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I wish my son and DIL would get on with it. I want a grandchild before I'm too old to pick it up, much less play with it.
My parents bring up all the time that they had me when they were my age. I just can’t afford to have a kid. Most people my age are probably in the same boat. It’s too expensive now.
 
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My parents bring up all the time that they had me when they were my age. I just can’t afford to have a kid. Most people my age are probably in the same boat. It’s too expensive now.
This, im at that age where it would be under consideration, but have no intention to. Its too damn expensive.
 
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My parents bring up all the time that they had me when they were my age. I just can’t afford to have a kid. Most people my age are probably in the same boat. It’s too expensive now.
If you wait until you can afford them you will be too old to play with them.
 
My parents bring up all the time that they had me when they were my age. I just can’t afford to have a kid. Most people my age are probably in the same boat. It’s too expensive now.

Not that it matters but I watched a video on it. Apparently in the 70s they had massive inflation which changed the dynamic of being able to support a family on one salary.

I guess it makes sense though because my grandfather worked on the railroads(blue collar) and my grandmother was always a stay at home mom. They raised four boys and never did without. Not that simple these days.
 
My parents bring up all the time that they had me when they were my age. I just can’t afford to have a kid. Most people my age are probably in the same boat. It’s too expensive now.
I don't know your situation, but I don't think in general it's any more expensive. My friends all say "you have to buy them a cell phone and pay for travel baseball and competitive gymnastics and buy them brand new clothes, I just can't afford a kid."

Not saying you're saying that, but typically when people say kids are too expensive, they mean keeping up with the Joneses while raising a kid is too expensive. Goodwill clothes and rec league soccer and not buying them a cell phone is a perfectly acceptable way to parent, the only things that have gotten more expensive are society's expectations of how much parents should buy their kids.
 
Not that it matters but I watched a video on it. Apparently in the 70s they had massive inflation which changed the dynamic of being able to support a family on one salary.

I guess it makes sense though because my grandfather worked on the railroads(blue collar) and my grandmother was always a stay at home mom. They raised four boys and never did without. Not that simple these days.
In the 90s my dad was a restaurant manager and my mom stayed at home. They raised 5 kids. It's really not as expensive as some people make it sound. Our minimum standard has gone up more than salaries, not the price of essentials.
 
In the 90s my dad was a restaurant manager and my mom stayed at home. They raised 5 kids. It's really not as expensive as some people make it sound. Our minimum standard has gone up more than salaries, not the price of essentials.
Ok man. The amount of wealth accrued in this Country during 90's was staggering...

Until the Corporate Tax cuts in recent memory.

How Much Money America’s Billionaires Have Made During The Covid-19 Pandemic

That's the problem, the trickle doesnt trickle when theres no trickle.
 
If you wait until you can afford them you will be too old to play with them.
It doesn't have a dang thing to do with that sorry excuse, young people these days are just immature and selfish...they want to play at life, they don't want the responsibility of children.
 
In the 90s my dad was a restaurant manager and my mom stayed at home. They raised 5 kids. It's really not as expensive as some people make it sound. Our minimum standard has gone up more than salaries, not the price of essentials.
Data doesn't support this. Simply look at the ratio between median salary and cost of housing, automobiles, etc. from the 70s through the 90s vs. today.
 

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