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In article <DqDHuH.HHt@bigtop.dr.att.com>, bep@drmail.dr.att.com 
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>jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley) wrote:
>>I just saw on one of those news shows on night TV an interview by 
Jane Pauly
>>of Ann Landers.  Two of the stats that surprised me was that Ann 
Landers
>>said when she asked her readers if they could do it all over again:
>>
>>         - Only 55% said they would have married their current 
spouse.
>>
>>         - 70% said they wouldn't have had kids if they could do it 
again.
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>I too saw this and gave it some thought, I love my kids but to do it 
all
>over again, I don't know. Its so much work, its so hard keep your 
relationship
>going. The pressure of supporting not only yourself but your wife and 
kids.
>The problems that kids cause and mine are only 6 and 8, I can hardly 
wait until
>they are teenagers. Like I said I love them and would do anything for 
them
>but to have to start all over I would have to give it some serious 
thought.
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>
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>>(Ann Landers said she got 50,000 responses on these questions.)
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>>  - John
>>I think that having kids is a job that you get very little thanks for 
but have found it rewarding - you watch them grow up and it gives you 
as much pleasure as it does nightmares.
>To start again, I have a 13 year old daughter and recently remarried. 
 As my new husband had no children I felt almost obliged to do it again 
- however I made it very clear to him that he would have to input a lot 
if I was to start again.
>I now have an 11 month old baby boy and my husband has been very 
supportive and helpful.  I'm also very tired as I'm that much older 
this time round
>three cheers for mums & dads - they deserve it!
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Cooley
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