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Originally Posted by Redlemon
This is a tough one for me; we presently have one child. I don't want another, but my wife does. With everything else, we can discuss things rationally (we are both engineers), but she admits that she doesn't have a "reason" in this case, just a strong desire. Part of it is that she has a very strong emotional bond to her sister, and I don't have the same with my sister (I like her, but we didn't interact that much growing up). Still working on this, don't know how to resolve it.
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I think you have the right idea. She doesn't want to deprive a child of something that made her childhood so wonderful. My little brother has always been a great friend as well as a sibling (he's 4 years younger, but we're often mistaken for identical twins.)
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Just a side note, overpopulation was one of the many alarmist myths of the 80's. Also most developed nations are shrinking not growing.
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Yes, but if most people still believe it, it's a good way to make them shut up.