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Originally Posted by disneysteve
Yes, not having kids will definitely save you money in some ways, but could also cost you money in other ways. For example, if my wife and I didn't have children, I'm willing to bet we would travel more since we wouldn't be constrained by school schedules or limited to family-friendly locales. We would probably dine out more. We would go to the casinos more often..
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I agree. I have stayed (mostly) home for 10 years with our kids. If I didn't have kids, I would have worked in the corporate world, making some decent change. While some of that would have been saved, a lot would have been spent as mentioned above - travel, dining, nice sports car instead of the mini-van
, etc. I guess the end result would be that we would have more money saved, but I can't really tell you how much it would be.
Of course, if I get sick in my old age, and my kids take care of me, I will save money on the nursing home costs.