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[quote=Anonymous]Op, you may be fantasizing what a life in $240k with two kids is like.

At that price point, you are spending max $3500 on housing (which can get you decent housing in a decent neighborhood with good schools in the surburbs - I don’t know DC well), but you are not spending $1k per month on activities, maybe $2-300 per month for both kids. If you are spending on 2 households, then the budget gets tighter.

If there are things you aren’t able to afford for your children, ask their other parent to pay for them. I understand it’s a hassle to have to justify the expenses, but hopefully their parent will be more open to it if they see how it directly benefits their children.

I have a stepchild and my DH was very willing to pay for extra items and activities for his child, but he didn’t just want to write a check for whatever his chid’s mother wanted. There are natural disagreements - I remember one argument where the mother wanted to spend $800 on a birthday party and my DH did not agree. From her point of view, it was consistent with what his friends were throwing, but from his point of view it was an over-the-top expense.

This is the type of thing which child support is meant to avoid - you don’t have to justify how you spend the money, but then it’s not meant to have lots of “extras” built into it. For those, you will likely have to negotiate.[/quote]

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