Congrats on the baby :) Does anyone practice birthcontrol any more lol

Congrats :)

" It costs about $1 million to raise a child now from start to finish by the way. Most people don't have any idea how much money it takes."


i hope you have a spare million as KRL said :)

Thats BS.. Are we talking about Hollywood kids? if you pay for the child t'ill he is 20 spending $1 million... thats $50,000 a year... Tons of people raises kids with minimal incomes .. and do well..

Congrats Ice and Angeleyes :thumbsup

Cool for you! :thumbsup

It is proven, you just dont understand yet.

and I wondered why I was blowing chunks 24/7 for the last week. :helpme The one thing I'm worried about is that I was put under a general and on oxycodone for a week after I had the oral surgery. I had no clue I was "in the family way" as we use BC.

Congratulations.. I would be scared too. :winkwink:

lol.. please.. I just proven you otherwise... Do you even know the % of the population that can pay $50,000 year for a 1 kid? $100,000 for 2 kids? Guess a %....

right on, good stuff.... congratulations...

oh yeah? prove it to me

My sister has 5 or 6 kids, and there is no way in hell they are spending a million each . . . couldn't even if they wanted to

Congrats, thats awesome!!!!:thumbsup

u don't know how many children your sister has?

Congrats to the both of you:thumbsup











Just be prepared to do alot of changing in your life and I am not talking about diapers :)

I think 6, she keeps having them artificially and they come out in groups, so it is hard to keep up

It was just a matter of time before somebody said it!

No fucking way!! Thats awesome guys congrats!! Im just pissed that no one told me and I had to find out like this.. You guys are pretty good about messaging me to let me know whats up.

Cheers guys!! :glugglug

KIDS ARE EVIL, U HAVE JUST BROUGHT MORE HELL ON THIS EARTH, GOD WILL PUT HIS RATH AND U ALL WHO HAVE CHILDREN!

I'm not a doctor, but I had surgery while pregnant and my son came out just fine. :)

Ask your OB/GYN at your first exam. He/She will be able to put your fears to rest. :)

Congrats again. :glugglug

Do you have kids? I'll assume not.

The national US statistic for high income families per child annually for the year 2005 is $16,000. If you are wealthy it goes to 3 times that.

And that only counts direct expenses, when you factor in the value of your time dedicated to raising of the child it goes even higher.

Christ you can spend $1,000 a month just buying toys and related entertainment things.

Right there you've got $12k a year just on that alone.

$1,000 for toys and related entertainment things. per MONTH???? LOL .. Hell.. I remember getting a $100 spending budget for christmas... those were the toys I had for the year..

Look.. you said it.. high income families... If you send your kids to public school.. have them work part time at 16+ .. dont spend $1000 in entertainment/month and and you can manage raising kids on nearly ANY budgets... I dont need to have kids to know that.. I just need to look around..

Remember, you are Canadian, The American lifestyle is alot different, so is there healthcare, dental care, employment, schools, EVERYTHING.. that shit isnt free, like in Canada.

Congrats :thumbsup

I don't spend $1K on MYSELF in one month. Hell I hardly spend $300 on my own entertainment, food, and other "extras". Who in the hell spends that much money on their kids?

Not everyone is trying to compete with the Jones'.

That's bullshit. If you're spending 1k a month on a childs TOYS a month, then that will grow up to be a fucked up spoiled child.

I've noticed in your posts that you've been rich WAY too long to even recognize reality anymore.

This is even more ridiculous than the cat stuff.

congrats on the baby ! You will make very nice parents ! :)



I think what is meant by the million is the percentage of money spent on health care,food, house payments ,bills,entertainment,dental,lessons, cars, etc etc for the kids.


Think about it ! You pay for health care for a total family instead of two people. You buy more food for a full family.

Heck, I have a truck payment now and alot higher gas bill cause I gave one of my daughters my car.

Congrats, and have fun with the baby

haha I always love your posts Holly...
Although this post is kinda ironic because my Girlfriend is actually 8 months pregnant,
Guess what her name is Holly :thumbsup

Congratulations!


It's good to know that Ice finally got the hang of it. :winkwink:

give me a break . . . . try parenting rather than buying toys to keep them busy.

no way in hell does a good parent need to spend $1k/mo on fucking toys . . . . if you got it, and want to, fine, but hardly mandatory

you have a very weird idea of life here I guess, out of healthcare, dental care, employment, schools expense, please be advised that there is insurance for health and dental, there are free public schools, and who knows WTF you are talking about re: emplyment.

You have been watching too many Michael Moore documentaries I think

so, what is the difference between high income and wealthy? I did not know they had included level

Only on GFY would you find people arguing in a thread like this.

Congrats on getting her knocked up man. :Graucho

WOW congratulations to both of you Jenn and Rene!!

I am so happy for you =)

both of you are some of the nicest people I enjoy most working with on the net :thumbsup

I live here, You are just too old to realize proven statistics, please retire immediately.

congrats! what ya gonna call the baby?

care to provide said proven statistics?

Care to rephrase that sentence for the English speaking people here?

there is nothing wrong with that sentence structure, except the first word was not capitalized.

I spend far more than $1000 a month on the three kids... I spend more on them in a week than I do on myself in a year.