June 2009 Weddings
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
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Living under 1K a month blog
I saw this being discussed heavily on the Money Matters board.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
Re: Living under 1K a month blog
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Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
She's doing an excellent job at tracking her expenses, which is admirable. But... I agree that she's a whackadoodle. I don't think it's right to be raising even 3 kids in an incredibly small 2 bedroom apartment, never mind having 7 more. Add that she homeschools them on top of that... those kids have no room. No yard to play, no chance to go to school and get out of that tiny little space.
It would make more sense to me to stop having more kids, and put the money you would have spent on them towards moving to a better neighborhood. I don't think you have to become very materialistic, but keeping your family safe should be a higher priority than making your family bigger.
Amy, agreed.
However, it could be worse. They don't seem to have any consumer credit debt and aren't taking full on advantage of the system. Except this part makes me give a huge side eye: Since she won't be using the school system for her possible 10 kids she justifies using the government for medical benefits.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
There are a lot of hilarious gems on there, that's for sure. The lemon deoderant is probably my favorite so far.
The thing about them is that they are CHOOSING this life of poverty and bragging about it. I know there are lots of hardworking people out there who just can't make ends meet, are on assistance, etc. etc. and doing the best they can to make their dollars last and I applaud them. I feel that she and her husband have chosen this life (deliberately living in a bad neighborhood, her not really working despite having degrees, having more kids than they can afford, etc.) and are crowing about using the government to their advantage. She feels that she is "owed" over a million dollars assuming she has 10 kids and doesn't use public school for any of them. Turns this tax-payer's stomach a bit.
Well, I didn't read that far down so I didn't know about how tiny the apartment was. I agree about the kids needing space especially since she's making 7 more of them.
But some of the other stuff seems totally unrealistic. Like, where does she get a dozen eggs for 96 cents? And also the husband's college. I go to a state school and, granted, it's graduate school but that's usually less expensive than undergrad. It's $12,000 a year which I thought was pretty good and I get grants to help pay it. But then I have to buy my books and everything.
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