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gumz
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Wed Feb-11-15 09:09 AM

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"So...I just realized day care costs pretty much equal a mortgage"


  

          

lord help me...if my mom was retired I might just throw her the money instead. How do people afford this shit?

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So...I just realized day care costs pretty much equal a mortgage [View all] , gumz, Wed Feb-11-15 09:09 AM
 
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as someone with a mortgage and no kids, that sounds scary as hell.
Feb 11th 2015
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be afraid...be very.very.very. afraid....
Feb 11th 2015
2
i'm not exagerrating at all...
Feb 11th 2015
5
wait till you just realize how turribly you've be squandering your loot
Feb 11th 2015
3
squandering? shiiiiiiiit...
Feb 11th 2015
6
      it's taken me two years to come to grips that what you describe is
Feb 11th 2015
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           potato pot-AH-to
Feb 11th 2015
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           no doubt...honestly for me...I guage it like this: What do I have to sho...
Feb 11th 2015
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                yeah i do this every year around tax time...
Feb 11th 2015
26
                damn, you were squandering it
Feb 11th 2015
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           lol pretty much.
Feb 11th 2015
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Daycare for 2 is significantly more than my mortgage
Feb 11th 2015
4
the thought of paying for daycare for two children makes my balls rescin...
Feb 11th 2015
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which is fucking mind blowing!!
Feb 11th 2015
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are daycares bending people over or are these cost justified?
Feb 11th 2015
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      it's just the market...there's no cheaper alternative
Feb 11th 2015
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      there are no home day cares?
Feb 11th 2015
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           huh? Like a nanny?
Feb 11th 2015
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           no people who run daycares out of their homes
Feb 11th 2015
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                this is what we used and it worked like
Feb 11th 2015
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                that's what i use but it can still be expensive
Feb 11th 2015
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           looking into those...
Feb 11th 2015
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                I lo-key don't trust home daycare
Feb 11th 2015
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                     i wouldn't either unless i knew people who were using it
Feb 11th 2015
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      They are bending folks over...
Feb 11th 2015
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      On Friday night...i'm thinking they're bending us over....but by Sunday
Feb 11th 2015
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      it *kinda* makes sense for babies
Feb 11th 2015
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           could a person open a daycare and undercut 25%
Feb 11th 2015
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                lots of people do it so there must be money in it
Feb 11th 2015
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                there are tons of daycares that cost less
Feb 11th 2015
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                     I meant a quality daycare that didn't cut corners
Feb 11th 2015
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                     the only people who use that place are people who make so little money
Feb 11th 2015
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                     merciful heavens....
Feb 12th 2015
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i just found out myself. this sh*t is ridiculous
Feb 11th 2015
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i have no kid nor mortgage, but i have friends that do and it's insane.....
Feb 11th 2015
14
in high school we had to carry an egg around for a week
Feb 11th 2015
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So much for a college fund..shoulda been started a daycare fund
Feb 11th 2015
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Wait until you decide your kids need to be in private school!!!
Feb 11th 2015
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that's not happening
Feb 11th 2015
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I hope it stays good...it doesn't take long to turn...
Feb 11th 2015
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      we'll just move...fuck it
Feb 11th 2015
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      folk!! You are in my head right.NOW... Shit's changing in Arlington SO.
Feb 11th 2015
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           I don't have kids but I already told my wife private school ain't
Feb 11th 2015
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           Which school in Arlington? B/c I'm coaching at one in the spring
Feb 11th 2015
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                she's only two years old.not in school yet....
Feb 11th 2015
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honestly, daycare is what opened me up to the idea of priivate school
Feb 11th 2015
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yup
Feb 11th 2015
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don't have more than one dude....
Feb 11th 2015
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My mom is 3 years from retirement which means I'm 3 years from
Feb 11th 2015
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An article I wrote on this topic:
Feb 11th 2015
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bookmarked for later
Feb 11th 2015
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Good writeup and perspective.
Feb 11th 2015
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good one. mirrors my sentiment above..
Feb 11th 2015
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mother in law for the win
Feb 11th 2015
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my wife is opening a childcare facility in two months.
Feb 11th 2015
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as side note, I remember having to pay $1300/month for my son.
Feb 11th 2015
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Mine go three days a week and it is a mortgage payment
Feb 11th 2015
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Must be tax time n/m
Feb 11th 2015
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It's crazy. I was paying $1200 per month for my son, PART TIME in
Feb 11th 2015
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$100 dollars a day!!! That's insanity
Feb 11th 2015
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its why i don't have a job
Feb 11th 2015
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lol its probably silly but thats my main reason for working from home
Feb 11th 2015
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both my husband and i work from home
Feb 11th 2015
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i want to have an assistant plus a team of subcontractors
Feb 11th 2015
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yeah i work from home but no way i could watch a kid as well
Feb 11th 2015
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      wife works from home 2/days a week. When me & the little one get home
Feb 11th 2015
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           i need to make my wife do this...
Feb 11th 2015
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It's literally impossible to hold a full time job working from home
Feb 11th 2015
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      having home based businesses is different than
Feb 11th 2015
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           You're right...it is different. It's even HARDER lol....
Feb 11th 2015
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                this is where i dont think you know what youre talking about
Feb 11th 2015
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                     let me chill. godspeed.
Feb 11th 2015
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                     lol you probably said something crazy
Feb 11th 2015
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                     dude, it's not as easy as you think
Feb 12th 2015
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My boss just paid 29K for her kid
Feb 11th 2015
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well, that's absurd.
Feb 11th 2015
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I've said it before, but daycare is the reason I live in Pittsburgh
Feb 11th 2015
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a couple i know just moved out of Boston for the same reason
Feb 11th 2015
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If I weren't rocking these golden federal handcuffs....we'd be up out th...
Feb 11th 2015
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RE: My boss just paid 29K for her kid
Feb 11th 2015
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that is why I dont work
Feb 11th 2015
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imagine being a single parent
Feb 11th 2015
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my mom was a single parent with 3 kids
Feb 11th 2015
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it's amazing how people manage to make ends meet
Feb 11th 2015
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my friend was paying $1800 a month in 2008
Feb 11th 2015
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the Au Pair thing is cool in theory.....but in practice...
Feb 11th 2015
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My twins just got into a pre-school that is $34,750 a kid
Feb 11th 2015
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whaaaaaa?????? why?
Feb 11th 2015
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coloring outside the lines with dignity
Feb 11th 2015
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it's not what they are doing, it's that they are doing it
Feb 11th 2015
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      they think therefore they am type of shit huh
Feb 11th 2015
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      Naw, it's about who you are doing it with.
Feb 11th 2015
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Better be a boarding school
Feb 11th 2015
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Scam the system. Get that voucher.
Feb 11th 2015
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voucher?
Feb 11th 2015
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      That daycare voucher.
Feb 11th 2015
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don't think it stops when they're out of the
Feb 11th 2015
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that much every month though?
Feb 11th 2015
It goes down...but it ain't what you think
Feb 11th 2015
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we already got those expenses
Feb 11th 2015
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What replaces daycare though is the before/after school care expenses.
Feb 11th 2015
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sports is kicking my ass
Feb 11th 2015
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Sooooo glad my little one got into Kindergarten this school year
Feb 11th 2015
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if your job has a flexible spending account
Feb 11th 2015
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^^^^^^^^^
Feb 12th 2015
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ive never paid over $500/mo, fuck yall live?
Feb 12th 2015
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better query; fuck do YOU live?!!
Feb 12th 2015
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      60 miles away from NewOrleans
Feb 12th 2015
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           seems like you just answered your own question fam.
Feb 12th 2015
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day care is THE reason I only have one child
Feb 12th 2015
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Why don't you guys send your kids to affordable daycares?
Feb 13th 2015
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