My apologies, perhaps I should be more clear.
My future husband and I do not plan on bringing children into the world if we are severely poor. Of course not having food or shelter would be more than unfair to our future children. But we WILL not decide to postpone having children just because we don’t have enough bedrooms for each kid to have their own or because we would rather have the “finer things in life.” If there are financial problems that are detrimental to our lives then, yes having a big family may be out of the quesiton. I may have used the word naive in the title, but we’re not ignorant.
As far as the financially set part, my future in laws meant having no debt. Both my fiance and I went to a very expensive private college and we’ll probably be in debt for many years to come. I did not mention that they also said to wait to have kids so we can “have fun.” Well our idea of fun in the future will be making and raising babies.
I do everything in my power to be a good daughter of God, and will do everything in my power to be a good wife and mother. I would never take anything away from my children, including a large and loving family.
