My cousin and his wife are like this. No money (he does landscaping and snowplowing and she's not working at all right now), living in a tiny dump of a three bedroom apartment, and they have FIVE kids. Two from her previous marriage and three of their own. Doesn't help that the three youngest all have serious health problems. You'd think after having two seriously ill babies they'd stop . . . but no, they went ahead and had a third. Hopefully they've figured out how to use contraceptives by now, but I wouldn't be surprised if she announces another pregnancy within the next year.
Oh yeah, and even though they spend all their time complaining about how expensive everything is and how they can't afford to buy stuff for their kids, they still both have iPhones . . . they've totally got their priorities straight. 🙄
My sister is an ex-drug addict, ex-felon living with her "boyfriend (?)" may be fiance now?? I am not sure. Anyway, he has 3 kids from a previous marriage, she has 2 kids now and just announced that she is pregnant again...
They can't afford kids, well, actually, they can because they are living off government assistance.
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My one niece has speech problems but my sister does nothing to help her just keeps thinking, "oh, the public school system will take care of them."
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Also, she is now 6 and is not toilet trained. She had been at one time, but now she is having issues again, she has expressed to my sister that she is actually uncomfortable/in pain when going to the "potty" but my sister still hasn't taken her in to be seen. It is FREE for her, government assistance and all... just take the poor kid. Now kids at school are starting to pick on her. Poor baby.
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My sister also does not have her priorities straight. For my niece's first Christmas I asked my sister what she needed and my sister said, "well, she could use a jacket because I couldn't afford one after I bought the other kids a video game system for Christmas." Um... are you fecking kidding me!!???? Ugh. So my first Christmas present to my niece was a jacket.
It is just sad. And now she is having another one... ugh.
Granted, it has been getting a little better over the years, but still... ugh. I feel bad for those kids and I honestly don't really like kids that much. But kids deserve to be young, sweet, innocent and have a life where all of their *needs* are met. And she can provide that, she just chooses to put wants in front of needs sometimes and doesn't realize that things aren't "just going to work out" that you have to DO SOMETHING to get things to "work out".
