(Closed) POLL – Savings & TTC

• wrkbrk
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: October 2013

• wrkbrk
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: October 2013

• cstarkwe
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: April 2013

We only have about 8k in savings. I think I have 20k in my 401k (I just started two years ago)

we making really good money… Around 270k combined but have nearly 1/4. Of million in student debt from PA school. So right now we are making 4000k in payments a month to get that down. 

If you want to have kids you can make it work on nearly any income. 

• MooseMeese11
• 6 years ago

Well, if my DH gets his way, we’ll have zero debt (of any kind) and about 120k in savings/brokerage accounts. Obviously, not all of that is for the baby, since it is likely we wouldn’t have a house yet. However, I’d like to take a few years off work and be a Stay-At-Home Mom and only work minimally from home. If I’m still in my career though, my DH will work from home and we’ll have a part time nanny or an au pair. 

• sherryberry
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: August 2013 - An amazing non-profit retreat

We just took all of our savings and paid off DH’s student loan, so now we’ve only got mine to contend with. He also just got a much higher paying job, so his goal is to get most or all of mine paid off before baby comes. Combined, that will have freed up almost $500 a month in student loan payments. Other than mortgage, we don’t have debt. We’re getting a couple of big things done for the house (about 2K total) and then we’re going to save the majority of my paycheques.