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PatrickGHBusan



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PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2012 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

motiontodismiss wrote:
PatrickGHBusan wrote:
Seriously having kids is NOT a fiscal decision. Laughing

oh and that article was interesting but did not factor in a lot of things....such is life.


Yeah it is. Not in the sense of profit/loss, but in the sense that if you can't afford them you shouldn't have them.


Well that is different.

Figure out if you can afford to support a baby financially is one thing...basing your decision to be parents on some sort of fiscal analysis is quite another thing!

Well to each his own.
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motiontodismiss



Joined: 18 Dec 2011

PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2012 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PatrickGHBusan wrote:
motiontodismiss wrote:
PatrickGHBusan wrote:
Seriously having kids is NOT a fiscal decision. Laughing

oh and that article was interesting but did not factor in a lot of things....such is life.


Yeah it is. Not in the sense of profit/loss, but in the sense that if you can't afford them you shouldn't have them.


Well that is different.

Figure out if you can afford to support a baby financially is one thing...basing your decision to be parents on some sort of fiscal analysis is quite another thing!

Well to each his own.


IMO too many people make major decisions such as childbearing and marriage without going through the numbers. You'll run through the numbers when you buy a car, why would you not do the same for kids? Your car doesn't even get exponentially more expensive as it gets older.
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ricochet



Joined: 04 Sep 2011
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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2012 6:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OP, r u kiddin'? its costin' me way mo' than dat! Shocked
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chungbukdo



Joined: 22 Aug 2010

PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2012 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576242661295724864.html

Kids cost as much as you want them to cost. Plenty of people in India raise their kids for a couple bucks per day. It doesn't take much to keep someone alive and healthy, other than time and care.
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