Does it matter to you if the amount of children you have is an even or odd number? Is either one easier/more organised/more fair than the other?
What is your experience with this?
I’m one of four girls, and I thought it was perfect. It was nice to have even teams when we argued. 
Honestly I don’t think there are any significant reasons why even or odd would be better, but symmetrical things are always nice and organized. Makes for nice-looking family photos. 
An even number of kids will fit nicely into bunk beds, and there is always a sibling to sit beside each one on amusement park rides. Also, most packaged foods come boxed in even numbers (such as number of Tasty Cakes in a box, etc) and are easily divided up among an even number of kids. Pizzas are cut into an even number of slices. [name]Even[/name]-numbered families make fairness nice and easy.
I like the aspect of even’s. No one is left out, someone always has a ‘buddy’. I am growing up an only child so I don’t exactly know the feeling of being left out, or included, in sibling affairs. Though I do have two best friends, and being a group of 3 is hard because mostly always one of us feels left out.
For the reasons alzora mentioned I would say even might be more organized and less likely to leave a kid out but not a reason to base a family on that. I have 2 older brothers who are close in age to each other and farther from me. In my case, the fact that there was an odd number of us never really came into play as much as ages and genders.
Being 1 of 2 and the oldest, I hated it. The youngest gets away with everything and I always go the “you’re older, you should know better” spiel all through my life and even now that I’m married, my parents still like to throw it in my face. Sure I’m older, but that doesn’t give my sister the right to act like a complete idiot, we’re not even 2 years apart! (this could all just be bad parenting, but it’s why I prefer just to have 1)
I think the only way to be fair is just to have 1 or twins. Twins are the same age so you can’t use the whole “you’re older” argument when you want to stop a fight or pick a side.
I would like to have even. I came from a maternal sibling group of three. I am the youngest, and my two older sister are close in age. Most of the time I felt left out and still pretty much consider myself a loner. The eldest, has other siblings, but she mostly identify with her maternal siblings and her best friend (who is practically her other sibling). As the “baby”, I would have liked to be closer in age, but my mom had a rough time just trying to get me. I asked her why she didn’t try for another child that would be around the same age as me, and she just said it was difficult.
I am also the youngest (exactly 13 years apart) in my paternal sibling group, but my brother and I hardly converse, so it’s whatever…
Anyways, if I could only have odd amount children, I would like to have them close in age.
I think that even is more practical.
Such as:
two for one deals
European trains seat 6 people
rides are often for 2 or 4 people
easier to divide things evenly: food
even food typically comes in even numbers like meat
In the surrounding world, almost everything is even.
2 or 4 kids seems most practical in the world we live in.
Also, the youngest may be left out if the middle child is closer in age to the oldest. (Obviously this fits only for 3). Also, if the oldest is a singleton and the younger two are twins, then the oldest will probably feel left out. Althought this could also occur with one single and triplets. So it could also happen with even kids, but not at commonly.
5 or more odd, may be different.
Definitely even, I decided that when I was around 11.
I’m the eldest of three, only girl, not to mention six and nine years older than my brothers. I was always the odd one out, and it sucked. It still sucks. Only now my brother’s hitting the age where we can relate more and enjoy one-on-one time with each other. Now my youngest brother, who is 10, is beginning to feel more left out. It sucks.
[name]Even[/name] numbers make things nice and neat, there’s always someone for someone. Two is too little, imo, 4 is the perfect number.
I would love to have four kids.
Interesting question. I grew up as the eldest of two children and always thought two wasn’t enough. For that reason, my husband and I plan on having three children (maybe four). I’ve never really thought about which is better - even or odd. We’ll reconsider after our third child. But I’m not sure that the fact that pizzas are cut into eight slices will be enough to convince me to have a fourth baby!
I’m expecting my fourth and it just feels more complete. I wish I could have conceived a little earlier as the first 3 are so close and this baby will be 3 years younger than the youngest, so I’m afraid it’ll feel left out. but I’m sure once it’s older it will all balance out. I like the symmetry and the practical side of sharing, ect that the PPs mentioned.
Ehm, no one’s mentioned the car thing yet? Obviously three or five kids are what the car companies want us to have.
I find the reasoning for having an even number weird. Food, seriously? First of all, packed lunches are great and cheap and it make sure your children get the food they like. I have never seen twinned food in my life (ok, those disgusting “sandwiches” come in twin packs, but I’d never buy that for my child). Some kids eat more than others anyway (there will most likely be an age gap!). And not all kids like to eat the same thing. You can always buy two pizzas, and I’m sure daddy won’t mind eating the left over piece. Rides and trains; someone sits beside mum or dad, and one parent get some nice relaxing alone time. Some trains seat two together, some four, some five. I don’t mean to be b*tchy, but I think those are weak reasons for the amount of children you’re going to have. And also, I come from a three children home; we never had any problems, and my brother is seven years younger than me, nine years younger than my sister. We’re all ridiculously close.
I want five, but I’d be happy with the more realistic three or four. They’d all fit in a decent car, and I would be able to count them on one hand. Five is my ideal number because then the family would be made up of the lucky number seven!
Yeah. I feel like two isn’t enough (as I was one of two) but that four would be too many. Three is the number for me I think. So odds I guess!
I don’t have a preference but my husband only wants evens so that’s what we’re (hopefully) going to do. We currently have 2 so we might end up with 4 (but hopefully not more!). Hubby was one of 5 and haaated it but there’s a lot more going into it than just the number of children, like how the parents parent, the lifestyle, etc.
Lol…I didn’t mean for my comment to be taken entirely seriously. 
That’s why I scattered a few smileys throughout and preceded it with, “Honestly I don’t think there are any significant reasons why even or odd would be better…” I agree that these silly reasons are nothing to base family size on, but for the sake of answering the original question, all I could come up with was the ease of fair sharing among even-numbered families. You are right though, of course, that odd-numbered families can be just as happy as any even-numbered family, and I was just having some fun with the original question. 
I guess I should’ve added some smileys too!!! I didn’t take it seriously, seriously
Phew! Maybe you should have an odd number of kids and I’ll have an even number of kids, and we’ll compare notes someday. We’ll settle this question once and for all. [name]May[/name] the best team win! 
I don’t have a strong preference either way. Three feels like a good number, four feels like too many for me personally. If we have a boy next, I can see us stopping at two or going for a tie-breaker. If we have another girl next, I’d probably want to try for a boy (and then be divinely happy anyway if we ended up with 3 girls!).
Of course we’re both onlys, so the sibling dynamics thing is a whole new ballgame.
I don’t have any strong feelings either way. We’re set on having two now, but I wouldn’t not have a third just cause of uneven numbers. I don’t think it makes a big difference either way.
For some reason I am drawn to odd numbers. I would rather have 7 or 9 kids instead of 8. I think it just seems too neat to me.
It depends. I would prefer to just have two but if I have two boys or two girls then I would probably try for one of the opposite sex. No more than three, though.