Very true. I have step family like this and it's a nightmare. They just had to have kids in their early 20's when they didn't have anything to their names, were in financial messes with credit cards and upside down on cars they couldn't afford, not in stable relationships (the one tried to baby trap a guy and, well, we all know how that usually goes), and have been constantly begging for money and pawning their kids off on anyone they can ever since. They also apparently weren't ready to give up partying, spending all of their money on themselves, and their unlimited "me" time, and are always looking for someone to babysit their kids for free all day long almost every day of the week. I don't think they actually thought about the fact that once you have kids, their needs come first, and that involves sacrifice.
I remember talking to a few of the parents who blew threw their 401ks and pensions to take care of their grandkids and while they never complained to their kids about it, they felt miserable and said they didn't expect it to turn out like this. Worst part is, they're probably going to wind up like all the elderly people I've seen: once the money's gone and their health goes to shit, they get ditched in a lonely retirement home where their kids and grandkids barely visit.
My cousin who is 20 says I'm stupid for thinking of getting pregnant at 35?
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Very true. I have step family like this and it's a nightmare. They just had to have kids in their early 20's when they didn't have anything to their names, were in financial messes with credit cards and upside down on cars they couldn't afford, not in stable relationships (the one tried to baby trap a guy and, well, we all know how that usually goes), and have been constantly begging for money and pawning their kids off on anyone they can ever since. They also apparently weren't ready to give up partying, spending all of their money on themselves, and their unlimited "me" time, and are always looking for someone to babysit their kids for free all day long almost every day of the week. I don't think they actually thought about the fact that once you have kids, their needs come first, and that involves sacrifice.
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I remember talking to a few of the parents who blew threw their 401ks and pensions to take care of their grandkids and while they never complained to their kids about it, they felt miserable and said they didn't expect it to turn out like this. Worst part is, they're probably going to wind up like all the elderly people I've seen: once the money's gone and their health goes to shit, they get ditched in a lonely retirement home where their kids and grandkids barely visit.