Re:The 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Bubble Is About to Burst
by grishka on Friday January 13, 2023 @12:29PM
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So, uh, you can barely afford your own needs and have no savings, but you decide to have a child?.. No offense, I'm just trying to understand your thinking and priorities.
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Re:The 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Bubble Is About to Burst
by asoneth on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:36PM
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The person you are replying to had a job (likely in tech), a house, a car, and a chance at promotion when the child was conceived. That seems like a better position than most.
If your implied threshold for conceiving a child is that you must have acquired all of these things plus enough savings to weather unexpected medical events and extended job loss then that seems like a threshold that the majority of couples will not reach during their childbearing years.