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Wait a minute here. 100k per kid per year? Two hundred thousand American dollars a year to raise 2 kids? GetenziDaFuckOuttahere.Word. If we had kids we would still be just dandy but yeah, subtract 2.2 million per kid over the 22+ years to raise each one, there would be no talk of early retirement
That sounds a bit high, but if I had secondary property 3BR oceanfront condo in Vero money my kids would be going to Phillips Exeter and from there to Harvard/Yale/Stanford etc.Wait a minute here. 100k per kid per year? Two hundred thousand American dollars a year to raise 2 kids? GetenziDaFuckOuttahere.
To each his own. I took my kids surfing. They both have their own kids. It seems to have worked out, they mostly enjoy the same thing as adults that they were exposed to as kids. Everyone’s priorities are different.That sounds a bit high, but if I had secondary property 3BR oceanfront condo in Vero money my kids would be going to Phillips Exeter and from there to Harvard/Yale/Stanford etc.
There's not many Ivy Leaguers as a per capita subset of Gringo surfers on the 3rd world surf trail instead of spending their 20s working 14 hour days at Goldman, but it's sure as sh!t non-zero.To each his own. I took my kids surfing. They both have their own kids. It seems to have worked out, they mostly enjoy the same thing as adults that they were exposed to as kids. Everyone’s priorities are different.
Yes but those few words packed in all those post would have been filled with wisdom about paying one's dues and the difficulties that come with and inheritance and the fact that trump is still the liberals' president.Leaverite would have used 1/10th the amount of words in 7x as many posts
Smart money says subway was in the room from jump too.There's not many Ivy Leaguers as a per capita subset of Gringo surfers on the 3rd world surf trail instead of spending their 20s working 14 hour days at Goldman, but it's sure as sh!t non-zero.
I mean I think I had every opportunity as a garden-variety Gen X slacker who went to public school 3rd grade to Bachelors, but there is no question elite private schools are better, and your kid is in the room. My chance of being in the room being the poorest kid in a decent neighborhood in Vero was way higher than median, but non-existent compared to the private school much less one of the many very legit schools in Subway's region.
Subway's kid would be in the room from the jump. Some families in Vero had generational wealth. The better private schools in the Northeast, it's institutional wealth. Families that have been name brands for centuries.
If that's your world and you have the means, the decision starts to look simple.
It's hard, man. You've got to drive down the 101 with courteous motorists using the passing lane for passing only. You need low tide. Then you have to check it and confirm it's completely firing off its gourd on a "flat" day.Yes but those few words packed in all those post would have been filled with wisdom about paying one's dues and the difficulties that come with and inheritance and the fact that trump is still the liberals' president.
Respectfully disagree but based on nothing but a hunch, imho smart money says Subway had the opportunity to earn his way from middle to upper middle class+, now within striking distance of potential children having this from the jump. My guess is, Subway and I were similar. We had it easy relative to median, but we bused the tables in the fancy place these kids' families owned. Appreciated the work, the opportunity to earn a dollar, and them bro'ing it out for us.Smart money says subway was in the room from jump too.
Not judging.
For sure. If I do, I’m throwing them to the wolves at HS graduation. No mercy.Word. If we had kids we would still be just dandy but yeah, subtract 2.2 million per kid over the 22+ years to raise each one, there would be no talk of early retirement
You're dead to me you WASP-ass Blair Waldorf Van Dusen MF!!!!!I love this place
i was born with every opportunity for top schools and took it and ultimately ran with it, and am enjoying the fruits of that, sharing a lot, and working my ass off. Yeah those schools are a ticket to the game but my families CENTURIES of affluence and influence ended with my grandfather. one branch of the tree does back to the second group after the Mayflower group. And many of you know of the 19th century modest fame of Richard Henry Dana. My dad, when his dad passed many years ago, inheritedjustb enough to clear some sizable debts, buy a decent home, and two professional parents and the decades long real estate boon in our area helped out my sister and I thorough the best schools. But that was the end of the family money. I inherited nothing financial however. My father died with a social security check, a $4000 monthly VA check, he still handled the portfolios of a few old, aging friends/clients. I did inherit some dope ass family heirlooms and a little art (nothing of significant financial value, unless I sold literally everything)
You should have gone to Panama.I love this place
i was born with every opportunity for top schools and took it and ultimately ran with it, and am enjoying the fruits of that, sharing a lot, and working my ass off. Yeah those schools are a ticket to the game but my family's CENTURIES of affluence and influence ended with my grandfather. one branch of the tree goes back to the second group after the Mayflower group. I am named after one of them, he was the second governor of the Plymouth bay colony (his wife’ poetry being Far more famous over the centuries) And many of you know of the 19th century modest fame of Richard Henry Dana. My dad, when his dad passed many years ago, inherited just enough to clear some sizable debts, buy a decent home, and two professional parents and the decades long real estate boom in our area helped put my sister and I thorough the best schools. But that was the end of the family money. I inherited nothing financial and we grew up comfortably middle class, with two very smart and loving parents (probably the most important factor in my relative success). My father died with a social security check, a $4000 monthly VA check, and, he still handled the portfolios of a few old, aging friends/clients. I did inherit some dope ass family heirlooms and a little art (nothing of significant financial value, unless I sold literally everything)
thats my story. No, Subway was not my ancestral handle
You should let their prospective mother unit know that ahead of time. See how that works out for you.For sure. If I do, I’m throwing them to the wolves at HS graduation. No mercy.
Should he count on the child-as-uncompensated-caregiver down the road?You should let their prospective mother unit know that ahead of time. See how that works out for you.
My wife and her sister just went through that. My cost was 8 new surfboards and 2 months in Bali.Should he count on the child-as-uncompensated-caregiver down the road?