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More kids? Two is enough. See how. I’ll get back to you
While the state is holding the door open, I am standing at the threshold, making a pros and cons list.
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There is only the answer you can live with, made by the people in the marriage, with full knowledge of their own lives, says the writer.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
A friend asked me recently if I was going to have a third child. I don’t know why, but the first thing that came to mind was the time I was reading in the living room and realised my twin boys had gone very quiet.
As any parent will know, this is suspicious. I found them in my bedroom – one of them colouring the other’s face black with permanent marker.
