My beautiful and beloved wife of 45 years insisted on no diamond - ever. Simple very feminine gold band. I was penniless & unemployed when we married and tried to get her a diamond when we could afford one later - she is forever adamant - never.
She is priceless. Her values are all in the right place.
But the big thing is she didn’t want any children, and I wanted 5. Game-stopper. She came back with a pre-nup offer: “I’m willing to try for 5, but if we ever have twins - we quit.” Close enough for me.
Got our 5 & she comes home from an afternoon with a childless missionary and informs me God told her we would have 8 children. Huh?!?! Well, we’re out of control & drowning already - so why not?
At 7 I said no more. She said, “No - God promised me Michael Aaron...” He is now an Ensign in the Navy, degree in Mechanical Engineering, and has just started Flight School in the Navy.
Oh - she’s still a size 6.......
Only six kids for us. We would have loved more, but six is what God has decreed.
I work part time as a waitress-whenever customers hear that I have six kids, they immediately look at my stomach. It’s as though they wonder how they could have have missed something so huge and telling. Then they look up and say no way! Makes me giggle. Very few of the moms of many in our homeschool co-op are heavy. We can’t be-there’s no food ever with teenage boys in the house!