Madison MoneySports - Personal Finance Thread

[Senor_Taylor]

lulz @ tax breaks... just like marriage comes with tax breaks.

We never wanted kids. We even had a spreadsheet that scored all the reasons to have and not to have them. Then I got to about 35 and realized we'd already done most everything we wanted in DINK life. I remember asking myself, "what's the point of life?" around that time. After a lot of thought, the only real answer I could come up with was bringing life into the world and ensuring 1) it had a happy life, and 2) I used it as an opportunity to leave the world a better place than I found it.

You will be poorer and much more exhausted by having a kid. People like to talk about how that's all so worth it. Honestly, it's a wash in my mind... but I really enjoy getting to see the world for the first time all over again through his eyes. It's definitely the most self-less thing I've done in my lifetime.

Well said. I can respect people that have kids later in life. It befuddles me when I see people get married at 18 and have a kid at 20. Like... live your life.