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Originally posted by KRL
$1000 a month is only $30 a day. You think $30 a day is overboard?
He buys his yu-gi-oh cards, hot wheels, collector car models, goes to arcades, movies, buys magazines, playstation 2 games go for $50 a pop, movie dvds, computer games, etc. If you can't see how that all adds up to $1,000 a month then you must not have kids either.
And I hardly think that's spoiling a kid. All his friends buy and get the same stuff so I'm doing nothing different than any of the other parents I know from his school.
My ex spends even more than I do on him. I really don't believe in buying designer clothes at that age but she does so what am I supposed to do start a fricking war with her cause she'll buy him a pair of high end Nike's that will be worn out in a couple months? That's her perogative.
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First all congrats Jen...
Now the bad part---no partying, drinking or smoking!!!! Can't do that shit and be pregnaut...
Krl--I have 2 kids 13 & 10..I'm not sure if your correct or not but in any event yes its fucken expensive.. It depends what you can do for your kids.
For instance lets take camp.. Overnight camp is $6000 to $7000 per kid in my area. Day camp is $3000. I think camp can start at 4 or 5..Camp can fucken knock you by itself..
I think it mostly depends on where you live.. I'm in Phila burbs..Its real expensive but probably one of the best school districts in Pa as well as the nation....
As Greg TX said the beginning is cheap except for baby sitting..The older they get the more expensive it is..
I do have one piece of advise for everyone.. Put away as much cash as you can spare once the kid is born and put it away in the best long term stocks with dividend reinvestemnt plans..If you don't touch it can sit for close to 20 years before they start college..