Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to childfree@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoWon't someone please think of the boomers?!poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down129
arrow-up1516arrow-down1imageWon't someone please think of the boomers?!poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to childfree@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI own two used cars and, after inflation, both of them combined cost me less than the birth of my first kid.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoUsed? After 20 years children cost well above half a mil. When you factor in all of the food, clothing, sitters, school, trips, and of course college, you’ve set yourself back by quite a bit
minus-squarethesporkeffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThis doesn’t even factor in the monetary value of the parent’s time
minus-squarederf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWay more than any car I’ve bought.
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I own two used cars and, after inflation, both of them combined cost me less than the birth of my first kid.
Used? After 20 years children cost well above half a mil. When you factor in all of the food, clothing, sitters, school, trips, and of course college, you’ve set yourself back by quite a bit
This doesn’t even factor in the monetary value of the parent’s time
Way more than any car I’ve bought.