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Family Planning?

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  • ad44downey
    ad44downey Posts: 2,246 Forumite
    jyonda wrote: »
    Anyone actually putting off plans to have children because of the recession? Or conversely is now actually a GOOD time to be having kids as it's more likely a parent will be at home to care for the child? Lots of Mums I knew barely made anything after paying tax and the Nursery/childminder anyway....
    I have it on good authority that chucky and Dan: have put off plans to adopt children for the time being.
    Krusty & Phil Madoff, 1990 - 2007:
    "Buy now because house prices only ever go UP, UP, UP."
  • ess0two
    ess0two Posts: 3,606 Forumite
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    ad44downey wrote: »
    I have it on good authority that chucky and Dan: have put off plans to adopt children for the time being.


    Your contributions to this board are extremely tedious and highly boring.Get yourself on redtube and bash 1 off:money:
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  • ess0two
    ess0two Posts: 3,606 Forumite
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    ad44downey wrote: »
    It's just a pity your parents (if known) never employed a bit of family planning when it came to you!


    Call an ambulance i've split my sides............seriously take a look at what you post.
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  • ad44downey
    ad44downey Posts: 2,246 Forumite
    Try reading back some of your own 300+ postings of absolute garbage and then get back to me....
    Krusty & Phil Madoff, 1990 - 2007:
    "Buy now because house prices only ever go UP, UP, UP."
  • ess0two
    ess0two Posts: 3,606 Forumite
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    ad44downey wrote: »
    Try reading back some of your own 300+ postings of absolute garbage and then get back to me....


    One or two about buying property,locally and in York...................yours add upto jack s hit,continuosly.
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  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    jyonda wrote: »
    Anyone actually putting off plans to have children because of the recession?

    No. However, I am planning putting off having children on account of them being annoying, small, a bit fiddley and that they get in the way of my selfish existence.
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    The unconditional love your kids give you is the greatest feeling there is, IMO.

    I take it you haven't owned a Playstation 3 then?
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    ruggedtoast wrote: »
    Mrs toast is due in a couple of months for the 1st time. I anticipate having a couple of little toasters.

    Maybe you could consider the names 'Melba' or 'French' for your upcoming bundle of joy?
  • rammy007
    rammy007 Posts: 1,050 Forumite
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    we had our eldest on the late 80s and to be honest it was hard then, I went back to work and most of my wages went on childcare,I had to go back cos the OH was on and off on shorttime and redundancy threat and there was no taxcredits then.
  • Pssst
    Pssst Posts: 4,803 Forumite
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    jyonda wrote: »
    Anyone actually putting off plans to have children because of the recession? Or conversely is now actually a GOOD time to be having kids as it's more likely a parent will be at home to care for the child? Lots of Mums I knew barely made anything after paying tax and the Nursery/childminder anyway....
    It is a troubling anomaly that the underclass are insulated from reality and can keep dropping kids like shelling peas and yet responsible hard working people have to stop,think and maybe plan.

    The final outcome will be that the UK will be swamped with the offspring of the underclass and they will finally choke the life out of the UK.

    Of course not all of them will be feral and useless but given their role models,there is every chance that a significant proportion will be.
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