does anyone get annoyed when they hear people with 1 or 2 kids complain how...

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anrea

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...hard it is? It drives me crazy!? I have 4 kids and work full time and its hard but I do it. But my husband has relatives that have 1 or 2 kids that quit their kob because they say its too hard with kids and constantly complain. I tell them all the time how easy it is to have 1 or 2 kids and they give me a blank stare. It is so hard to connect to these people. Does anyone else agree?
misspelling-meant to say they quit their job
From experience for me it is very easy to only manage 2 children. when I take only 2 out it is a breeze. I've been around kids my whole life and am very good with them and have alot of patience so maybe I am different form alot of people. Alot of people with 3,4,5 kids agree with me on this. It is SO annoying!
no when I had 1 or 2 I did not for a minute think it was hard becuase it is not, if is hard for people THEY are doing something wrong and have LOW tolerance.
 
no, it annoys me that YOU complain. you want to sit here and complain about people with 1 or 2 kids thinking it's hard because YOU have 4 kids and a job and that's harder. being a parent is hard period. you knew when you had the first 1-2 kids how hard it was so why did you have 3 and 4? i don't think it's fair for you to say that other people shouldn't think that it's hard because YOU have 4 kids.
 
I only have 2 kids and I wouldn't call it easy.... I don't think the amount of children should say who has it easier or more challenging.. I still have rough days. I still have doctors visits dentist visits, school projects, making dinners etc etc etc.
So maybe these parents have the right to vent just as much as you do.
 
Different people have different tolerance levels and it's not really about how hard it is, for some people, it's more about time management.

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Don't just assume you have a harder life just because you have more kids. That makes you sound very arrogant and naive.
Unless you know exactly what the parent of 1-2 kids goes through on a daily basis, you don't know how hard it is for her/him. Your 4 kids may be healthy little angles and the mother of 2 that is complaining, may have one that has some type of disorder or may have a more stressful job than you. When I had my first child, I was in the navy working 12 hour shifts (84-96 hours every two weeks) and had to do other military stuff on my days off. My husband, also in the military, worked a similar schedule. At that time in my life, having one child was very hard.

So, after being in the military and trying to raise 2 kids, I think you should stop complaining.
 
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