My wife likes lifetime fitness, but it's costly... We have two gym memberships

[Anonymous]

I spend 40 a month at golds. Better looking freaks there

[Anonymous]

Your wife sounds high maintenance. For one, gym "childcare" is barely that. I wouldn't plop my kids there for 2 hrs everyday. Your kids are old enough that they should be in an enriching preschool at least a few half days per week; they are 2 and 5! She needs to do that instead of relying on crappy gym daycare for a break.

Your wife should work out at the Y and then buy a pool membership somewhere in the summer if she hates the Y pool.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like she is doing it primarily to hand the kids off to someone else for a few hours, not to keep her ass looking good.

Maybe guilt her over that?

What's wrong with that?

Women shouldn't have breaks in the day for a few hours.

Exactly. They should work 24 hours a day every single day of the week NON STOP with no one else EVER looking after their children. I mean it's so unreasonable to want some time to yourself when your job is round the clock and never ends and is quite honestly soul sucking a lot of time. That's crazy!

Its called preschool. OPs kids are old enough.

[Anonymous]

We joined Lifetime when kids were young for the pools, patents nights out, holiday camps and summer camps.

Totally worth it. We practically lived there.

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Anonymous wrote:If she’s going every other day for half the day (2 hours in childcare plus swimming) you’re asking her to massively cut her QOL and alter her daily routine, all to save 2% of your income. Get over it and save money somewhere else.

+1. Price out 1/2 day childcare for 4 days a week and compare lifetime to *that*, not to the Y across from your job.

but they don't need child care. The wife barely works. It's her job to watch the kids.

on a 140K salary I think $300/month for a gym membership is a lot. That is $3600/year.

if it is that important to her make her find other things to cut out of her life to cove the cost. And her saying "I'll pay for it out of my salary" doesn't count as I assume that money already goes to common expenses.

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Anonymous wrote:We belong to Life Time and I also have a Retro Fitness membership. My husband, a wiser man than you, is happy to spend $300/mo for my a$$ to look like it does.

Wrinkly and saggy?

We started having kids in our 20s, so, no. Age comes for us all but not me yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like she is doing it primarily to hand the kids off to someone else for a few hours, not to keep her ass looking good.

Maybe guilt her over that?

What's wrong with that?

Women shouldn't have breaks in the day for a few hours.

Exactly. They should work 24 hours a day every single day of the week NON STOP with no one else EVER looking after their children. I mean it's so unreasonable to want some time to yourself when your job is round the clock and never ends and is quite honestly soul sucking a lot of time. That's crazy!

Its called preschool. OPs kids are old enough.

And it’s gonna cost a lot more than Life Time.

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So the Y is nearly free with your discount, PLUS has an outdoor pool for summer, PLUS is within 5 min from your house PLUS has childcare...?

This is a no-brainer. No way should you also pay $200 plus a month for Lifetime on a 100k one parent salary

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Anonymous wrote:If she’s going every other day for half the day (2 hours in childcare plus swimming) you’re asking her to massively cut her QOL and alter her daily routine, all to save 2% of your income. Get over it and save money somewhere else.

+1. Price out 1/2 day childcare for 4 days a week and compare lifetime to *that*, not to the Y across from your job.

but they don't need child care. The wife barely works. It's her job to watch the kids.

on a 140K salary I think $300/month for a gym membership is a lot. That is $3600/year.

if it is that important to her make her find other things to cut out of her life to cove the cost. And her saying "I'll pay for it out of my salary" doesn't count as I assume that money already goes to common expenses.

She is watching the kids. Look, I get that some of you hate your spouses or just hate women, but this is a stupid thing to argue about. The kids are happy and getting exercise playing in the pool multiple times a week. Wife is happy, has friends there (isolation is a big problem for SAH parents), and gets a lot of use out of this monthly expense. DH wants to penny pinch on a gym membership for no reason.

And no, you don't get to unilaterally decide (for another couple, no less) that her existing income is not allowed to go toward certain expenses and must instead increase, to cover a line item that is ALREADY IN THEIR BUDGET. He's looking to make cuts, and deciding he's the only one who should not feel the pinch.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people spend so much for Lifetime when Planet Fitness is $10/month? I don't get it.

Childcare, steam room, hot tub, towel service are my reasons. I also belong to a closer cheap gym for when my DH can watch the kids and I can get in and out, but the experience is wildly different.

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Anonymous wrote:If she’s going every other day for half the day (2 hours in childcare plus swimming) you’re asking her to massively cut her QOL and alter her daily routine, all to save 2% of your income. Get over it and save money somewhere else.

+1. Price out 1/2 day childcare for 4 days a week and compare lifetime to *that*, not to the Y across from your job.

but they don't need child care. The wife barely works. It's her job to watch the kids.

on a 140K salary I think $300/month for a gym membership is a lot. That is $3600/year.

if it is that important to her make her find other things to cut out of her life to cove the cost. And her saying "I'll pay for it out of my salary" doesn't count as I assume that money already goes to common expenses.

OP never said she has any other areas of excess to cut.

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Anonymous wrote:So the Y is nearly free with your discount, PLUS has an outdoor pool for summer, PLUS is within 5 min from your house PLUS has childcare...?

This is a no-brainer. No way should you also pay $200 plus a month for Lifetime on a 100k one parent salary

Read again. He only gets the discount at the Y by his job, which he currently uses, that is a different Y than the one he's moving near that has a pool. So no more discount.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like she is doing it primarily to hand the kids off to someone else for a few hours, not to keep her ass looking good.

Maybe guilt her over that?

What's wrong with that?

Women shouldn't have breaks in the day for a few hours.

Exactly. They should work 24 hours a day every single day of the week NON STOP with no one else EVER looking after their children. I mean it's so unreasonable to want some time to yourself when your job is round the clock and never ends and is quite honestly soul sucking a lot of time. That's crazy!

Its called preschool. OPs kids are old enough.

And it’s gonna cost a lot more than Life Time.

But it is principal and value. The Lifetime childcare isn't somehow superior to the Y. It is literally a place to get rid of your kids for a couple hours. The Y has childcare too and OP has a nearly free membership. She can use that to work out plus swim, plus no commute.
Or she can get a job and send the kids to preschool so they will actually be doing something beneficial.

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Anonymous wrote:So the Y is nearly free with your discount, PLUS has an outdoor pool for summer, PLUS is within 5 min from your house PLUS has childcare...?

This is a no-brainer. No way should you also pay $200 plus a month for Lifetime on a 100k one parent salary

Read again. He only gets the discount at the Y by his job, which he currently uses, that is a different Y than the one he's moving near that has a pool. So no more discount.

So whats the cost difference, $80 for family vs $210 for only her and the kids? Still seems like a waste. They can pay $80 for all of them at the new Y that is across from their house, that has mostly the same amenities plus he can go too and they can swim as family on the weekends and in the summer.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like she is doing it primarily to hand the kids off to someone else for a few hours, not to keep her ass looking good.

Maybe guilt her over that?

What's wrong with that?

Women shouldn't have breaks in the day for a few hours.

Exactly. They should work 24 hours a day every single day of the week NON STOP with no one else EVER looking after their children. I mean it's so unreasonable to want some time to yourself when your job is round the clock and never ends and is quite honestly soul sucking a lot of time. That's crazy!

Its called preschool. OPs kids are old enough.

And it’s gonna cost a lot more than Life Time.

But it is principal and value. The Lifetime childcare isn't somehow superior to the Y. It is literally a place to get rid of your kids for a couple hours. The Y has childcare too and OP has a nearly free membership. She can use that to work out plus swim, plus no commute.
Or she can get a job and send the kids to preschool so they will actually be doing something beneficial.

It has no value to who?

My Life Time has a big two story play structure for the kids, plus a dedicated basketball court. When they go, it’s recess time. No TVs. No being “plopped” down. They run out some energy, then we have lunch. Y’all haters are speaking from ignorance.