{"id":8033,"date":"2015-11-30T10:38:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T15:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2023-09-13T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T06:29:14","slug":"choosing-between-having-kids-or-mortgage-the-terrible-money-twos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/choosing-between-having-kids-or-mortgage-the-terrible-money-twos\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing between having kids or buying a house; The Terrible Money Twos"},"content":{"rendered":"
Buying our first Mortgage… I mean, House!<\/h3>\n
I guess when it came to doing things the “traditional” way, my husband and I did a few things backwards. We were the proud owners of TWO mortgages before we got married. On top of that, we bought a\u00a0cottage FIRST and then a house. We realized that at this point, we were probably “pot” committed to each other more than any wedding would ever make official. Nonetheless, we still got married and had our first son a year and a half after our wedding day.<\/p>\n
Painting our new cottage (aka bunky)<\/p><\/div>\n
The decision to have kids was an easy one for us. We knew we wanted them and we knew we would make it work out financially even if we had to make some sacrifices and we have a great support system that we can rely on. We also knew that we wanted more than one child but what would be our limit? While we had a long list of ‘criteria’ in our decision to only have three kids, one of the main decision points was money! Ultimately, we wanted to continue living a comfortable lifestyle but ensuring we had sufficient money to support our children through University and beyond. \u00a0We knew it would be a challenge to give our kids everything we wanted to provide them with should we have any more than three kids.<\/p>\n