Would you rather have a vacation house or one more child?

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Anonymous wrote:Personally I don’t have children, nor do I want them. I don’t see how kids make financial sense. Chances of a child being able to pay you back everything you put into them for 18 plus years is slim to none. Yes they might help take care of you in old age but that’s not guaranteed. I wouldn’t want a vacation house either. I prefer to see new places.

The joy of children can pay you back in ways that aren't quantifiable in any financial terms. ( I say "can" because obviously it's not the case for everyone...)

Curious, but how old is your child?

I have more than one.

The oldest.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither. Maybe I’m lazy, but a 2nd child and a vacation home both seem like too much work.

+1

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Neither. We have one kid, which has been great for us, and we have no desire for a vacation home because there isn't one place we'd like to return to over and over.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally I don’t have children, nor do I want them. I don’t see how kids make financial sense. Chances of a child being able to pay you back everything you put into them for 18 plus years is slim to none. Yes they might help take care of you in old age but that’s not guaranteed. I wouldn’t want a vacation house either. I prefer to see new places.

They don't. Kids are expensive, this is common knowledge.

They are such cute little sunk costs though.

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Vacation house!! Kids are such a time suck.

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Neither. I have 2 and good with that. Don't want a vaca house, rather the $$ to travel where we want to and hopefully stop working by 55.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally I don’t have children, nor do I want them. I don’t see how kids make financial sense. Chances of a child being able to pay you back everything you put into them for 18 plus years is slim to none. Yes they might help take care of you in old age but that’s not guaranteed. I wouldn’t want a vacation house either. I prefer to see new places.

The joy of children can pay you back in ways that aren't quantifiable in any financial terms. ( I say "can" because obviously it's not the case for everyone...)

Curious, but how old is your child?

I have more than one.

The oldest.

The oldest what? Why do you care what age my kids are? That's really creepy.

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Anonymous wrote:If one kid already, another kid.

If two or more kids already, vacaction home.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:What?

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Talk about comparing apples to oranges…..err rather planets, SUVs or anything else that is not a fruit!

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Right now neither. Early on another child but we have one. I'd rather have a bigger paid off house but I'll keep the small paid off house and financial security. We could get a bigger house but I don't really want the upkeep or taxes/expenses.

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My second kid has a lot of special needs. That made it so that we didn’t have a third, plus we did get a vacation house in part because he is so hard to travel anywhere else with.

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Just rent a vacation home so you could have both. Also, by renting you aren't stuck in one location.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither. Maybe I’m lazy, but a 2nd child and a vacation home both seem like too much work.

You’re lazy.

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Having a "vacation home" is about repetition and predictability. I'd rather stay on an exotic island one time and the penthouse of a NY hotel another. Who wants to go to the same place every year? DULL.

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So let’s say you have three great kids. The devil wants to kill one of your kids in exchange for a nice vacation home. Would you do it?