Re: Girls Cost More than Boys to Raise
DanTien said:
Hey Nords, what are the sex of your children and how old are they?
Our grrrl is about to turn 13 going on 21.
If we'd had a boy first then we probably would have talked ourselves into trying for a girl, so I consider this God's little warning shot across the bow. I can't communicate the emotional degree of my desperation, but I actually had to beg & plead to have a Navy surgeon do the operation under local anaesthetic. I even signed a waiver.
wab said:
So, what's the solution? Should I raise my girl as a boy? Or send her to a nunnery when puberty hits? How do you hedge your girly risks?
Teach her to surf.
LEX said:
Lex's unofficial KIDENOMICS CHART:
The cost of clothes
Girls $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Boys$$$
Auto Insurance
Girls$$$$$$$
Boys$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Property Damage When Parents Away for weekend
Girls$
Boys$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Bail Money and Legal Fees
Girls$
Boys$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Cell Phone Bills
Girls$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Boys$$
Grocery Bills
Girls$$
Boys$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Beer Inventory Shrinkage
Girls N/A
Boys$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Cash Shrinkage (Pleading and Whining Induced Payments)
Girls$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Boys$$
Cash Lost through negligent malingering
Girls N/A
Boys$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Real value of these delightful children - Priceless.
Nords' version--
Clothes & toiletries: Quicken claims $40/month for the first and $10/month for the second. She's getting a six-month budget fund on her birthday and we'll see how long it really lasts...
Auto insurance: Zero. After her hormone-induced amygdala hijack this morning, who'd give her a license?!?
Property damage: Let's not forget who invited the boys over.
Bail: Who's gonna pay for that? At least you'll be able to save your allowance, honey!
Cell phone: What cell phone?
Groceries: Before kid-- $400/month. After kid-- $500/month. "But, Dad, I bought a Jamba Juice card that gives me a 10% discount!"
Beer: Well, she has all of my genetic material except the Y chromosone, and I'd be awfully darned surprise if the beer gene isn't already in there somewhere. At least she won't be drinking Bud.
Shrinkage: "Dude, that's why they call it a MONTHLY allowance." (Any conversation to a girl that begins with "dude" will end faster.)
Malingering: What, is there a teenager in this world who actually wakes up before fourth period lunch?
Grandchildren: the parent's vengeance on their kids!!
brewer12345 said:
We'll see on the sig. Gotta come across a good one first, but I'll keep an eye out.
I'm thinking just about anything by Ted Nugent... or Jimmy Buffett. Especially Jimmy's lyrics to "Overkill".