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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've heard the "I can't afford children" from many couples without children. These couples are in their 30s which is an age at which you've worked enough to have a decently paying career, so it's weird. I was making around 50K before I had my children and stayed home and my husband didn't hit 150k until a couples of years later, so we're pretty average in our area. We're planning to send our kids to public school when they're older and enroll them in cheaper activities, but it looks like everyone around us is holding out for private schools which can be incredibly expensive. Have these lifestyle expectations made children "unaffordable" or there's something else I'm missing?[/quote]

Yes, everyone's situation is different and you can't compare yours with others. There are many who can afford to have 8 children and send all of them to Ivy. There are some who can't afford to have any. It depends. Even if they HHI is a certain amount, until you know their financial obligations, it's hard to judge.

A lot of people who don't have children due to health/infertility issues wont be broadcasting the real reason. It's easier to say "can't afford" and end the topic when they get questioned about not having kids. [/quote]

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