For those who wants kids, how many do you want ideally?

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Ideally it would be awesome to have five or more kids. My parents had tons of siblings, and it really benefited both them and me. I'm a little disappointed that my hypothetical kids will just have one uncle on their dad's side.

Practically, I could never imagine having more than two, unless I was very wealthy.
I know what you mean. My parents both came from families of four. But most of my cousins only have 1 sibling each, same with me.

I'd go with 2-3 for myself. 2 minimum.
 
I'd keep going until I had at least one boy and one girl.

my poor mom did that and ended up with 4 boys though.

I guess women can just abort babies until they get the mix they want.
 
two.

if they're both boys / girls, i guess one could give it one more shot, i'd like to have at least one daughter and one son.
 
Just had our second and we are stopping at that, both births were a trauma and I hated seeing my wife go through it, plus these constant feeds through the night are not fun and three kids is a new car and extra cost as most places class a family as two adults and two children.

We got lucky and we have a girl and a boy, Two years apart, testing times but love them both so much.
 
I used to want a big family but now thinking about giving bith a million times puts me off.

I want two but if they are the same sex I'll try for the third.
 
Two, a girl and a boy.

If I'm a multi-millionaire within the next 10 years, then perhaps one or two more, depending on what the wife wants. Also willing to adopt at least one kid if I'm swimming in money.
 
At least three. I will love the middle child more. I'm a middle child. I will also send all of them to boarding school if they don't behave.
 
4 tops. 2 sets of twins. i really want at least 1 set of twins lol. that way they always have someone to play with.

so 2-4. if i have 1, i'm gonna try to have another with the same woman.
 
I'm expecting my 4th, will take a break now, but will probably end with 5-7, and my wife wants to adopt at some point.

About money, it comes and go and while I do worry about it, I'm sure I'll manage to pull it off. I have time for a second job now.
 
We just had our first. Took us 3 years, fertility treatments, IVF/PGD, the works - cost thousands. I want another one as soon as possible. Ideally we will have 3 or 4. I think big families are wonderful things.
 
5 or more, if we're discounting finances and health issues. I'm the youngest of 7. I was an accident, and my mom apparently cried when she found out. Now, they love me to death and wouldn't have traded me for anything. That's how I feel about pretty much every kid. You don't miss the ones you don't have, but when you have them, you're glad you have them.

Also, I feel like my wife and I are both forces for good in this world (usually, anyway), and my wife and I mix genes pretty darn well, so passing on our characteristics to more kids produces more good in the world.

Alas, financial and health issues are a thing, so... we'll see how many more we have.
 
2, max. One boy and one girl hopefully, but two boys is okay too.

If I have two girls I dunno what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna be the ultimate pushover dad. It's gonna be up to my SO to be a hardass.
 
I've got my fifth due in January. Not sure if we're done.

They're all amazing.

Thought I was done at two. Glad we've had more.
 
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