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Same! So many ppl that find out I have twins and even some friends are like wow that’s amazing you’re superwoman and I’m like some ppl have 3 at once! Or 4! Having twins def puts a lot into perspective 🤣
at least they have family around to help...a grandma, a grandpa and a great grandma. I would die for just one of those right now and I don't have triplets
Tbf, he genuinely had the "best reaction". Got the facts in line, gave an appropriate "shit", but also a sincere sounding congratulations. That's a good uncle right there
He is on a video call. Maybe he has the privilege of beunf far away. Dad and grandma are realising that their lifes will change a lot more than they thought. And that everyone will be poor.
im a twin and i have no children. my twin brother has six kids. all of my siblings (five of them) had families.
i have a milliona nieces and nephews. being the cool uncle is a ton of fun, and i have zero responsibility.
its nice. going to events and having fun with all the kiddos and then going home to the most quiet and serene place ever.
Grandpa already seemed stoned. Now he's stoned and trying to comprehend his daughter bringing triplets into their lives. Babysitting suddenly means a night with no sleep 😵💫
It's not so much the economy. It's the fact they will all run in three different directions as soon as they are able! Toddlers are so much faster at running than you think, until you have one! Three!!!! That's a terrifying prospect!
It's the way they can change direction in small spaces. I'm obviously much faster at running than my 2 year old, but running around the house it can be pretty even. Add in trying to catch her without her falling on her face, or drop whatever fragile/sharp thing she's carrying and it's more difficult.
Then your triplets are never making it full term, so you've got premie stress on top. I hope they have family/support networks nearby and not the other side of the country. Multiples sounds rough for at least the first few years.
That's not her husband though is it? I thought that's the new mom's dad. Call me crazy but I thought it's usually the father of the bride that helps pay, not Grandpa, no?
It’s so refreshing hearing a comment like this . I was always gruelled over not giving enough money to my parents even though I had something like 0.00000003% of what they had & in poverty but they were privileged.
They never offered anything I ever needed (I would have needed to beg- but I don’t do that). They only complained at me I needed to always provide for them.
This comment touched me more than it should. I love learning and seeing that people in the world would actually do this out of obligation or even want the best for their family or even be expected to be a part of things like this. I wish I could have experienced what that was but I do through things like comments like this. It might be normal but in my world it comes off as exceptionally loving kind and thoughtful 💛 just having these kinds of thoughts & values. I really look up to & have great respect for people like yourselves and your families. Just know you are very special.
I watched one of mine they would not provide anything for siblings just went for the meal and kept the menu of what they ate framed as a memory. 🤢
I worked with a girl for a while who was an IDENTICAL triplet. That’s even worse! Her sisters came in once and it was so trippy. It’s so much stranger than twins.
Growing up they always made sure to break up twins into separate classes to allow them to develop a sense of self. But how many elementary schools are rolling with 3 classes per grade? You’re almost guaranteed to have 2/1, or all 3 together if the school is small enough.
But how many elementary schools are rolling with 3 classes per grade?
Must be a cultural thing because where i am in Australia, unless you pay big bucks for a private school or live in the middle of no where, all the public schools around me average 4 classes per grade with 20-30 kids each class
I met a guy years ago and was creeping his FB and found all these wedding photos. I was like, this MFer is married! Then I looked closer, nope, there were three of him.
My best friends have a set of identical triplet cousins. They were adults when I met them and the moment all three showed up the first time I leaned over to one of my friends and said “I guess the bald gene was identical too, huh?” Their grandma cracked up laughing behind us and informed us that all three guys had their first children born within the same year and were all three bald by the end of that year.
You could not tell them apart from each other at all except by how chummy they were with their wives. We literally kept track of them by which one had their arms around which wife. To be fair, that entire side of the family lived multiple states away from our home state so I only met them the one time I tagged along on their vacation and my friends only saw them once a year and never often enough to pick out other differences. Their grandma kept correcting all three of us when we’d take a wild guess at which triplet we were watching (cause their wife wandered away) and we kept getting it wrong. It didn’t help that they all had the same fashion sense and kept showing up in practically identical outfits to the events (and then getting mad that their brothers were copying them again). They were honestly hilarious.
It looks like the two are sharing a sac so they can only be identical. It means the same egg split. Usually the third is fraternal from an entirely different sperm and egg. However, it is possible the other is identical if it shares the same placenta. I can’t tell from the image.
But the likelihood is two identical L’s and one fraternal. All triplets
It's possibly like my friend who's a triplet - IVF, multiple embryos implanted for higher rate of success, and then one splits to become identical twins, in addition to the other one taking hold.
Store I worked at hired identical twin teenage boys, they looked different enough that you could tell them apart easily though. One day they were standing chatting with another teen boy, i did the biggest double take of my life cus the kid looked completely like both of the identical-but-not-quite twins at the same time. It was like an optical illusion, literally thought I was hallucinating. Nope, they were identical triplets.
Their dad worked there too and never mentioned it. All of them think it's funny to let people work it out on their own.
We took a few baby classes before ours was born. One being a breast feeding class. One mom to be had decided to do motherhood on her own, and ended up being pregnant with twins. Her mom was there at the class and I am hopeful she was planning to move in…
Cause oh my god I think about that woman to this day and hope everything turned out okay.
I remember asking my friend who had twins once when we got lunch: “so do you just train them to have the same sleep schedule”. And the look she gave me. She was so tired for a year and a half. They came crazy early and had lots of dietary issues and that woman was just the picture of bone tired.
Grew up all my life with it told to me that I'm 'next in line' to have twins, so did my wife. The first ultrasound was nerve wracking purely because of that. Thankfully it turns out he was running solo.
But we had some genuine fear on having twins, like we had to talk about what we'd do if it turns out to be twins and we had no idea.
He knew what having triplet grandchildren will be likr. He has to step in. Because who the fuck can deal with triplets on their own? My brother have 3 kids of different ages and man it has stressed him out a lot. 2 was manageble but the third one (even tho she is literally the chillest baby ever) just sent him and his wife over the edge
Same with cats. Things that demand really robust attention stress me out. I have very affectionate cats, but they're nothing compared to a dog having an apoplectic fit every time you come in. Tax of our biggest doof
Wait I almost forgot our largest doof and the picture that I still can't believe is real. Ironically, his name is Mr. Derek "Dizzy" Zoolander Moolander and he's panicking here because he literally can't turn left to get on the washing machine. Despite his face looking panicked, he was never in real danger. He was like three feet from the floor and jumped down on his own.
Thank you! Her name is Eleanor Pawsevelt and she's actually scarily smart. Twice she's set up an alibi crinkle ball while chewing into a bag of treats. When I came to investigate the plastic sound she ran out from under the table and pretended the sound was just the crinkle toy. She's also obsessed with sniffing mouths. All mouths must be inspected.
I have an Eleanor! We call her the queen. She also has a brother who is at all times looking for his brain cell and a canine sister who keeps them in check when they start squabbling.
My dog was a dental hygienist as well! 😂 Always inspecting people's mouths to sniff out what kinda snacks we had but didn't share. She'd give a real judgemental scoff and walk away with such an attitude if she smelled something she liked. The betrayal! 💀
I think this is something more people who do want kids should ask themselves. Do you want kids no matter the outcome? Would you be okay with triplets? Would you be okay if they had certain difficulties? So many people go into having kids just assuming everything will be fine. If you’re in no matter what, that’s wonderful. Otherwise, maybe adopt?
Yep, I started thinking about that when I was actively trying, especially since my aunt always wished twins on me and I was like, "Nope! I know my limitations and I don't want kids that bad." I also read "We Should Talk About Kevin" and realized how WRONG everything could get, very easily.
My daughters are close in age, though not twins, and it was beyond challenging just managing them when they were younger. I can't even imagine having twins, much less triplets.
I have a toddler and an infant right now and a friend of mine is having twins. And while I'm genuinely pleased for them (it's been a long road and they only wanted two kids anyway so only one pregnancy necessary) at the same time I'm also genuinely concerned for them. Because I can't imagine. Triplets????? Fuck no. I'd hear that in an ultrasound suite and never recover. Pretty sure I'd dissociate until they were 18.
We had triplets come through my school, and their mom had another kid after triplets. They were all awesome really cool kid. But holy shit I can't imagine having triplets and going "yeah let's have ANOTHER'
Order of babysitting precedence in the support network was easily visible in reponses. Uncle and Aunty, part time last resort babysitters? Excited. Parents & Grandparents, first in line babysitters? Hell no.
I went to her account on insta, and all three were born healthy. And she already had a kid before that, so now they are a happy family of six. They look like a lovely family
Especially when it's SO much louder than all the voices. I muted almost immediately, after trying to turn it up loud enough to hear the voices and then almost certainly pissing my neighbor off with unexpected saxophone blasting.
I can't even comprehend...like...HOW? How do you even DO anything?? How do you manage to even leave the house?? Do you have a great support system or what the hell??
Sometimes I find things are easier when I have my nephew with me because he entertains my kid. The also listen better. They get group think. So maybe its like that? But the newborn stage? Fuck that.
Triplets and beyond shouldn’t be biologically possible. It’s just plain cruel. I know Miracle of life yadda yadda, but 3 children at once?!? It is insanely expensive to have ONE child! Three?!? That’s three of EVERYTHING. Diapers alone will bankrupt you.
Mom and dad will be so exhausted beyond normal. I can’t even imagine.
I feel like the human body shouldn’t be able to do more than twins. Twins should even be rarer than they are. Just wow. I couldn’t handle that in a million years. Absolutely best of luck to them! Sending my most positive vibes, they’ll need them!
You know what? That’s fair enough. Some people do have more than 2 nipples à la Chandler Bing, but I’ve never heard of a case that someone could nurse a baby from it.
I never thought of someone breast feeding twin babies at the same time, but I suppose that’s possible. I know some babies weirdly have a preference as to which breast they nurse from. It’s odd, but it’s true.
Oh no 😂
All Shook Up. It was my favorite when I was a kid because my dad would do this silly dance when it came on to make me laugh. It never failed to crack me up and make me smile
Someone brought up that exact same point down below. They had quite the valid argument. I agree with you both! I never thought of someone nursing both twins at once but I suppose it’s entirely possible!
A quick spin around Instagram shows that this insanely powerful woman gave birth to her three adorable identical triplet daughters a couple of weeks before her 24th birthday! They were naturally conceived, which is super rare for triplets at all and even more rare for identical triplets. They joined an older sister who was born like…18 months before them or something. So now the family has four under two. I cannot imagine.
feel like only the woman in the video are recognizing the toll this is gonna take. the men saying shit like “congratulations” and “the more the merrier!” LOL
idk... I feel like if I got that kind of news and everyone reacted like it was a horrible curse it would make me very depressed and almost ashamed of something out of my control. That would take a toll before the actual toll even starts 😭
My husband and I had been home with our newborn for a week, no help, just us fighting for our lives. A commercial for a local medical group came on the TV one day that said something like “we’re here for you, for all of life’s surprises” while showing a woman being handed her third baby (triplets). My husband and I just start fucking laughing like maniacs. Like HOW?! It was such an absurd thought and in our sleep deprived state it was hilarious. God. Fuck that shit hahaha
If it makes you feel better, that would make that baby much safer.
But also the text in the video says she found out the two that look like they’re sharing a sack actually have a membrane between them, so it’s considered two sacks.
We have (spontaneous, identical) triplets daughters. They're grown now so we have the benefit of time amnesia for how crazy that phase of our life was, but we absolutely remember the terror of that first sonogram!
(We also had fraternal twin boys ten years later after I was told I couldn't have more kids. Somehow that was more shocking that the triplets!)
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