My initial comment was meant cynically.
“Filthy rich” surely doesn’t apply to someone that can feed some people without budgeting. That is not living, that is survival. Here (Germany) we’d say you’d need about 250k for a kid til it gets 18. Working-class-level. It gets waaaay higher with private schools and such.
And we don’t even pay for healthcare (unless you want to) nor college.
4 kids comes to a mil. And that’s just the kids. Parents are likely living some place and maybe even have hobbies besides working and kids (though probably not with that many kids)
I was referring to a level of “filthy rich” where you have that amount of cash for each kids AND yourselves. And in the case of the USA even another 100k (or whatever) for each kid’s college.
And oh boy will all that money go to waste if one kid ends up sick.
And maybe your kid wants to go to some famous school or want a pony or become a skydiver.
But hey, to each their own. I wouldn’t even find the time for a job with all my hobbies, let alone one single kid 😁
It doesn’t matter if you meant to be cynical or not. My wife and I literally cannot afford to have any kids and this asshole is humble bragging about being able to afford 5. It was a tone deaf comment at best and I felt like calling it out. I’m honestly not sure why you and I got pounced on by the hivemind for it.
Ah who cares. One must NEVER dare to speak against breeding. To me it’s child-abuse to throw kids knowingly into poverty. But to most people it’s their birthright to procreate and they love doing it. You’re not fulfilled until you have offspring.
Just be glad you’re not one of them and simply THINK before. Even if the result might not be what you guys want.
My initial comment was meant cynically. “Filthy rich” surely doesn’t apply to someone that can feed some people without budgeting. That is not living, that is survival. Here (Germany) we’d say you’d need about 250k for a kid til it gets 18. Working-class-level. It gets waaaay higher with private schools and such. And we don’t even pay for healthcare (unless you want to) nor college. 4 kids comes to a mil. And that’s just the kids. Parents are likely living some place and maybe even have hobbies besides working and kids (though probably not with that many kids)
I was referring to a level of “filthy rich” where you have that amount of cash for each kids AND yourselves. And in the case of the USA even another 100k (or whatever) for each kid’s college. And oh boy will all that money go to waste if one kid ends up sick. And maybe your kid wants to go to some famous school or want a pony or become a skydiver.
But hey, to each their own. I wouldn’t even find the time for a job with all my hobbies, let alone one single kid 😁
It doesn’t matter if you meant to be cynical or not. My wife and I literally cannot afford to have any kids and this asshole is humble bragging about being able to afford 5. It was a tone deaf comment at best and I felt like calling it out. I’m honestly not sure why you and I got pounced on by the hivemind for it.
Ah who cares. One must NEVER dare to speak against breeding. To me it’s child-abuse to throw kids knowingly into poverty. But to most people it’s their birthright to procreate and they love doing it. You’re not fulfilled until you have offspring. Just be glad you’re not one of them and simply THINK before. Even if the result might not be what you guys want.