All Things Anne

Tonight at dinner we were discussing how since we’re a large family, people always stare at us and comment about how we’re such a large family, etc. Joe was like “Argg!! Everybody stares at us! I hate being looked at while I’m eating! I’m the third of twelve kids! And when I get married people will be like ‘oh, what a cute couple!’!!”
Everybody laughed, and somebody said “It never ends!”

We started listing all the times people would comment or stare.

1. He has eleven brothers and sisters; people stare and comment.
2. He goes to the store and people comment about how his “kids” (younger sisters and brothers) are cute or whatever.
3. When he gets married, people will say congratulations on his being newlywed.
4. When he has his first kid, people will say “oh what a cute baby” and things of that sort.
5. When he has more kids, people will comment on how well-behaved they are.
6. When he has a lot of kids of his own, people will comment on how he has so many kids.
7. When he takes his last baby to the store with just his wife and himself, people will say “Oh, is this your only child?”
8. When he takes five of his boys to the store people will say “Oh, you have only boys?” when he’s actually got five more girls at home!

Poor Joe.