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Post by doctorquant on Sept 1, 2022 15:23:21 GMT
Ain't no way that $310,605 number is right. I don't know ... from the looks of my credit card statement, MommaQuant spent pretty close to that merely moving my youngest into her apartment for the school year.
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Post by sharky, Hunter’s text buddy on Sept 1, 2022 15:28:25 GMT
Ain't no way that $310,605 number is right. I don't know ... from the looks of my credit card statement, MommaQuant spent pretty close to that merely moving my youngest into her apartment for the school year. I'm saying it's far too light.
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 1, 2022 15:44:40 GMT
I don't know ... from the looks of my credit card statement, MommaQuant spent pretty close to that merely moving my youngest into her apartment for the school year. I'm saying it's far too light. Yes, but probably not if you're working on averages. We sent Fiona to summer camp, and have her signed up for all kinds of lessons and activities during the school year. People that can't afford that (especially those with multiple kids) go without. I assume there are also some economies of scale when you have multiple kids that bring down the average cost.
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Post by sharky, Hunter’s text buddy on Sept 1, 2022 15:56:16 GMT
I'm saying it's far too light. Yes, but probably not if you're working on averages. We sent Fiona to summer camp, and have her signed up for all kinds of lessons and activities during the school year. People that can't afford that (especially those with multiple kids) go without. I assume there are also some economies of scale when you have multiple kids that bring down the average cost. I know we're an outlier in the liberal hellscape, but we're probably going to approach $100k just for childcare before the youngest gets into free daycare (public school).
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Post by doctorquant on Sept 1, 2022 16:12:15 GMT
Those numbers like that are always kinda squirrelly. For example, they apportion your housing cost on a pro rata basis across your kids.
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Post by dirtybird on Sept 1, 2022 16:26:02 GMT
I'm saying it's far too light. Yes, but probably not if you're working on averages. We sent Fiona to summer camp, and have her signed up for all kinds of lessons and activities during the school year. People that can't afford that (especially those with multiple kids) go without. I assume there are also some economies of scale when you have multiple kids that bring down the average cost. Averages to between $18,000 and $19,000 a year. Food, clothes, toys, medical casec some school, some activities, that’ll add up. (But as you said, more kids means hand me down clothes, shared toys, etc)
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Post by doctorquant on Sept 1, 2022 16:27:14 GMT
Having a kid (or another kid) can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be.
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Post by Ridiculously Dull Bobby on Sept 1, 2022 16:39:02 GMT
Yes, but probably not if you're working on averages. We sent Fiona to summer camp, and have her signed up for all kinds of lessons and activities during the school year. People that can't afford that (especially those with multiple kids) go without. I assume there are also some economies of scale when you have multiple kids that bring down the average cost. Averages to between $18,000 and $19,000 a year. Food, clothes, toys, medical casec some school, some activities, that’ll add up. (But as you said, more kids means hand me down clothes, shared toys, etc) It also assumes healthy children with no special needs. I’ve spent more than $20,000 in the past year on my son’s medical bills alone.
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 1, 2022 16:46:53 GMT
Averages to between $18,000 and $19,000 a year. Food, clothes, toys, medical casec some school, some activities, that’ll add up. (But as you said, more kids means hand me down clothes, shared toys, etc) It also assumes healthy children with no special needs. I’ve spent more than $20,000 in the past year on my son’s medical bills alone. Don’t get me started…
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Post by Ridiculously Dull Bobby on Sept 1, 2022 17:51:09 GMT
And that’s with the “good” insurance!
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 3, 2022 1:22:11 GMT
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 5, 2022 15:16:49 GMT
Democrat math is always fun.
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Post by btexpress on Sept 5, 2022 16:19:04 GMT
Comparing X's "net worth" to Y's "yearly income" doesn't seem like the most accurate way of comparing things.
Hell, my "net worth" is about 27 times my yearly income.
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Post by batman on Sept 6, 2022 0:59:46 GMT
Democrat math is always fun.
Wonder if Robert Reich is living in a $90,000 one-bedroom shit box in the Valley?
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Post by doctorquant on Sept 6, 2022 1:03:51 GMT
Robert Reich is a jejune little turd ... and he'd be that even if he was 5-foot-2.
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