Quote from: Despairo on Today at 11:31:31 AM

Quote from: bakasabo on August 26, 2025, 10:38:19 AM

I think you have wrong perspective on children. Why would your child be grateful that you spend all money on him, if he dont understand what money and be grateful are until he hits some age? There are things you do in life, but nobody say you thank you for doing them, and I know that you dont stop doing them because of that.

I realize that my reply was off topic, that post was intended for my partner, not my child.

You're correct, I won't complain if my child didn't show a gratitude because they're still young and don't understand about money at all. It just probably I would be angry if I've sent them to private school and pay the expensive tuition, but I hear them saying 1 + 1 = 3, 1 + 2 = 5 and so on.

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If you want to talk from money perspective, than children are like investment with expecting something in exchange or profit.

Even though I see most thing in money perspective, but I didn't see child was like investment. What I want is my child married with well off partner.

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Seems silly, but then food also is silly and absurd waste of money, as we eat, food is being digested, and we are hungry again. What a waste of money.

Are you serious? food is important.

You have to eat enough protein, veggies, and fruits, you can't compare it with cheap food with high carbs.

I don't see it wasting money as long as you not eating in luxury restaurant.

I think I have got your post wrong. I understood it as following: a child is something you spend money on, but get nothing in return; no thank you, no potential profit. Many in this topic see it like this actually. You spend now, but not sure what you get in future. People think that if they spend a lot of money on child now, when child turn 18, he will leave them, forget to support when parents becomes old and retire. Some dont plan children, because they think they can afford expenses (but they never though about cutting expenses on themselves to have a bigger budget for a child).