The Joneses
 

Just saw this on the news and thought would share.......among other things 12 kids and counting.....wow!!! I dread to think how much the flight over cost!!!!

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/mobile/ar...chpost=tabloid

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Ahhhh you missed this one then?

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The main reason I wouldnt want to be a family of 14 arriving here, is with those sort of numbers, someone isnt going to like it.

5 of us, every possible combination of who loves it or hates it, is leaving staying, over the past 11 years. Emotionally draining. Usually ends up with family on opposite sides of the world.

Trips back to Uk cost $15,000 and up, thats for 5.

One kid will be back in UK for good end of year, hes the one who loved aus the most:blink:


As for the financial side of things. One would assume if the family wouldnt accept family benefits etc in UK they will knock back the massive amount of money they could claim on welfare (family benefits, rent assist etc) in OZ too.

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Aaaaaaaaah, it appears I may have - haven't been on the site for a while...AND now also thinking about it...how big a friggin' house will they need??? 13bedrooms...shesh!

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Ummmm..... Am I unusual thinking that kids can share bedrooms? why would they need 13:confused:

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LOL!

I shared a bedroom with my three sisters, my three brothers shared a bedroom.

Why have more house than you'd want to heat/cool/clean?

MG :p

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My party going 18 year old and the 15 year old geek sharing a room would be interesting:lol:

They would kill each other.

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Exactly. I am one of 10 kids and we were all raised in a 3 bedroom house. All 5 boys shared one room, 3 of us girls shared another (my 2 oldest sisters had moved out by the time I was born).

The only reason my kids don't share a room is that one's a boy and the other a girl. They actually did share a room for a while when they were little, but now they're 15 & 17 they need their own.

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If they had to live together they would, kids are a bit spoiled these days. I remember my cousins sharing a bed never mind a bedroom, seven kids shared 2 rooms & 4 beds.

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Well in my family, there were 8 of us and we were lucky if we slept in a shoe!!!

:rofl: :getcoat:

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You had a shoe !!!!!!!

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My 2 share a room even though we have a spare room. And unless they pay for the house extension themselves, they'll continue sharing as long as I say so. I can understand the boy/girl separation from teenage years but wanting a room for each family member and then some is what starting the whole McMansion fashion :sneaky: And who seriously wants rooms to clean than strictly necessary? We have 3 batrooms in the house and only use one cos until the OH or the sprogs actually learn to clean a toilet properly, I ain't cleaning more than one! :eek: