that's the plan

sort of, anyway

idk about a cutecumber, but i'll give her a cucumber 😏

We want to start training them early on in actual moneymaking/business skills etc.

My parents just let us live with them through our 20s so we could work and pay for our own college.

ah ok so i found most of the cost of the 1.1 mil btw

I'm conflicted about it because my parents died when I was in my young teens so I very much want to be there for my kids - but I don't want to be a bulldozer parent either

its an opportunity cost

lost wages from going from 2 incomes to 1

http://archive.is/CDOMi

interesting...

which is a valid way of looking at it

economics looks at opportunity costs of decisions all the time

I'll have to read this one in more detail later, thanks Big O

heh

Big O 😏

np. but def different than i first thought, in that i thought it was pure expense.

haha yessir

But a lot of that extra million goes into second car, second taxes, and a higher likelyhood of divorce.

theres like 3 meanings in my name

income is income as far as taxes go, esp with filing jointly.

w/e they choose to buy with it doesnt matter

So it's like "hey you get an extra million but you leave no genetic legacy and will spend all your wealth on your nursing home!" having no kids just seems super grim and pointless.

unless you choose to keep working and pay for a full time nanny

eh only if that matters to you bro

i never really got the whole "youre going to have a shitty life and die alone if you dont have kids" angle

you dont need to justify your choice of having kids by ripping on those who dont

I've seen a lot of people die alone full of regrets from working in a nursing home. Like if you don't want kids, absolutely please do not, but it will come at a cost.

the error is assuming that cost is true generally

regarding nursing homes, having kids will not keep you out of one. theyre full of old ppl who have families that dump there there

having a good retirement fund will do more than banking on your kids taking care of you when youre old.

maybe in other cultures like japan, but not here in america.

I guess we live in different Americas, because when our grandparents could no longer live on their own they moved in with us until they died, just like most other folks I know. Every old person I know who died (excluding sudden stuff like heart attacks, accidents etc.) and had children spent their final years/months in or near one of their children's homes. But I was part of the Baptist, and now the Anglican church so that probably effects what part of society I see.

I'm sure it would depend on how close the family is

Imagine, for a moment, what's going to happen to Lena Dunham's parents when they can't take care of themselves any longer

College is generally worth it.
¿University? Not unless you're a doctor, lawyer, or engineer.

https://twitter.com/PolishPatriotTM/status/1183695628288827392

lmao

JUST heard about that

so stupid

Ok. That makes me love America more because our government respects our right to blow crap up.