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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
I like this show but there was one scene that was absolutely absurd. Basically one of the dumb in debt guys was talking about wanting to have a baby and the lady was like "Yeah -- let's go see how much that would cost". They went to some high end boutique and picked out all brand new stuff -- crib, stroller, car seat, clothes, bottles, food, everything brand new at the highest price point. Rang in at like way over three grand and the guy was devastated.
Good grief, my wife and I are having our first in 6 weeks (or so) and haven't even spent ten percent of that, and we're basically ready to go. The amount of bargain bin/free second hand stuff there is in the world of baby things is enormous.
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It's not the cost of the stuff that can sink you with babies for us it was the loss of income for a year that is the real cost of having kids.
This is why we decided to stop at 2. A 3rd child would have crippled us financially.
Agreed on the amount of baby stuff you can accumulate through gifts and hand me downs. It gets to the point where you can't wait to give it away when the kids are done with it just to free up space in your house.