Awestruck

Children are expensive. Just ask my husband. From the time I first met him, he would shake his head and twirl his hair with a perplexed expression whenever the subject of children came into the conversation.

Much to my amusement, as soon as we were married, I received an intricate financial planning spreadsheet with an updated section for ‘CHILDREN’.

Ha! My hubby is sweet, really. But I blame him for jinxing us with childbearing problems by attempting to be {{gasp}} prepared for kids.

Needless to say, Fate has thrown a wrench into our life’s nicely organized financial spreadsheet. Not only will we need the ‘CHILDREN’ column, we’ll also need to pony-up the cash to create the child(ren).

We plan to adopt an older child and use a Surrogate for another. Both methods are extremely expensive. What most people take for granted, having sex (free), pregnancy test ($14), doctor’s visit ($25 copay), will most likely cost us six figures.

That’s before orthodontia, summer camp, and college funds.

Fun, huh?

That’s why we’re saving our Benjamins for babies (makes for an interesting mid-life crisis purchase)!

Oh well, who needs that Ferrari anyway?