I can not tell how many times while we were out as a family we were asked if we were Catholic, Mormon, etc, etc.
Many times people would ask why we had so many kids if we could not afford them, just assuming we were on some type of government dole. I never took a dime from any form of government.
After a while I developed a form of mockery to put these idiots in their place. When they would assume my wife and I were welfare king and queen by having six kids, I would tell them, "You are right, we have too many kids, so you get to pick the ones I will get rid of, please pick two or three to your liking. We are going to do a post abortion tonight and you are welcome to watch"
After the shock and I had their attention, I would explain it is none of your business how many kids I have as long as I don't take a dime out of your pocket, which I never have, then hand them a quarter and tell them to call someone who care what they think.
I only had one person call the police!
We have a family of 12 in our church. They’ve all turned out pretty well. We also have several families with four to six children or more. Nobody’s on welfare, but times can be tough even so. They’re all loved and wonderful kids.
“After the shock and I had their attention, I would explain it is none of your business how many kids I have as long as I don’t take a dime out of your pocket, which I never have, then hand them a quarter and tell them to call someone who care what they think.”
Good answer.
We had eight children. Whenever the busybodies would tut-tut and say “Your wife is pregnant again?”, I would answer, “Well, we’d stop having them, but we don’t know what’s causing it!”
That shut them up real quick!
Good for you!!
I’m sick of the anti-family attitudes in this country.
My 2 kids each have 4 and the rude remarks are utterly uncalled for!