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Sinéad
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Have you talked about starting a family?

Sinéad, on December 10, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Posted in Family and Relationships 69

In starting your new family together, it’s obviously important that you are on the same page! Have you started talking about what you want your family will look like? Whether or not you want to have kids, pets, or parenting styles? Have you talked about starting a family? Photo from Coles Garden in...

In starting your new family together, it’s obviously important that you are on the same page! Have you started talking about what you want your family will look like? Whether or not you want to have kids, pets, or parenting styles?

Have you talked about starting a family?


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Photo from Coles Garden in Oklahoma City, OK




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69 Comments

  • Cher Horowitz
    Master December 2019
    Cher Horowitz ·
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    We've agreed to wait about 10 years until having a child. We'd only like one so we can dedicate more time and resources to the child. If we end up not having children, that's fine with us too!

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  • Jessica
    Expert February 2020
    Jessica ·
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    We have been together for 6 years so family talk has already come up. We are pretty much in agreement on everything but we don't necessarily have a timeline. We just go with the flow most of the time.

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  • VIP November 2021
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    We already have our daughter 💛💛💛 but obviously whatever happens, happens lol we both agreed we would be content with more or just our one... I had a high risk pregnancy so we are happy either way
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  • Sweet'N'Rhodes
    Devoted March 2022
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    No children for the two of us, but quite likely to get a dog.

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  • Aimee
    Super July 2021
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    We’re hoping to start a family about a year after the wedding.
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  • Shelby
    Expert November 2020
    Shelby ·
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    It is actually a pretty regular topic of conversation. We both definitely want to be parents, still undecided on how many we would like to have. We of course will also have pets, we already have a dog and cat 😊
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  • Jordan
    Expert March 2021
    Jordan ·
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    We both really want kids, we are still talking about if we should wait a little or just whatever happens happens after the wedding. Smiley smile We've been together for 7 years already and have been living together for about 4 1/2 so we have had some time for us and kind of feels like we are already married lol.

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  • Marlena
    Expert June 2020
    Marlena ·
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    We already have a 3yo daughter together and we are both on the same page on how many more kids we want in the future.

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  • Rebecca
    Master August 2019
    Rebecca ·
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    We're married 3 1/2 months, and I'm 36, so this has been an ongoing discussion.


    Let's just say... wish us luck?


    (I've got a jar of prenatal gummies ready to go.)

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  • MIWM
    VIP June 2019
    MIWM ·
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    My husband and I have had a brief conversation about it. But right now we are just enjoying married life ( Just married June 8th 2019)

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  • Catherine
    VIP November 2019
    Catherine ·
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    We have a daughter together and he has one from his previous marriage. We talked about possibly having one more after we buy a house Smiley smile

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  • Merline
    Super February 2020
    Merline ·
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    We want to be in a house before trying for kids. We hope that we can get into a house by our first anniversary.

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  • Andrea
    Master January 2021
    Andrea ·
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    We already have two lovely daughters!Smiley heart

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  • Paulette
    Expert April 2021
    Paulette ·
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    NO! I am well over child bearing years and he is ok with being with me without having a child with me. He has a grown son and I have a grown son and daughter.

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  • AmyG
    Savvy November 2021
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    Oh my goodness, we'd start a family already if it was socially acceptable to our families. I'll be 30 when I walk down the aisle, and I keep irrationally stressing that it'll be too late to have kids.

    And not to be TMI, but I've had awful birth control side effects (why did no one tell me the hormones would make my gums recede!?) so I'm ready for that to be over.

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  • M
    Dedicated July 2021
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    We truly want a family of our own. We want to enjoy the first few months or years of our marriage first. If it’s meant to be it will be.
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  • Simone
    Dedicated April 2021
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    Yes, a few times. We both want kids whether it’s by birth or adoption.
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  • Abigail
    Beginner December 2019
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    We have, and we both agree we don’t want kids. If we do change our minds, we have talked about adopting a child!
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  • Ema
    Dedicated April 2022
    Ema ·
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    Yes we have! We both definitely want to start a family. He doesn’t want as many children as I do and he wants to wait longer than I do to start trying to have children. 2 months after the wedding, I’ll be the age my mom was when she had my brother so this biological clock is a-tickin’! But we both understand we may not get exactly what we want because that’s not how nature works! I’ll just be happy to have a little person who looks like both of us and carries each of our best character traits.
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  • Kaylee
    Dedicated September 2020
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    We both want to have kids right away. We will start trying honestly probably the night of our wedding. 😄 We talk about how we can't wait to have kids every single day. The only thing stopping us from just doing it now is that my dress was expensive and I have to make sure I fit in it for the day of lol
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