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I was born in '56 [View all] cate94 Oct 2020 OP
So sorry💜 MFM008 Oct 2020 #1
It does sound like a tale of woe cate94 Oct 2020 #21
9 kids is too much and I know it was the norm in the past JI7 Oct 2020 #2
True cate94 Oct 2020 #22
I'm deeply sorry that this happened to you and glad you have decent siblings. chowder66 Oct 2020 #3
I'm okay cate94 Oct 2020 #24
I'm glad to hear you're okay. chowder66 Oct 2020 #29
I'm so sorry 💔 Raine Oct 2020 #4
Thanks. cate94 Oct 2020 #25
I am so very sorry for your pain. I also am so glad that you were born. You do not control Celerity Oct 2020 #5
Thanks cate94 Oct 2020 #26
So sorry you went through all of that Meowmee Oct 2020 #6
Yes cate94 Oct 2020 #27
I was born in 55 and have a similar story padfun Oct 2020 #7
I'm sorry cate94 Oct 2020 #30
I pray you found love and peace and a sense of belonging. Boomerproud Oct 2020 #8
Thanks cate94 Oct 2020 #31
1957, last of 7, Irish-Catholic children yankeepants Oct 2020 #9
Exactly. cate94 Oct 2020 #32
It's the first child that was the reason for them having to marry in the first place many times judesedit Oct 2020 #10
That's true cate94 Oct 2020 #33
I'm sorry for your pain. Beringia Oct 2020 #11
Thanks cate94 Oct 2020 #34
I'm sorry, and I can relate. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #12
I am also the 5th child. Delmette2.0 Oct 2020 #20
I'm sorry! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #23
The food! Delmette2.0 Oct 2020 #28
I'm still thankful for the food! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #35
I'm sorry too. cate94 Oct 2020 #36
I am sorry for your pain. mercuryblues Oct 2020 #13
Totally agree about birth control. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #14
LOL mercuryblues Oct 2020 #18
Lol, yeah. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #19
It's funny but her mental illness did define me. cate94 Oct 2020 #38
What you've been through has been so hard Kitchari Oct 2020 #15
Thanks! cate94 Oct 2020 #39
: ) Kitchari Oct 2020 #43
Oh, cate94, Delphinus Oct 2020 #16
Thanks cate94 Oct 2020 #40
Oh this breaks my heart for you. I am so so sorry. LiberalLoner Oct 2020 #17
I'm sorry it made you cry cate94 Oct 2020 #41
🌹 LiberalLoner Oct 2020 #46
I don't normally respond to threads like this, mostly because I have no idea what to say, or that... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2020 #37
Well, you hit a mark with this one cate94 Oct 2020 #42
.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2020 #45
... cate94 Oct 2020 #51
I remember reading this article - some years ago, about the unwanted Dan Oct 2020 #44
Sounds like one of the chapters in "Freakonomics" GopherGal Oct 2020 #47
It does! cate94 Oct 2020 #49
My husband is a 6th child born way marlakay Oct 2020 #48
Pot helped me cate94 Oct 2020 #50
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