My husbands best friend of 16 years is having a baby. They were earning more than us,(she is now too pregnant to work), and have always/ still live well beyond their means. They eat out regularly, rent an aunts house which they haven’t paid rent in 3 months, buy designer clothes for them & unborn, have spent $4000 on baby gear,(not including nursery gear)- despite being offered free stuff from a brother who had used his stuff on 1 baby & they just got a personal loan for $20,000- for a car, & a $2000 engagement ring. When we give them advice on how to save, get their own home, save money by buying good quality but less expensive baby items & clothes, buy 2nd hand goods- they brush it off. They say they want only “the best” and it makes me feel like they think we dont want the best for our child or they think their money makes them better than us. We are in a great situation- own home,car-no debt, and they are nearly $40,000 in debt. Should I ignore them & smile or say something?

So, Im thinking of having a baby soon, and I am just wondering how much money you think would be considered financially stable? How much money did you spend before the baby was born on stuff like clothes, diapers, and furniture?
By the way, my husband is in the military…so, we have free medical insurance…..my friends had babies…one left the hospital with a 25 dollar bill, and the other left with 0 dollars!
So, that part of it is covered! lol!

hi have you heard of the baby swap uk movement
it was recently started by three mums in the uk because they wanted to find a way to help other parents with their children
there are groups that can be found in yahoo for most parts of the uk and more opening up just for parents to be able to swap or offer child related items to other parents and carers
these groups are from pregnancy up to leaving school age
they even have a website for ease of locating the groups

I’m doing a math project and it requires your to explore different scenarios where you work for thirty years and your retirement account works on tax-free compounded interest at a rate of 10%. The scenarios include adding 1,000 for the first ten years of your career or adding 2,000 a year for the second ten years of your career and so on. How do I calculate the interest for the ten years where they keep adding onto the principle? I know I could do it year by year, but is there a better way?

My number one tip is www.craigslist.org, there I find free stuff, cheap baby clothes, swap coupons, find garage sales, ect.
Then my secret is I shop at 2nd hand stores, I love them actually, It’s my guilty pleasure when someone compliments my clothes and I tell them I bought it at Savers.
Any other tips/secrets?!

Everyone wonders why there are so many teenage pregnancy’s in this country (UK)
Why does the govt. give these teens free council houses, £500 maternity grant, a wage each week etc etc when they do absolute jack s**t?
from a teens point of view it’s cushtie….. they’re say 15, bored, hating their parents etc & think “i know, i’ll have a baby and get a free house, loads of money…” & so on, not thinking once about the poor little babies their bringing into the world!
Now i’m not saying every teen is like this but it’s a FACT most teens have babies because they get all this free stuff and have to do absolutely nothing!
I was 17 when i had my daughter, who’s now 7, but me and my hubby worked our arses off to provide for her, we saved and saved until we could afford a house of our own & continue to work so we can afford our children…IT CAN BE DONE! i’m now 24 and have 2 more children, i’m so fed up with these teens doing NOTHING & getting everything! why is it fair they do..

My friend has this idea of giving baby products away for free on a website and make money. I keep telling her that the only way she could do that it’s through ads when her website gets popular. She said she was going to make it through shipments. I don’t think this is the way to go because she doesn’t own a shipping company and cannot make money using that route. What do you think?

Thanks

Go to your department of social services and explain your situation. If they can’t give you emergency food stamps, they can refer you to a food bank.

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i live in florida if that helps too