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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a 6 y.o and 2 y.o and both work and have no local family. It's totally fine (I mean, we are busy and it's hard work but we didn't expect having kids would involve much sitting on the beach, sipping margaritas). The KEY is that both of us have flexible schedules. We both work a lot but can almost control our schedules fully except for morning meetings and an occasional afternoon meeting. Our hhi is $300k and we had kids in our late 30's though. In non-covid times, we employed a nanny ($60k) and had no other help except cleaners twice a month. In covid times, we have literally had no help except cleaners every 2-3 months. We are both healthy and energetic, which I think makes a big difference. We never had the kids in a million activities (only one each), and plan to continue that after things normalize. We live close in but in a rowhouse condo, so no big house and yard, and our kids will go to public school (DCPS).[/quote]

Lol. It's fine to have kids in the DC region provided you both have flexible jobs making $300k and can hire a nanny for $60/year. What's the big deal, OP?[/quote]

Well, OP is making $200k HHI now, we were under that when we started our family. The "target market" in this post is not low income. By the way, I grew up poor (though never hungry, etc.) and my parents had two kids and both worked.  Different context, though, so I didn't mention how they figured it out.

Anyway, someone else mentioned special needs. I think health is a huge factor, both the parents' and the kids' and this includes mental health.

But above all, as yet another PP noted, if you really want kids, you should have them. And if you don't, you should not. This is not a calculation you can make the way you decide whether or not to buy a particular car. [/quote]

Being able to.afford a $60k nanny means your life wasn't typical. Even for someone making $200k. No student loans I take it? [/quote]
OP here. $60k/year would be more than half of our take home pay. We would be able to pay for our housing costs along with that and literally nothing else. [/quote]

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