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I think 2 of the same are just less noticed than 3 of the same etc. Friends with 2 children of the same gender generally get an 'ahh, nice to have 2 the same but shame about not having the other gender' but people say it once and forget it then focus on it being nice having 2 of the same. Where as 3+ tends to get more comments like 'wow, 3 boys/girls' as if they are suprised we seem to only make one gender as if they presume the 3rd would always be the other gender.
Im certain our 3rd on the way is another boy and can't be bothered with the pity looks from others, Im already feeling knackered but this is being made worse by people saying 'wow, 3 boys, youll be soo worn out'.
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I don't think its uncommon to have 3 but it is more eye-catching in a special way. ie, theres a lady who goes to my school, she has 3 girls all a year apart, and I see them coming to school each morning (because they're always late like me lol) but they always make me want to stop and watch them as they just seem so special?? And a lady I saw in the shop who had 4 boys all a head apart in age, so very unique!! People, even myself with my own 3 in a row, do just want to admire the ?? I don't know the words?? its just special, its the same face just a different height and with slight differences, I suppose its like peoples fascination with twins, so similar but different and when theres 3+ it just makes it even more intriguing to see, but not in a bad way, just in a not seen every day way:)
Comments, well thats just the domain of the idiots isn't it lol!! I went shopping over xmas and brought my 5 girls and I didn't twig for a while why people were staring at me!! I thought I must have looked unclean or like a shop lifter or something, then I twigged and realised it must be because I just had the ladies with me lol, I started to randomly say to these people 'We couldn't find the blue aisle!' to which they'd smile and stop staring:)
NY, you just have a unique, eye catching family;)
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I honestly don't know if it's uncommon or if we don't see another older sibling that may be at school etc. All I know is that lately I have been immensely saddened and consumed by the families I see out in public, because it feels like everywhere I go, everyone has a PP.
I remember once being at the grocery store paying and putting away my groceries. Behind was a PP. To the left of me was a PP. The right of me was a PP. And the couple just leaving the aisle over was walking out had a PP. I tried super fast to pack up and get out of there with my 2 DD's and I got into the car and I just started to cry. It feels like everyone has the boy/girl mix and I am trying so hard to understand why I don't when to me it seems like the average.
I was the at the doctors office this week and a woman had her son and then her twin baby boys in the stroller. And some older woman made some comment like "wow she must have her hands full" but what I noticed the most was how she looked at my youngest DD. And I know that look, b/c it was probably the same look I was giving her twin boys. A look of wistfullness combined with envy and frustration. Because everyone us had the blended family in the waiting room. And even the one mother that her her 2 boys there, had to mention to me that their older sister was in school. And I was like oh ok. Like good for you? What am I supposed to say? I suck because I don't have a son.
I don't know. I wish I had an answer but I very rarely see 3 of the same. I feel like I am plagued with PP couples all around me.
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Three or four of a kind is a pretty standard family makeup where I live......don't really have a lot of pals who have PP, and only now are some having boy after girls or visa versa!
