As A Father of Five...

...I hole-hardly endorse Catholic Minority Report's post "I'm Counter-Cultural, Who knew?"
Here is a snippet:

Many times I have been introduced by various people in this way.

Introducer: "This is Patrick Archbold, he is the director of blah blah. "
Introducee: "Hello. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Introducer: "Patrick is expecting his fifth child!"
Introducee: "Really?! Wow!"

To the introducer, my family size is a noteworthy piece of trivia requiring immediate full disclosure. Oddly, upon learning of my fecundity, many people are then completely liberated to give me all the gory details about their reproductive lives . "Two was plenty for me, I got the ol' snip snip!" , "After I delivered my last baby, I told the doctor to tie up those tubes while he was in there!","This shop is closed!", or the ubiquitous "I'm done!" Even more remarkably, people often feel strangely comfortable opining on my situation. "Are you Crazy?! Ever hear of birth control?", "Can't you stay away from your wife for a few minutes?" or some such silly thing. I have learned to roll with such comments and try to offer my little witness along the way.

This is exactly how I feel much of the time. I have yet to come up with the ultimate response to some of these questions. So let me know if you have any.