General Chat

My mother was one of 9 girls. When I looked at my grandmother's house, I thought "where on earth did you all sleep". There was no privacy in those days. Not so long ago, my husband's 7 sisters and 1 brother lived in rooms above their shop, again no privacy, attic converted, etc. etc. but nice in some ways. Sylvia xxx

I think the way people live has changed so much, that large families today are not always viable. My g-grandparents had six children, they also had 3 lodgers. That is 11 people in a two up two down. I don't know where they all slept- children must have been 'topped & tailed' in the same bed- lodgers stuffed in under the stairs perhaps!! That would not be acceptable today, six kids would require a huge house, lots of people would not be able to afford it, it is the cost that prevents a lot of people from maybe having more that two.

I am 1 of 2 Hubby 1 of 5 we have 1 then I got 'boiled'!!

My Dad was one of two in the '20s. I'm one of two in the '40's. My Wifes Dad was one of 22 of whom 13 lived in the 1880's - 90's. She was one of 3 in the 30's to 1950 when my wife was born. We have 2 daughters, one at the age of 32 pregnant with first child. May? have another. No sign of daughter No 2 settling down enough yet! My sister has one son and that's it. So I would say families are shrinking in my experience.

I am 1 of 2 I have had 6 My sister had 2 and got sterilised.

The moslim girls here - Moroccan and Turkish - seem to have the most, but I think the Dutch are having at least 3 now. Must be the Family Allowance being so attractive. Sylvia xxx

ive got two boys ,but didnt know we were being trendy, we stopped because partner had 2 caeserians and had lots of scar tissue .so to prevent any more major surgery i had the snip, im more than happy with the little blighters ive already got

I have 4 sisters and 1 brother my husband had 3 sisters and 2 brothers We have 3 sons 2 of our sons have 2 children the other son is not married yet.My grandchildren are also boys .

I am 1 of 2, other half is an only one. We have no children, my brother has 3, (2 from first wife and 1 from second) Late husband has 3 sisters and 2 of them have 1 each and the other has 2.

I have two but wish I had more now that they are grown up!

I guess it is not always by choice if you only have two. My daughter had a bad time with her second, so that's where she stopped. Quite rightly! Sylvia xxx

i am 1 of 3 i have 2 but wud have liked more hubby is 1 of 5 sister has 4 brother has none

I am one of two but my husband is one of 9. We have had 3 children. One daughter had two children but the other daughter doesn't want children and our son is not married. So different! Sylvia xxx

I am one of 4, but I have 3 children, my hubby is 1of 6 and he had 3, this is second marriage for both of us so between us we have 6 kids, what went wrong. :((( Bev

Strange Sylvia? I think it's actually decreasing. There used to be average 2.4 children per family and I think that's gone down to less than 2 in the UK - So a declining population.

Are the average couple having more children now? Some years ago it was fashionable to have two children, but now there seems to be a trend to have larger families. How many brothers and sisters do you have? Sylvia xxx