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re: Why do couples willingly have children they can’t afford?
Posted on 11/30/18 at 10:59 am to DCtiger1
Posted on 11/30/18 at 10:59 am to DCtiger1
I find it very hard to believe that this baby will financially ruin them. If this baw has any type of work ethic and has been at this plant for more than a year or two, he's making over $60k. Couple that with the wife hopefully doing a few 'appointments' (at least $100 cash a pop) a week, they should be fine. If they're not, they're already financially irresponsible and the baby doesn't have any effect
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Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:00 am to Displaced
65% of babies born in Louisiana are on Medicaid which is a rather alarming number.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:02 am to saderade
Yes, that is unfortunate but it doesn't relate really to my comments to op.... Unless they are on gov assistance.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:06 am to DCtiger1
If you wait until you're ready to have kids, you'll never be ready. It is a massive change in every way. I have two and I haven't stopped worrying about money since I had the first and I'm not close to qualifying for gov't cheese.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:07 am to Displaced
Not sure why this thread has you miffed
I doubt anyone here really thinks people with modest incomes shouldn't have kids, so long as they have the right intentions and plan correctly
But obviously that's not always the case (perhaps especially in our region) and discussion of such cultural phenomena makes for good message board fodder.
I doubt anyone here really thinks people with modest incomes shouldn't have kids, so long as they have the right intentions and plan correctly
But obviously that's not always the case (perhaps especially in our region) and discussion of such cultural phenomena makes for good message board fodder.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:07 am to DCtiger1
Jesus wants you to have 12 children.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:08 am to Displaced
Agree to disagree. I suppose I was just raised differently. My parents were both college educated and had great careers with stability before they decided to pull the trigger on kids, and that’s how I was raised.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:11 am to DCtiger1
2 years ago i saw a dude put up a gofundme for in vitro. Looking for like 30k 
if you can't afford that, kids ain't any fricking cheaper.
if you can't afford that, kids ain't any fricking cheaper.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:14 am to DCtiger1
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Why do couples willingly have children they can’t afford?
You seen those tax return checks people with kids get? Thats a down payment on a basstracker baw.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:15 am to DCtiger1
It baffles me. I know a couple who have a 1 year old, and live in a 2 bedroom house. They were actively trying to get pregnant and succeeded. If you can only afford a 2 bedroom house, why are you having 2 kids?
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:15 am to DCtiger1
Because most couples don't create an Excel spreadsheet and budget the incremental costs of a child.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:16 am to DCtiger1
That doesn't mean that is the only way to do it...
Hell, there are certain people who consider your mother a horrible parent for having a career and not raising her own children.
Do you have children? If so, give them the advice they are seeking rather than jumping to judgement of your friends.
Hell, there are certain people who consider your mother a horrible parent for having a career and not raising her own children.
Do you have children? If so, give them the advice they are seeking rather than jumping to judgement of your friends.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:17 am to DCtiger1
For a lot of people, their only purpose in life is to create new life.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:19 am to DCtiger1
When I worked at Lauberge I would get bored at night and go out to the valet area to chat with the clean up guys while they got the trash up. One guy told me he was trying for baby #10 because if you have 10 kids that exempts you from child support
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:20 am to Epic Cajun
Do you need more than 2 bedrooms for 3 people?
Sounds like they have an appropriately sized house they can afford. The wasteful spender buys a larger house than they need just to keep up with the Joneses.
Sounds like they have an appropriately sized house they can afford. The wasteful spender buys a larger house than they need just to keep up with the Joneses.
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:21 am to Displaced
My god you’re triggered
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:27 am to DCtiger1
cut entitlement programs and watch birth rates fall
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:27 am to BurningHeart
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Because most couples don't create an Excel spreadsheet and budget the incremental costs of a child.
GTFO with this
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:29 am to DCtiger1
Not at all, but I love how that type of response is always thrown out when someone runs out of intelligent rebuttals...
Posted on 11/30/18 at 11:30 am to Displaced
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keep up with the Joneses.
Another major reason people have children
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