[speaker001:] So Chris, I've heard that you're from a big family. How many people?
[speaker002:] Nine total. Seven children and my parents.
[speaker001:] Seven children? That's a lot. Why did your parents have so many?
[speaker002:] Well, my mother came from a big family, and wanted to have one of her own. My father was an only child, and didn't really care about having a large family, but my mother talked him into it.
[speaker001:] Jeez, seven children. That must have a lot of problems. We have four children in my family and my grandparents can never get our names right.
[speaker002:] It can be hard, and there are certain sacrifices you have to make.
[speaker001:] Like what? I assume that there's no privacy.
[speaker002:] That's one. Another is the lack of personal property. Everything you have, from toys to clothes, is used by your brothers and sisters. Especially clothes. Three quarters of my wardrobe are hand-me-downs.
[speaker001:] And the age gap is also annoying. There's a ten-year difference between my younger brother and me. We have nothing in common.
[speaker002:] Same problem here. There's an 18 year gap between the oldest and youngest child in my family. The last child was born just as the oldest was going to college.