Single people: you meet someone with whom you’re considering a serious relationship, the issue as to whether or not he/she has children

Why do you think it’s a trick question?

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Because I would think that most if not all people would know that sort of basic info about a person they're considering a serious relationship with? 

Maybe that's just me? 

The premise is that as the two are in the process of getting to know each other, especially if it’s at the stage of considering a more serious level of relationship, it’s the type of information that would most likely come up on their conversations. I did not mean that either party would attempt telepathy or mindreading in order to guess about children. 

  (Why are you the only one so far who read the post that way?)

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I really overthought this one, I think. 

I was just going to say: 

B,D,F,H,J,L

Then I thought, "why wouldn't someone who is considering a serious relationship with someone not already know if they have children and how many"? I can't imagine that not coming up in an initial conversation. 

Then I started thinking about baby mamas, and how that's what I'd really be concerned about, not the number of children. I would be concerned if someone had children with more than 1 or possibly 2 women. Not necessarily a complete deal breaker, but a bit of a yellow flag. 

I'm the only one who read into the post that way because I'm me. 

  Randall to the therapist: “I’m torn, I really am torn. On one hand, Ansley is so intelligent, sharp, eclectic, articulate, enthralling, with it, cool, witty, fun, funny, down-to-earth, unpretentious, real, charming, interesting, alluring, warm, friendly, . . . ”

  Therapist: “Why did you stop? I’m listening, please go on.”

  Randall: “ . . . well, on the other hand, she’s just so kooky! She’s so much like me that it’s downright eerie! Even if I tried to, I just can’t resist this woman! Arrrggghhh!”
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It's medication time here, too.  

 

“How many children are we talking about? ”

Er, um, isn’t that exactly what you’re being asked to ascertain in answering the question???
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I would love being a Mom to a large family, no matter how many kids there are.

h. No, one children is fine with me, that would not be a deal-breaker.

i. Yes, one child is too many, I would not move forward.

Lol!

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Wow, that's dark. And true. 

 

  That does not even begin to get close to resembling anything near to an answer to the question as is was asked. 

Well, in a round about way, I think it does, Randy. I think it does. 


This post was edited by SavvyAnsley at March 22, 2021 4:31 PM MDT

 

  I don’t dispute that the myriad of things that do and might happen to minor children (and in reality can happen to any person at any time in his or her life regardless of age) are the types of things that one takes into consideration, but the reason I put:

That does not even begin to get close to resembling anything near to an answer to the question as is was asked. 

is that I had already anticipated ancillary points might be raised, as evidenced by what I included in the description field:

This question is only concerning the number of children, with the understanding that the overall decision to date someone includes many, many other factors. 

As such, I sought a balance between assumptions that the importance of other issues surrounding the overall issue would be diminished if left unaddressed, and branching out on zillions of tangents that would detract from the poll. There is absolutely no way that all of the pertinent elements of concern when a relationship begins could be covered in one string of Q&A, so I wanted to keep a focus aimed in a single direction. By bringing up his points, Stemmata went far into left field. While his points are true, he didn’t tie them to any answer that has to do with the question. It’s almost as saying a shirt that one plans to wear at a date costs about the same as the entrees. 
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I understand. 

I took it to mean that he/she wouldn't care at all because if he/she didn't feel okay with the number of kids she/he had, something like an accident or a kidnapping would take care of that on either end of the spectrum. 

- Too many kids? Accidents happen... no problem. 
- Not enough kids? Kidnap one or more until you get to the desired number... no problem. 

I thought it was a humorous reply, albeit dark. Dark and funny. (To me). 

Who said anything about hiding children, or even hiding any information at all?
who said anything about limiting the number of children anyone has? The post is about how many children the other person already has, and how many children you are comfortable with or not comfortable with if you were to continue into a more serious step in the relationship. It’s not about an ideal number of children.

Seriously, I think if you were EVER to A) read a question just the way it’s written, B) understand what you have just read, and then C) post an answer that actually follows the conversation, I would probably clutch my heart as cardiac arrest takes me over in complete shock. It’s really a shame, too, because with your high level of intelligence, none of this tangent-running makes sense. 

In short, you have obviously failed to capture the gist of this discussion.