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  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comtoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.worksDaycare cost $2k a month
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    2 days ago

    Actually they’re right that the clothing and diapers aren’t that expensive. I saw my costs increase by about $100 per month when I added a new child to the family. Diapers are like $20ish bucks a month, and baby clothes outlast their wearers so you can find them for less than a dollar per garment at garage sales and thrift stores, often still with the tags on them. Or free if you have friends/family with slightly older kids who can pass you what they’ve outgrown. When my kids were babies the biggest expense was formula, but that was because my wife couldn’t produce milk and they both were very sensitive and needed specific formula that didn’t upset their stomachs (I also happened to have both kids right when formula shortages were beginning which was extra fun)

    The real expenses are childcare and healthcare of course. Both children cost the entire out of pocket maximum from our insurance (5 and 8 thousand dollars specifically) and we haven’t even tried looking at childcare costs and have my wife out of work instead





  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comtomemes@lemmy.worldIt's no contest
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    6 days ago

    Wait THAT’S the trans episode that everyone says is super-transphobic? In the context of being released in 2008 it’s perfectly fine. There’s probably be a few things that should be different if it were made today (and honestly, its been a few years since I’ve seen it so I might be not remembering some important yikes moment or something) but my takeaway was always that Douglas is still an asshole and April is an amazing woman who can do so much better than him

    Edit to add: Honestly far worse is the Aunt Irma plotline. Most of the jokes are that “haha these guys are acting like girls” and that plot honestly kinda fell flat because of it








  • Where I live Aldi is the only store that actually has any workflow that makes sense for reusable bags. All of my reusable bags have been repurposed for storing contents of “ADHD doom boxes” so I now just have multiple bags of Aldi paper bags which float between my car, my office and the reusable bag storing spot at home, and I’ll either buy a couple more bags when I forget or just keep reusing them until they’re entirely worn out and get tossed into the recycling bin. I think I may have accidentally stumbled upon the best possible solution for my situation because I end up reusing single-use paper bags dozens of times before they get recycled (and because they’re paper they’ll actually break down within my lifetime unlike the single-use plastic bags that hold less)