Comments on: Your Baby Cost You $700,000 in Lost Opportunity http://www.coinbycoin.com/financial-freedom/your-baby-cost-you-700000-in-lost-opportunity/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:26:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Grey http://www.coinbycoin.com/financial-freedom/your-baby-cost-you-700000-in-lost-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-15989 Grey Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:10:42 +0000 http://www.coinbycoin.com/?p=118#comment-15989 @Lewis: Better hope there's no upturns either by that logic. 10% *on average* over 18 years is a pretty standard return for many index funds. Se the <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DJIA_historical_graph_to_jan09_%28log%29.svg" rel="nofollow">Dow Jones Industrial Average</A>. @Lewis:

Better hope there’s no upturns either by that logic. 10% *on average* over 18 years is a pretty standard return for many index funds. Se the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

]]> By: Lewis http://www.coinbycoin.com/financial-freedom/your-baby-cost-you-700000-in-lost-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-15984 Lewis Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:49:04 +0000 http://www.coinbycoin.com/?p=118#comment-15984 10% every year? Sweet! Hope there's no downturn... 10% every year? Sweet! Hope there’s no downturn…

]]> By: steph http://www.coinbycoin.com/financial-freedom/your-baby-cost-you-700000-in-lost-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-15746 steph Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:16:19 +0000 http://www.coinbycoin.com/?p=118#comment-15746 There are no logical reasons to have children. There are emotional ones, and life-fulfilling reasons, but you can't set them to any sort of logic (other than biological need). You either want to or you don't want to. And if you want to beyond all reasons or logic, then you do it, or try to. And it's usually worth it, I think. It changed me in ways that I didn't expect, and made me a better version of myself. And I wouldn't take 1 million dollars for my daughter or the experience that it has given me so far... but I won't do it again. I am content with one! There are no logical reasons to have children. There are emotional ones, and life-fulfilling reasons, but you can’t set them to any sort of logic (other than biological need). You either want to or you don’t want to. And if you want to beyond all reasons or logic, then you do it, or try to. And it’s usually worth it, I think. It changed me in ways that I didn’t expect, and made me a better version of myself. And I wouldn’t take 1 million dollars for my daughter or the experience that it has given me so far… but I won’t do it again. I am content with one!

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