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Originally posted by Munchkin03
Ack, I can only begin to imagine the insane stress that something like that can cause. I can imagine that it could drive someone into something like an early midlife crisis--if he was the family's sole provider, having three tiny mouths to feed (all under three!) was certainly overwhelming. I mean, one of my grandmothers had 13 kids, and at no time did she have three toddlers or babies running around at the same time. That could put insane stress on the strongest of marriages. Think about it--three years ago, it was just them. They could essentially do anything they wanted, whenever. In a relatively short amount of time, their lives and economic situation changed drastically. Now, they won't have the old freedom for at least 18 years--if at all. Just thinking about that scares me!
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Hahahahaa! Been there! In 1984, we had a 2-year-old and the infamous twins (followed by babies in 1986, 1987, and 1988 and luckily the rest didn't come for almost 3 more years). I don't remember 1984.
You have to cling together in times like this and remember that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Now we didn't have any marital problems but I can see how a troubled marriage might crack from the stress of 3 babies under 3.