The Bet

Anyone ever seen the movie Trading Places? If you haven't, what happens is these two uber rich dudes make a bet that would change the lives of two guys completely (one was poor and was made rich, and vice versa) and all for $1. Well in that spirit, let me explain The Bet.

My family has TONS of twins. My grandmother is a twin. I have a set of twin cousins. One of my cousins has twins. The Husband's grandmother was ALSO a twin. See where I'm going with this? We haven't had any twins in the family in a little while (compared to how they've popped up so far) and I'm pretty certain that I'm "doomed" to have twins. I'm actually kind of surprised that I didn't have them with the first pregnancy, but it would make more sense (at least from my side of the fam) for them to come with the second pregnancy. The twin cousins were all the second pregnancy.

The Husband thinks we'll have a boy, and that will be it. I, based off of history, have determined that we'll be having twins (I'm thinking a boy and girl). Therefore, we have a bet. And yes. It happens to be for $1.

Let me get one thing straight. I don't necessarily WANT twins. I used to...but now that I'm older and I understand how money works and that I like having as much of it as possible it wouldn't be conducive to us having money to have two babies at once. Also, now that we have the one munchkin and have experienced what taking care of a baby is like I doubt we would be able to take care of an extra two by ourselves...at least not with both of us working. We have a plan that would actually work out well if we ended up with double the fun next time, but that doesn't mean we need to go through all of that.

In the end, whoever we end up blessed with, no matter if there are one or two new people in our lives, we'll make it work, and shower all the munchkins in as much love as we can!