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IronLionZion

(45,420 posts)
9. I guess we're in the same boat in many ways
Wed May 22, 2019, 02:43 PM
May 2019

There is no way I could afford a kid. I don't even have vacation days! I would lose income if I had to pick up a sick kid from school or something like that.

Just think, some rich asshole somewhere is buying their 5th mansion. It was a funny joke in 2008 when the housing market had collapsed and people were losing their jobs in the financial crisis while some politicians couldn't remember how many houses they owned. The unofficial Obama campaign slogan was "one house, one spouse".

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