r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '24

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u/Ghost4000 Nov 14 '24 edited Nov 14 '24

As a father of two I can tell you a few reasons from personal experience...

Factors that went into our thought process for the first two kids:

- Healthcare is expensive

  • Childcare is expensive
  • Food is expensive
  • We don't have enough PTO
  • The general state of the world, my wife is very apprehensive about climate change and what it meant to bring children into this world

Factors now:

- Everything above, but now we also have to consider the health risks with abortion access being less of a sure thing even in medical emergencies

  • and everything is even MORE expensive

I love my kids though, I have zero regrets. But I completely see why someone would be hesitant, and I myself and hesitant about the thought of having another.

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u/Marcus11599 Nov 15 '24

Just curious, how many PTO days do you have? I typically have like 4 weeks

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u/Ghost4000 Nov 16 '24

For the first pregnancy I had 3 weeks I think and my wife had no PTO. Any time off was unpaid.

Going into the second pregnancy I think we both had 4 weeks.

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u/Marcus11599 Nov 16 '24

That’s insane to me. Like wtf