Have kids, you’ll love having a family, everything will be fine
I can’t decide whether or not I want to have children. I’m turning 29 in less than two months and have been married for over three years. We bought this house, this new construction duplex, almost two years ago and finally got our first tax bill. It’s $6,000 per year. Our mortgage payments have shot up, and life in general is just getting more and more expensive. How do people afford living and having a baby? Isn’t day care about a grand per month? And, honestly, am I emotionally and mentally equipped to take care of a new born? Maybe, maybe not. I have, however, started to realize that I’m not getting any younger, and if my 29th birthday came this soon after my 28th birthday, then my 30th is literally right around the corner. And if I am going to have kids, I want to start now. But I’m indecisive. It’s a big decision, earth shattering, and I kind of wish someone would just tell me what to do. Have kids, you’ll love having a family, everything will be fine, you’ll regret it if you don’t. Or, don’t have kids, you can’t afford them, they will be miserable, soul-sucking little monsters, and you will never have anything just for yourself ever, ever again.
