Anonymous wrote:What's making me laugh are the rootless yuppies who eagerly move away from all of their family to spend their 20s and 30s in a big city. Boast about big city living, blow money and time on hip dinners and brunches, wanderlust traveling as if they're a perpetual college sophomore, and a posh apartment with all the accoutrements. But then whine they couldn't possibly have children when they're more than old enough to do so because they can't afford a baby sitter. Wait, I thought you moved away from family for a great big city career? But the career i.) doesn't provide free on-site child care and/or ii.) doesn't pay you enough to afford it? Sounds like you might as well have started a career closer to family, so they could help with childcare. But that was too boring, right. You wanted what Carrie Bradshaw had. Lean in, sweetie.

Anonymous wrote:What's making me laugh are the rootless yuppies who eagerly move away from all of their family to spend their 20s and 30s in a big city. Boast about big city living, blow money and time on hip dinners and brunches, wanderlust traveling as if they're a perpetual college sophomore, and a posh apartment with all the accoutrements. But then whine they couldn't possibly have children when they're more than old enough to do so because they can't afford a baby sitter. Wait, I thought you moved away from family for a great big city career? But the career i.) doesn't provide free on-site child care and/or ii.) doesn't pay you enough to afford it? Sounds like you might as well have started a career closer to family, so they could help with childcare. But that was too boring, right. You wanted what Carrie Bradshaw had. Lean in, sweetie.

Anonymous wrote:Signing bonus for a first job. Lol. Someone is living in fantasy world where daycare is free, employers give paternity leave, everyone gets a signing and annual bonus, no one has student loans. Shall I continue?

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Savings from what? You had just started working. How did you pay for a house and daycare? Not much free daycare 20+ years ago.

The people who have the best real estate investments now started off buying when they were single and then upgrading and/or accumulating more properties along the way. They had money to invest in real estate early on because they weren't shelling out money for daycare, diapers, etc.

Variety of ways to have the 5 to 6% down in your early and mid 20s. Bat mitzvah money. Save the signing and annual bonus at your new career. Not wasting money eating out 20 times a week and shopping and taking trips so you can brag on instagram. Average starting salary for a college grad is now $55,000 -- upwards of $100,000 plus each if you're software engineers, finance, or consulting. And it's quite comment to get help from one or both sets of parents to cover the down payment on the house as a wedding gift. Parents love helping out college-educated young love birds. And grandparents want grandbabies as soon as possible, of course.

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Anonymous wrote:To the spinsters on dcum, squandering away your 20s and 30s on two rents and two sets of bills and boozing the weekend away at brunch while your fertility withers away, is wiser than marrying after college, buying a house with your husband, and having children when you don't need scientists and $50,000 in ivf lab bills. Because, based on absolutely nothing, your career will suffer and your healthy children will be worse off with young energetic parents. Some of you are living in the 50s era mentality. It's 2022, nobody can fire you for getting pregnant. Many employers offer free child care and all employers are going to pay you and your husband's maternity/paternity leave. And if anything, you're more likely to seek out and connect with bosses who can give you promotions when you're married with kids.

Wait what?

What magical employer pays for childcare?

Where is this magical place? Please name one company. Just one.

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Anonymous wrote:All of you are so smug, but there is no meaning in your life! Spending all your time posting on message boards. I see you in the Relationship forum, posting about your premarital sex and your promiscuity in your 30s, past your best child bearing years! You are sluts and your eggs are rotten. Have an Croque Madame for me, and I will take a vodka and grapefruit, thank you.

You realize you’re posting on a message board, right? Get a little life for yourself.

DP, but your satire detector is broken.

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Savings from what? You had just started working. How did you pay for a house and daycare? Not much free daycare 20+ years ago.

The people who have the best real estate investments now started off buying when they were single and then upgrading and/or accumulating more properties along the way. They had money to invest in real estate early on because they weren't shelling out money for daycare, diapers, etc.

Variety of ways to have the 5 to 6% down in your early and mid 20s. Bat mitzvah money. Save the signing and annual bonus at your new career. Not wasting money eating out 20 times a week and shopping and taking trips so you can brag on instagram. Average starting salary for a college grad is now $55,000 -- upwards of $100,000 plus each if you're software engineers, finance, or consulting. And it's quite comment to get help from one or both sets of parents to cover the down payment on the house as a wedding gift. Parents love helping out college-educated young love birds. And grandparents want grandbabies as soon as possible, of course.

You....are living in a fantasy world. I'm happy that everything worked out that way for you, but that is not the experience of most new college grads. As has been said multiple times before, it is not feasible for most young people to be able to afford a home and children right out of college, much less do that while building two careers.

Anonymous wrote:To the spinsters on dcum, squandering away your 20s and 30s on two rents and two sets of bills and boozing the weekend away at brunch while your fertility withers away, is wiser than marrying after college, buying a house with your husband, and having children when you don't need scientists and $50,000 in ivf lab bills. Because, based on absolutely nothing, your career will suffer and your healthy children will be worse off with young energetic parents. Some of you are living in the 50s era mentality. It's 2022, nobody can fire you for getting pregnant. Many employers offer free child care and all employers are going to pay you and your husband's maternity/paternity leave. And if anything, you're more likely to seek out and connect with bosses who can give you promotions when you're married with kids.

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Anonymous wrote:
Savings from what? You had just started working. How did you pay for a house and daycare? Not much free daycare 20+ years ago.

The people who have the best real estate investments now started off buying when they were single and then upgrading and/or accumulating more properties along the way. They had money to invest in real estate early on because they weren't shelling out money for daycare, diapers, etc.

Variety of ways to have the 5 to 6% down in your early and mid 20s. Bat mitzvah money. Save the signing and annual bonus at your new career. Not wasting money eating out 20 times a week and shopping and taking trips so you can brag on instagram. Average starting salary for a college grad is now $55,000 -- upwards of $100,000 plus each if you're software engineers, finance, or consulting. And it's quite comment to get help from one or both sets of parents to cover the down payment on the house as a wedding gift. Parents love helping out college-educated young love birds. And grandparents want grandbabies as soon as possible, of course.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Savings from what? You had just started working. How did you pay for a house and daycare? Not much free daycare 20+ years ago.

The people who have the best real estate investments now started off buying when they were single and then upgrading and/or accumulating more properties along the way. They had money to invest in real estate early on because they weren't shelling out money for daycare, diapers, etc.

Variety of ways to have the 5 to 6% down in your early and mid 20s. Bat mitzvah money. Save the signing and annual bonus at your new career. Not wasting money eating out 20 times a week and shopping and taking trips so you can brag on instagram. Average starting salary for a college grad is now $55,000 -- upwards of $100,000 plus each if you're software engineers, finance, or consulting. And it's quite comment to get help from one or both sets of parents to cover the down payment on the house as a wedding gift. Parents love helping out college-educated young love birds. And grandparents want grandbabies as soon as possible, of course.

Anonymous wrote:
Savings from what? You had just started working. How did you pay for a house and daycare? Not much free daycare 20+ years ago.

The people who have the best real estate investments now started off buying when they were single and then upgrading and/or accumulating more properties along the way. They had money to invest in real estate early on because they weren't shelling out money for daycare, diapers, etc.