Well person really, rather than 'people'
We know a couple (DH's friend and wife) who have just had their second child. A while back, when her first was a baby, she told me she was going to have another, and asked if I was. I said 'no' but didn't expand on this (so she has no clue if this is through choice or medical reasons). When I said 'no', she said she thought that was cruel, as my child would have no sibling playmates. She said that although she would rather just have one child, she was having another specifically to benefit her first child.
Her choice - I wouldn't dream of commenting or judging this.
She's said similar various times now. Yesterday we visited the new baby. Her mother was there, and asked me if I was having another. I said that I wasn't. She (the new mum) then proceeded to say she wouldn't have dreamed of stopping at one, as the child would have no playmates and would be very lonely etc etc.
Why oh why are people so darn rude and insensitive?
More to the point though, do any of you have good replies to people who say stuff like this??
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