Our declining hobby...sad days
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That 15 minutes of Fun they had one driunkin night is their hobby for the next 22 years.
Kids are insanely expensive with their needs and wants these days.
I bet my dad raised and fed our family of 10 on less than half of what many spend on 2 kids these days.
Even in today's dollars.
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My daughter and her husband bring about $80.000 a year home. Yu would think f they wanted, they could swing a boat. I have been through the envelope system with her and t ain't there. Between day care at 500 a week, car payments of 600"a month, then throw n insurance, hospital bills form two extended stay births, the price f df and gas, a boat has no place in their budget.
I say the because, 80g a year seems like enough to live out your hobby, instead they live it out on my boats.
I say the because, 80g a year seems like enough to live out your hobby, instead they live it out on my boats.
We make over six figures combined with no kids and while I am sure we could swing another bigger boat it would be tight or one large expense till it's a paper weight for a few months.
Rent alone for a our town home with no storage place for a boat is $1250. Things are expensive these days for sure. I couldn't imagine adding kids into the mix.
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The all stainless steel frame and the thickness, (Can't remember what gauge it is) there are no straps, and the mount points are ball and socket, makes it tight as a drum when up. And they are not CHEAP, the 1 for the 388, (9 foot long) was $1,200.00 CBC canvas here on Merritt Island do a great job, they used to work for Eliminator....
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I'm 32. The wife and I make 120k combined. We have one $480 car payment, live in a 125k house, and have maybe $250 a month in credit card payments. I have 23k into my boat, no debt against it. That's the best I can do right now. The money just doesn't go far enough. Thank god we don't have student loans.
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Yea....kids are expensive. My wife and I pay $1800 per month for daycare...and that's actually a pretty good deal.
Sometimes I like to daydream about the boat I could buy with that extra $1800 per month when the kids go to school.
But then I realize that it will be another 20 years before I see any of it, since it is getting shifted from daycare expenses into their college savings account when they start school.
At least they help me clean the boat
Sometimes I like to daydream about the boat I could buy with that extra $1800 per month when the kids go to school.
But then I realize that it will be another 20 years before I see any of it, since it is getting shifted from daycare expenses into their college savings account when they start school.
At least they help me clean the boat
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I have 2 kids, 11 & 8. Both play multiple sports, 1 is currently playing travel softball. Wife just lost a very high paying IT consulting job, I'm a Project Engineer for a large manufacturing company that is going through tough times. Thankfully we sold a house and purchased a bigger one during the height of the real estate market so we made out well. My 2007 boat has been paid for and my 2008 Duramax is paid for. Unfortunately, with retirement saving and college tuition on the horizon, there are no plans for a new boat or truck. A new Duramax is 60+K, and we all know the cost of a new boat. I had my sites on a 32 footer, a nice step up from my 27 footer. But no way we can swing it. Like others have said, the cost of a slip for the summer, lake vacations, fuel as well as the crazy prices of new boats, there's no way we can move up to a bigger one. At this point my 496 only has 350 hrs and has treated me well. Just have to keep her purring, keep the boat looking showroom new and hope prices come down. Cause income sure as hell aint going up!
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My first three calls when I hit the lottery will be:
Cash Bar for a SoFlo crib, Pat at AT for a red 33', and Kevin at Progression for a red 29'....
Unfortunately, until those numbers come in, the only thing that would be in the red with those purchases would be my bank account!
Cash Bar for a SoFlo crib, Pat at AT for a red 33', and Kevin at Progression for a red 29'....
Unfortunately, until those numbers come in, the only thing that would be in the red with those purchases would be my bank account!
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That 15 minutes of Fun they had one driunkin night is their hobby for the next 22 years.
Kids are insanely expensive with their needs and wants these days.
I bet my dad raised and fed our family of 10 on less than half of what many spend on 2 kids these days.
Even in today's dollars.
Kids are insanely expensive with their needs and wants these days.
I bet my dad raised and fed our family of 10 on less than half of what many spend on 2 kids these days.
Even in today's dollars.
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My daughter and her husband bring about $80.000 a year home. Yu would think f they wanted, they could swing a boat. I have been through the envelope system with her and t ain't there. Between day care at 500 a week, car payments of 600"a month, then throw n insurance, hospital bills form two extended stay births, the price f df and gas, a boat has no place in their budget.
I say the because, 80g a year seems like enough to live out your hobby, instead they live it out on my boats.
I say the because, 80g a year seems like enough to live out your hobby, instead they live it out on my boats.