  That’s sounds like a wonderful life. Planning on having any more?
- Noumenon72 7y ago
  I think I just read a post from the owner of that house on Quora. Still can't decide whether she was rational or not. https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-children-not-eat-all-of-the-snack-foods-you-buy-on-grocery-day/answer/Kristen-Gorden https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-children-not-eat-all-o...

Danieru 7y ago

Good job man, 12 kids is a worthy use of time.

defen 7y ago

That’s incredible...what is your food budget?

souprock 7y ago
about $4000 per month

justinator 7y ago

You kind of chose that life with complete impudence, internet stranger. No one trips while walking and finds themselves with twelve kids. ...You're not the person that decided to have so many kids because of a fear that having only a few, and then all of them dying of some sort of one in a million chance catastrophe would leave you distraught, were you?

twodave 7y ago
This comment bothers me on a few levels. 1. Is there some rule that people are only allowed to make decisions that make them personally and continually happy? There are any number of good and pure reasons to choose a difficult life and also remain human and be able to communicate the difficulties of that life. 2. Why the general disdain for people with more than the normal number of kids? This person that you have admitted do not know is very different from you, certainly, but does not deserve the negative undertones given here. I say these things as a father of 4 adopted children that are both the biggest challenge and blessing in my and my wife’s life.
- elif 7y ago
  I think he's being more critical about complaining about it than about the decision itself.
  - twodave 7y ago
    I would agree if it weren’t a thread to talk about free time and if the OP was actually complaining and not simply describing reality.

welly 7y ago

Genuinely curious as to why you chose to have 12 kids. I don't have any and have no plans to father any either (you've had my quota for me, thanks!) but I can vaguely see the appeal of one or two but 12? That sounds incredibly difficult physically, mentally and financially.