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Medical bills for our healthy son
"We paid back to savings some of the money that went to pay for the birth of our son. Even with really good insurance his birth cost us a large chunk of cash - a shock since our daughter was born in Holland and we did not pay a single cent for anything."
Laura, 31, Mother
San Francisco, CA
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Smart planning. Good for you. You have a lovely family.
Posted by: Karen Townsend Jun 5th, 07:13
Congratulations on the birth of your son. If you like Holland so much, maybe you should consider moving there permanently. They desperately need help with the birthrate of their native couples, as it is well below 2 per couple. Drugs and prostitution are legal there too, which have no doubt contributed to their demographics problems. Their social services depend on importing radical Muslims from the Middle East- yes, the sample people who support the destruction of Israel and suppress free speech criticism of their religion. Goodbye Europe, all over again.
Posted by: DK Jun 5th, 07:20
DK, that's a lot of unsupported assertions in one paragraph. Maybe you would be more comfortable living in a shack in the Montana wilderness so that the big scary world doesn't scare you?
Laura, congratulations on your cute kids! It looks like sis is going to like her new brother.
Posted by: Poopyhead Jun 5th, 08:59
Wow. I really don't know what to say about DK's comments, except that someone around here needs to evolve a little. Unless, of course, DK doesn't believe in that, either.
Laura, sorry I got distracted. We had the same issues after the birth of our twins, and I think paying down debt is the best thing anyone can do with this free money. Congratulations on the birth of your son! He's lucky to be born into such a wonderful family.
Posted by: john Jun 5th, 11:08
Congratulations on your healthy baby!
Posted by: YC Jun 5th, 11:39
DK: Your paragraph is so full of fallacies; I hope you were being sarcastic. Zero population growth is ideal as long as it is not negative growth, which Holland/Netherlands does NOT have, so Holland doesn't have a "problem". Their crime rate is also fairly low. And the radical Muslim comment is just bigoted. Less than 1% of all Muslims are the "radical" type, and EVERY faith, including whatever yours may be, has radicals. Can the intolerance.
Laura, congrats on the kids. And, smart choice paying off debt, great thing for the kids' future.
Posted by: Reyx Jun 5th, 16:06