The new smart financial move is walking away

[NotCranky]

[quote=CA renter][quote=briansd1]
If we were rational, when you made that decision to have a child, you expected the payback to be greater than the sacrifices.

Same goes with a car. When you bought that $30,000 you expected the NPV of the utility of the car be $30,000 or greater, at the time purchase. Of course, there is no guarantee. You may buy a lemon… and if you bought a lemon, you’ll likely want reparation from the seller.

But when you have kids, you can’t sue anyone if, in restropect, it was an economically unfavorable deal.[/quote]

I’m about as rational and pragmatic as a person can be (especially for a female), and never once thought about the “payback” for having children. It certainly never occurred to me that there might be any kind of financial payback. Maybe emotional? Perhaps it was that.

Maybe it’s the biological drive that supercedes reason (again, we’d be long gone now, if people only bred for “rational” reasons), but my guess is that most parents never consider any kind of payback when they decide to have children.[/quote]

I didn’t envision a payback when we started having children,but I will definitely extract one after changing three kids worth of diapers. Man I hate changing diapers. Vomit is much easier to deal with unless it gets in the carpet.Poop in the carpet is no great thing either. Well to tell the truth, I thought my little Rusticos would be at least as precious and enjoyable as the dogs I have had over the years. Is that selfish?Rude? My dog got kicked to the curb when kids came around. Luckily for the dog, some of the kids are dog people too.

[CA renter]

We’ll have to agree to disagree, again, Russell.

Poop is better than vomit, especially when they vomit all over their beds/cribs and you have to take everything apart and clean the entire mattress, frame/crib (and carpet!) and all the chunky bits get into everything. And then, of course, you get the chunky bits in the washing machine and you just can’t get them out…

Then again, the newborn poops (you know, the liquid yellow stuff) that escape and get all over the car seat (when you’re on a trip, naturally) and in their hair, etc.; well, those are pretty bad.

Just messin’ with ya, Russell! 😉

[CA renter]

We’ll have to agree to disagree, again, Russell.

Poop is better than vomit, especially when they vomit all over their beds/cribs and you have to take everything apart and clean the entire mattress, frame/crib (and carpet!) and all the chunky bits get into everything. And then, of course, you get the chunky bits in the washing machine and you just can’t get them out…

Then again, the newborn poops (you know, the liquid yellow stuff) that escape and get all over the car seat (when you’re on a trip, naturally) and in their hair, etc.; well, those are pretty bad.

Just messin’ with ya, Russell! 😉

[CA renter]

We’ll have to agree to disagree, again, Russell.

Poop is better than vomit, especially when they vomit all over their beds/cribs and you have to take everything apart and clean the entire mattress, frame/crib (and carpet!) and all the chunky bits get into everything. And then, of course, you get the chunky bits in the washing machine and you just can’t get them out…

Then again, the newborn poops (you know, the liquid yellow stuff) that escape and get all over the car seat (when you’re on a trip, naturally) and in their hair, etc.; well, those are pretty bad.

Just messin’ with ya, Russell! 😉

[CA renter]

We’ll have to agree to disagree, again, Russell.

Poop is better than vomit, especially when they vomit all over their beds/cribs and you have to take everything apart and clean the entire mattress, frame/crib (and carpet!) and all the chunky bits get into everything. And then, of course, you get the chunky bits in the washing machine and you just can’t get them out…

Then again, the newborn poops (you know, the liquid yellow stuff) that escape and get all over the car seat (when you’re on a trip, naturally) and in their hair, etc.; well, those are pretty bad.

Just messin’ with ya, Russell! 😉

[CA renter]

We’ll have to agree to disagree, again, Russell.

Poop is better than vomit, especially when they vomit all over their beds/cribs and you have to take everything apart and clean the entire mattress, frame/crib (and carpet!) and all the chunky bits get into everything. And then, of course, you get the chunky bits in the washing machine and you just can’t get them out…

Then again, the newborn poops (you know, the liquid yellow stuff) that escape and get all over the car seat (when you’re on a trip, naturally) and in their hair, etc.; well, those are pretty bad.

Just messin’ with ya, Russell! 😉

[an]

[quote=briansd1]
If we were rational, when you made that decision to have a child, you expected the payback to be greater than the sacrifices.

Same goes with a car. When you bought that $30,000 you expected the NPV of the utility of the car be $30,000 or greater, at the time purchase. Of course, there is no guarantee. You may buy a lemon… and if you bought a lemon, you’ll likely want reparation from the seller.

But when you have kids, you can’t sue anyone if, in restropect, it was an economically unfavorable deal.[/quote]
How many parents do you know that thought about the payback before having children?

[an]

[quote=briansd1]
If we were rational, when you made that decision to have a child, you expected the payback to be greater than the sacrifices.

Same goes with a car. When you bought that $30,000 you expected the NPV of the utility of the car be $30,000 or greater, at the time purchase. Of course, there is no guarantee. You may buy a lemon… and if you bought a lemon, you’ll likely want reparation from the seller.

But when you have kids, you can’t sue anyone if, in restropect, it was an economically unfavorable deal.[/quote]
How many parents do you know that thought about the payback before having children?

[an]

[quote=briansd1]
If we were rational, when you made that decision to have a child, you expected the payback to be greater than the sacrifices.

Same goes with a car. When you bought that $30,000 you expected the NPV of the utility of the car be $30,000 or greater, at the time purchase. Of course, there is no guarantee. You may buy a lemon… and if you bought a lemon, you’ll likely want reparation from the seller.

But when you have kids, you can’t sue anyone if, in restropect, it was an economically unfavorable deal.[/quote]
How many parents do you know that thought about the payback before having children?

[an]

[quote=briansd1]
If we were rational, when you made that decision to have a child, you expected the payback to be greater than the sacrifices.

Same goes with a car. When you bought that $30,000 you expected the NPV of the utility of the car be $30,000 or greater, at the time purchase. Of course, there is no guarantee. You may buy a lemon… and if you bought a lemon, you’ll likely want reparation from the seller.

But when you have kids, you can’t sue anyone if, in restropect, it was an economically unfavorable deal.[/quote]
How many parents do you know that thought about the payback before having children?

[an]

[quote=briansd1]
If we were rational, when you made that decision to have a child, you expected the payback to be greater than the sacrifices.

Same goes with a car. When you bought that $30,000 you expected the NPV of the utility of the car be $30,000 or greater, at the time purchase. Of course, there is no guarantee. You may buy a lemon… and if you bought a lemon, you’ll likely want reparation from the seller.

But when you have kids, you can’t sue anyone if, in restropect, it was an economically unfavorable deal.[/quote]
How many parents do you know that thought about the payback before having children?

[scaredyclassic]

the oldest one kind of threw up spitup/vomit in my mouth when i was inadvisedly holding him up adn he wasn’t feeling well. i threw away that jacket. my bad. nobodys poop or vomit bum me out if i produced them.

[scaredyclassic]

the oldest one kind of threw up spitup/vomit in my mouth when i was inadvisedly holding him up adn he wasn’t feeling well. i threw away that jacket. my bad. nobodys poop or vomit bum me out if i produced them.

[scaredyclassic]

the oldest one kind of threw up spitup/vomit in my mouth when i was inadvisedly holding him up adn he wasn’t feeling well. i threw away that jacket. my bad. nobodys poop or vomit bum me out if i produced them.

[scaredyclassic]

the oldest one kind of threw up spitup/vomit in my mouth when i was inadvisedly holding him up adn he wasn’t feeling well. i threw away that jacket. my bad. nobodys poop or vomit bum me out if i produced them.

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