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Originally Posted by normtwofinger
As an only child, have either zero or at least two. If you have only one, be prepared to spend $1000's on therapy when they hit their 20's.
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We already heard that one 4 years ago.
I have one, and I don't think we'll be having number two. But I do wonder if 15 years from now I'll look back and that will be a huge regret. Really it's not that I wouldn't like another kid, but I don't think my wife could handle it. Maybe the next one will.
I actually am beginning to think that it's easier when you're a bit younger than I currently am as your body isn't falling apart and you have a bit more energy. Although, it is a lot of responsibility, and there are no days off, so I don't know if you need to be at a point in your life where you accept it, or you're just forced into it when you do have kids.
Money...well for someone like me who unlike most of CP, doesn't make 250 grand a year, rent a house for dirt cheap, invest all my money in stocks that double in value every week, drive a Subaru with the greatest winter tires ever, and sit around and scold everyone else for being financially irresponsible....it hasn't broke the bank for me yet. I still find a way to get everything I need, and a bit more. Really I don't mind making a few personal sacrifices to give things to my kid.