User blog comment:Keplers/An Important Question/@comment-5111283-20151208210041/@comment-5111283-20151209144601

I know these things, but thank you. :P Talking about stuff before you get married is always a good idea. :P Also, those calculations on raising kids includes buying new things for each kid and sending each one to Public School; and really is a bit off if you're frugal, pass things down, go to garage sales, reuse schooling material, ect. My parents raised five kids just fine, was it easy in the beginning and did my siblings have everything they wanted when they were young? No. They were loved and cared for though, never went hungry, ect. Material goods isn't what matters, what matters is a loving family that provides basic human needs. IMO.

And, I refuse to ever own a mini-van, we'll have http://imganuncios.mitula.net/2003_ford_excursion_limited_mesa_az_2350049441397459620.jpg and I'll drop a 5.9 Cummins in it. :P