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Originally Posted by 10023
Lots of poor people have kids they can’t afford. I’m just pointing out that most of those who are relatively well off would be shocked if they actually considered the math.
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Most upper middle class people DO understand the math? Do you think people who are upper middle class - highly educated, successful (travel "overseas" for vacation) - pop a kid out and say, "Damn, no one told me that this is expensive?" Everyone understands that. As others have said, most upper middle class people do a pretty good job of choosing *when* to have the child which is fundamentally a part of the calculation.
Having a child is an inexplicably amazing existential component of the human condition. From an opportunity cost, as an artist, not having children would in some strange way make me less complete. What's the price of that?