One child family. That’s us and I’ve gotten used to it. We enjoy our life the way it is. Bringing another baby into the mix would be a huge upheaval since we’re past nighttime feedings and waking (for the most part), diapers, and other special baby needs. But if anything would get me to change my mind maybe the Year of the Golden Pig could do it.

Dr. Lo Siento over at Rice Daddies says that Golden Pig Year only comes around every 600 years and any child born during this year will be wealthy and successful. According to The Seoul Times,

A person born this year is likely to be a good parent. He may be easy to anger, but he is intelligent, honest, courageous, completes projects, gallant, and sincere. People born in these years are honest and straightforward. They can be relied on to see things through. They tend to be popular and make lasting friendship and are good neighbors.

Flying PigSo how can parents go wrong? Well…it could all be just stuff and nonsense. Historians cannot find any record of this Golden Pig superstition. Some think that it’s malarky made-up to boost declining birthrates in industrialized Asian countries like South Korea and Singapore.

This reminds me of the craziness surrounding the start of the 21st century. So many people were eager to have children in the year 2000, which was also the Chinese Year of the Dragon, that there were concerns of overcrowded hospitals especially on New Year’s Eve. Then there’s the issue of getting these “millennium babies” into school because there are just too many of them. Later on, they may even have problems finding a job.

Well, I’ve sobered up now. That momentary flash of broodiness has dissipated and I’m back to enjoying my single-child parenting existence. At least Shai and some other friends I know who are giving birth in March will be able to enjoy their golden pigs.