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Married?

Any children?

These are the qns that people of a certain age group are constantly being asked.

If your answer is yes, then how prepared are u?

Over lunch, a colleague was sharing with us that she was on leave for the whole week to prepare for her daughter's 1 yr old birthday. 1 wk!?!! As the conversation continues to the plan for a 2nd kid, her reaction was, "too expensive, can't afford" kind of answer.

I paused.

I have seen ppl in extreme situation who are struggling to make ends meet but yet manage to bring up their kids in a comfortable yet not extravagant manner...in fact, these kids are one of the most adorable, matured and smartest kids around...so, what are the constraints that we have defined for ourselves? How competitive are u as parents?

Which type of parent will I be?

Seriously, I can't be sure...