Dads with young kids
Is it normal to just feel tired and burnt out all the time?
It’s like you don’t even really get the weekend to recover because it’s all just kid stuff the moment you wake up
Arguably the only personal time you have is when they nap (and you’re already dead tired by that time) or the hour after they go to bed but before you pass out
Just trying to figure out if I’m doing something wrong
@AztecCrewElder Sure, $1,500 isn’t a lot.
But the other expenses are also pretty high.
Respect to families who choose to have kids.
Are the numbers I mentioned realistic for your budget?
Why Millennials and Gen Z are choosing not to have children?
$350,000 is the estimated cost of raising a child in the U.S. from birth to 18
≈ $1,620/month
Average household income: ~$55,000 after taxes
≈ $4,600/month × 2 people = $9,200/month
Typical monthly expenses for a family with one child:
• $1,620 — child-related costs
• $1,900 — rent
• $1,000 — food
• $600 — car payments
• $1,000 — student loans
• $500 — utilities
• $1,300 — insurance
• $500 — personal care
• $1,000 — emergency fund / 401(k) / IRA
Total: $9,420/month
Balance: -$220
What expenses did I miss?
@ERrad_ulcer@DividendBreeder Good point. Yeah I get an HSA as well and employer contributes quarterly. This often covers a few random doctor trips per quarter
My daughter recently had an ear infection.
Took her to the doctor, who prescribed an antibiotic.
That doctor visit cost $244. My insurance covered $60, so we owe $184 out of pocket.
I pay $556/month for family health insurance.
Something seems broken.
@_agneeess@Onyekaa_Ezugwu Speed is distance traveled over some period of time (miles per hour)
Acceleration is the rate of which your velocity is increasing or decreasing (are you speeding up, or slowing down, or traveling at a constant speed)
@SorBorne@anonymity_abc@Simon_Ingari I make 163k and at no point in the last 23 years of my career have I ever done more than contractually obligated to do.
@bryanlayton531@SorBorne@anonymity_abc@Simon_Ingari I’m type A 🤣🤣🤣
Again, you don’t understand what it’s like to not have a boss walk all over you because you aren’t talented enough to succeed without bootlicking.
Some of us can have both boundaries and bonuses. Please don’t think your mediocrity is universal 🤣🤣🤣
@SorBorne@anonymity_abc@Simon_Ingari I think the issue is not everyone is salaried. A lot of people are hourly! If I’m not getting paid for it, I’m not doing it….
@Simon_Ingari Retarded takes like this is why majority of “gen-Z” are unemployed
I get the fact that you shouldn’t accept work at odd hours, but taking a call/finishing some work at 8 is a basic ask
If you aren’t willing to stretch even a bit, there are more deserving candidates
@SorBorne@ProfessorPop3ye@Cobratate Luckily in 2020/2021 I was 19/20 years old so the jobs that tried to get us to I just quit and had little responsibility but major respect for taking that risk. Only 3k left with a family and choosing to relocate is a huge gamble and takes balls. Never capitulate
You can lie all you want.
You, reading this, got pressured into the vaccine like the little fucking COWARD you are.
And you took it like a bitch.
And now you pretend you didnt.
Weak hearted scum.