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Lifer
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Be able to start a college fund for your new child with contributions monthly.
March or April
Why before 30? You mention ready both emotionally and financially and more often than not people under 30 are not emotionally and/or financially mature enough.
Usually it's a good time once your cervix is dilated to 10 cm.
This is nice but not mandatory IMO. My parents contributed maybe 5k-10k towards my education that will probably end up costing around 70k when I'm done (BS/MS). My parents don't have too much money, so any contributions were anything my mom made pulling some overtime during the last 4 years.
I don't feel like my parents should be obligated to pay for my schooling.
IIRC, the maternity ins was some ridiculous # like $500/mo extra and you had to have it 9+ months out.A lot of people here seem like they save for delivery. Are some health insurances so stingy that they don't even cover emergency c-sections?
3/18 and 3/29 are the best ones.October 5th is the most common birthday in the US.
October 5th is the most common birthday in the US.
Seriously? That's my birthday. :hmm:
KT
When you can give your child things at no cost to the way you live your life. Why would you want a child if the child is going to make you and your wife live a life of poverty and throw the child in with it?
When you and your wife are both stable is the best time to have a child. Stable jobs with decent benefits to help when needed and extra cash for all kinds of stuff.
My daughter turns 4 next week and she is spoiled more than my wife and her siblings and me and my siblings combined. If I did not have a daughter I would have NO bills (I had bills for cars, house, college loans before the child and have them afterward) at this point in life. Four years of paying for things nonstop for a child adds up.
Early 20's for me. We both had jobs, we both had insurance. We had 2 boys, about 18 months apart. Looking back, I wouldn't change a thing on the timing. I'm in my early 40's now, both kids are in college. One of my friends from high school is the same age as me, but has a 2 or 3 year old now. I can't imagine being just a couple years from retirement as my kids were heading off to college. *shudder*
Early 20's for me. We both had jobs, we both had insurance. We had 2 boys, about 18 months apart. Looking back, I wouldn't change a thing on the timing. I'm in my early 40's now, both kids are in college. One of my friends from high school is the same age as me, but has a 2 or 3 year old now. I can't imagine being just a couple years from retirement as my kids were heading off to college. *shudder*
Seriously? That's my birthday. :hmm:
KT
Count backwards and see where you end up ;^)