After reading this post I think your answer is to start an in-home daycare. Your kids go for free and you can charge exorbitant rates for everyone else
Side job/side hustle ideas/recommendations to supplement income
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When I was in high school, I knew a guy that did "sidewalk Pharmaceutical sales" in the neighborhood. He made some good coin.
Winner Winner Winner x 1000.
I begged my ex-wife not to do this, but she swore Lipsense was different. She mainly was doing it for the discounted products though. We didn't lose money by any means, but the amount of time she put into it just to get a little free product was insane. Never made a dime.
Since my wife has a billion "friends" that are in some sort of MLM and I HATE them (her "friends" and MLM equally) I decided to make a rule with her. The rule was if she was willing to sell out her friendships to not make anything then sell out her dignity by selling feet pics to strangers first.
We spaced our two out intentionally to try not have them in high priced daycare at the same time. A 5 year gap between kids isn't really that bad.
I'm old. Too old to wait until the kid is 5. And by then I am NOT starting over with sleepless nights. Sorry if that makes me selfish.
Lol, the sleep is probably 55% of our 70% against a third. Totally with you there.
Catch-22. Having to wait until established enough in career to take the hit + afford childcare (considering housing costs, student loans, etc., etc.............then time gets short to afford a large family if that is a desire.
We have 2 and then 4 for gaps There was 5 years between me and my closest. The two kids being 2 years apart meant they played together early and would entertain each other. The 4 year gap, not much.
Thankfully she was really in it to cover her products as the **** was expensive. She wasn't willing to be pushy towards her friends.
I just start blocking people who harass me about MLMs now. I love the "Oh hey haven't seen you since high school 20 years ago, anywho how you been? whats up! (never talked to the kid, 3 grades lower than me)." And then the proposition.
Not selfish at all. Everyone is in a different situation. I with you though that I don't know how the rapid fire children havers do it. I've known multiple people that at points had 3 under 5.
The 4-6 year gap does limit the play together interaction, but it helps them to form their own identity, especially if they go through the same school system. Although, my next oldest brother was 6 grades ahead of me and I still got identified as his little brother.
I've seen some of the messages she has gotten....Hey Girly hows it going? Seen the pic of you pop up and thought I should check in. Would you be interested in trying this awesome shake where you don't need to workout and drop 10lbs in a week?
So basically you are calling your "friend" fat after seeing a picture of her? F off Tori mother of 4 with 4 different baby daddies living the boss ***** life #supportsmallbusiness (even though I work for a big ol corporation as a pee on)
In a lot of ways, it is just that. We started in our mid(ish) 20s, so we weren't all that established in our careers yet. Things were definitely tight financially, and our social lives took a pretty big hit since we were the only ones in our circle of friends who had kids then. I'm now 50, our younger daughter is graduating HS this spring, our older daughter is graduating ISU this spring. Meanwhile, one of my best friends who's the same age as me has twins in kindergarten, and another has a 7 and 4 year old. They're definitely more established financially than I was when our girls were that age, which relieves a lot of stress I'm sure. But they'll be well into their 60s by the time their kids graduate HS. Ooof.
Yeah, unless it’s a fairly large school, they will be tied together. I was expected to be similar to my sis and we were quite a bit different.
I had a dude pull the MLM crap in a group of friends I had. The group was one smaller after that.
Totally. Best college friend had hers quickly out of school, now 34 with kids 11-6 while we are at ages 4 + 1. She'll be kid free by early/mid 40s vs. early 50s - mid if we have a third! That's a lot of healthy lifetime to travel and be active grandparents if their kids go that route.
If the guy needs a side hustle to get by I doubt he has the money laying around to buy a rental property.
