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Here we go friends! Mark your calendars for 5/11!! :biglove:
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Added to my calendar 💕 congrats and thanks for fighting the good fight because I know I will have friends who will want to watch me from 15 hrs away graduate!!
 
This town is full of dumped/ at large animals, and animal control refuses to intervene. Every time I or someone I know calls they respond “the shelter is full, so you’ll have to figure it out.” (Exact words). Even when the animal(s) are dodging cars or aggressively charging people. I don’t understand. I worked at a county shelter! I can only take in so many animals and treat them myself. I don’t know how this will ever change.
 
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This town is full of dumped/ at large animals, and animal control refuses to intervene. Every time I or someone I know calls they respond “the shelter is full, so you’ll have to figure it out.” (Exact words). Even when the animal(s) are dodging cars or aggressively charging people. I don’t understand. I worked at a county shelter! I can only take in so many animals and treat them myself. I don’t know how this will ever change.
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Our county shelter is required to take in all stray dogs, but they also can’t operate over capacity. So when they reach capacity, they have to decide which shelter resident gets euthanized so the new stray can complete their mandatory stray hold of 3 days. It really sucks to work in an overcrowded shelter, and I bet yours is doing their best with what they’ve got.
 
genny said:
Our county shelter is required to take in all stray dogs, but they also can’t operate over capacity. So when they reach capacity, they have to decide which shelter resident gets euthanized so the new stray can complete their mandatory stray hold of 3 days. It really sucks to work in an overcrowded shelter, and I bet yours is doing their best with what they’ve got.
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It does suck, and I’ve been there! I just don’t understand how aggressive dogs are being left to roam (they didn’t even come!) it’s frustrating all around I’m sure.
 
katiemcat said:
It does suck, and I’ve been there! I just don’t understand how aggressive dogs are being left to roam (they didn’t even come!) it’s frustrating all around I’m sure.
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Caught the dog, called the microchip company, just to find out the dog was indeed dumped 🙁
 

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Love when o are frustrated because their pet isn't sick enough yet. Older p has come in on and off for lethargy. Inital set of labs had mild hyperglobulinemia but that was it. Came back in for difficulty getting up that's what o thought so started carprofen, p def has oa. Comes back in today after being very frustrated about my care for p and talking to one of our techs. labs today show hypercalcemia and azotemia. rads are pretty boring. IM SORRY I DONT HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL AND CANT MAGICALLY MAKE THINGS APPEAR. I'm glad I found something finally, but tbh its probably going to be cancer so yay. I just hate people some times. Tomorrow I get to deal with them AND the people I get to tell I'm no longer going to see them if they are continuing to refuse to amp their dogs broken leg. #fun 😀
 
People who sell rabbits for $300+ because they are “trained” are ridiculous. The only training this rabbit has is the ability to be picked up and litter box training. So is my rabbit that I got for $30 off of Facebook.
 
Networking shelter animals on social media, and have people approach me saying these:

"I'm moving/allergic, can you or your shelter take my cat/dog?"
"I'm looking for a puppy/kitten that's [a specific color/breed]" and insisting on the age of the animal they want

Last night I got a message about someone wanting to abandon a perfectly healthy and friendly bengal cat that they've had for 8 years because they're moving internationally. Owner "doesn't want to bring him to the shelter because I care about him and want him to end up in a good family." I swear my eyes rolled so far into the back of my head that they were fusing into my brain.
 
DidiMaymaysMom said:
Networking shelter animals on social media, and have people approach me saying these:

"I'm moving/allergic, can you or your shelter take my cat/dog?"
"I'm looking for a puppy/kitten that's [a specific color/breed]" and insisting on the age of the animal they want

Last night I got a message about someone wanting to abandon a perfectly healthy and friendly bengal cat that they've had for 8 years because they're moving internationally. Owner "doesn't want to bring him to the shelter because I care about him and want him to end up in a good family." I swear my eyes rolled so far into the back of my head that they were fusing into my brain.
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I completely felt this. My wtf of the week: o trying to surrender a 17 year old dog with dementia and “doesn’t believe in medication or euthanasia” but the dog is “making her anxious and miserable” so she was trying to dump it off on someone else… Just always remember you’re saving lives and I appreciate you.
 
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o trying to surrender a 17 year old dog with dementia and “doesn’t believe in medication or euthanasia” but the dog is “making her anxious and miserable”
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These are the people where I ask if they take Tylenol/ibuprofen for a bad back to make my point 😡 I'm shocked I haven't gotten a negative review for these interactions
 
I have a coworker who is making me dread going to work. She is just generally not the nicest person, but I could ignore that. I don't know what has gotten into her the past couple weeks but she has been NASTY plus just a bad employee taking 90 minute lunches (allowed 1 hour). She is moving buildings soon so I think complaining about her with a week left isn't worth it. She has been making my job miserable in the meantime though. She was yelling at me on the phone when I was off the clock but hadn't left yet and I was so tempted to say to her, "I am off the clock. I am doing you a favor. I don't do favors for people who treat me this way. Be nice and I will help you." I just left it at "I am off the clock. I will do it tomorrow." I am glad I didn't reinforce the behavior by doing the thing she wanted but it still ruined my day.
 
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Everyone is so burnt out at work. It's so obvious (imo) and really causing issues with trust. So many people are at each other's throats, no one is actually talking about it, and I'm not sure if the ones who are burnt out even know. People are very wrapped up in the issues and fight about them rather than just working together to fix things. So many things end up as a fight that really shouldn't, because an actual conversation where people aren't at each other's throats just never seem to happen. No one wants to extend anyone else grace or accept that we are people with flaws.

I know I can't just tell my coworkers to get therapy, but they really should. I was in therapy all through undergrad and restarted when my body really started to get angry with me. It helps so so so so much. Just having the space to be honest with myself is incredibly empowering and cathartic. I wouldn't be who I am (or possibly around) if it wasn't for my wonderful group therapy experiences. So yah, get therapy it's life changing in the best way.
 
Having procedure done. The office keeps saying one time, the hospital schedule has a very different time. It's like almost a 6 hour difference, I'm going to trust the hospital schedule, but very frustrated.
 
VeggieTrex said:
"Yes to CPR, no to stabilization" all day every day!
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My home hospital is located at the edge of bougie and not. My fave is the 3am exam and drug test showing the dog on benzos and amphetamines where the people just walk out with their dog tweaking 🫠🙄 Y'all knew the dog was high as a kite; why was wasting my time part of your plan?
 
battie said:
My home hospital is located at the edge of bougie and not. My fave is the 3am exam and drug test showing the dog on benzos and amphetamines where the people just walk out with their dog tweaking 🫠🙄 Y'all knew the dog was high as a kite; why was wasting my time part of your plan?
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I just wish more people would be like yeah my dog is high. Would save everyone SO much time
 
Had to explain why we dont just pull all the teeth even if they were healthy teeth to an o today. Same o refuses to believe her little poodle things have collapsing trachea. Same o also thought the quantity of 143ml was the price despite it being clearly laid out. She left 1.5hrs post apt. Bless my staff.

Then had to break it to an owner of a st Bernard that's 6mo old that it 99.9% probs has addisons and no it's not being mimicked by whipworms. Your lateral severely azotemic,hyperphosphoric, hypercalcemic, hyperkalemic might have a heartattack any second dog does not just have whipworms. P was feeling slightly better before close though-she ate. Slightly a $ case so hoping I can get her stable enough with the funds I have that we won't be in scary danger zone any more.
 
MixedAnimals77 said:
I just wish more people would be like yeah my dog is high. Would save everyone SO much time
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I get why they don't though. There is a consistent stigma with drug use and abuse and they feel that. They feel the judgment, ridicule. They know they may hear another lecture about it, etc. When you are that deep in a hole, you don't want to be dealing with the societal stigma and the way people can change their treatment of you. So they hide it. Even if you would never lecture them or judge them, it has happened enough they don't want to deal with it. Maybe it has happened before and the previous vet lectured them or judged them or the encounter was tense overall. I totally can understand why they aren't always willing to offer up that information immediately.
 
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I just wish more people would be like yeah my dog is high. Would save everyone SO much time
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Funnily enough an assistant/tech at a local ER wrote in my manager's dog's file "consumption of marijuana" just because she admitted to its presence in the house, despite my manager being fairly certain that no marijuana or products thereof were consumed (I mean, she's worked in a vet clinic for 4 years and is pretty responsible, so I believe her). I may be misremembering if they eventually had an actual within reasonable doubt diagnosis, but if they did, it was completely unrelated
 
Conflagration said:
Taking classes after your bachelors is expensive as hell.

I just wasn't in the mental space during my degree– too much was happening, I had too many plates in my hands.

The animal nutrition course alone is like $1500... woof.
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Tell me about it. Chem courses through my CC work out to $900 for 5 credit hours. Tuition costs are out of control.
 
So I'm pretty sure my mini aussie has some sort of gi disorder but I have yet to work it up because it comes and goes in waves and overall he's normal 90% of the time. Except he will have bouts of regurge. Never food always just saliva and never consistent when it happens. I'd love to just try keeping him on metoclopramide but he is rotten to pill. So it's usually not a big deal...until tonight. He was sitting on my lap facing me and regurged all over the front of me 😐 poor guy didn't feel good but he didn't even try and leave to not hit me with it...
My husband found great amusement about my misfortune🫠
 
To round out the week I got bit in the face by a mastiff. 0 warning minus the split second before it happened, looked in its mouth did the whole front exam only to get nailed while trying to do abd palpation. 18 sutures 6-0 down the nose. The lidocaine is wearing off so now I have a massive nose headache. Missing my next 2 soccer games (which I was most looking forward to). Oh and a dear friend of ours went into hospice care and the end is near. It's been a great week y'all.
 
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To round out the week I got bit in the face by a mastiff. 0 warning minus the split second before it happened, looked in its mouth did the whole front exam only to get nailed while trying to do abd palpation. 18 sutures 6-0 down the nose. The lidocaine is wearing off so now I have a massive nose headache. Missing my next 2 soccer games (which I was most looking forward to). Oh and a dear friend of ours went into hospice care and the end is near. It's been a great week y'all.
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I’m so sorry 😞 Being bit is so painful both emotionally and physically. Feel better friend. Praying for you and your friend.
 
wondering if anyone else pre-vet is dealing with this huge battle between their heart and their brain. being a veterinarian is what i am called to do. if there is anything else that i wanted to do with my life, trust me, i would be pursuing it but this is it for me. and i love that about myself, i love how driven i am to my passions but it also leads to such immense pressure. i have told myself it's going to be okay. no matter how many tries it takes to get in, i will do it. i am 22 years old, i am not in a massive rush. but as i go into this second cycle of applying, what kills me is trying to strategize. i will do whatever it takes to get in (which i understand will not help on this cycle but perhaps the next cycle) but the trouble is knowing WHAT IT TAKES! i mean, hell, you spend over half of the year wondering if you got in, and then, it's time to apply again. i don't know what lane i should get in. i consider something new DAILY. i consider moving to a different state to try and get into their in-state pool. i consider a master's program. i consider retaking undergrad classes. i consider just keeping on with what i am doing which is working full-time in vetmed. there's no right answer. i could invest everything into any one of these options and it could be for nothing, which is perhaps my biggest fear in all of this. i worry that my gpa (3.5) is just beyond reasonable repair and that this will forever be the barrier. i will do what it takes but god. at what point does it just feel unreasonable. retaking classes is expensive on top of the debt i already have from undergrad and on top of the HUGE amount of debt i am bound to take on in vet school. i can retake a couple? maybe one at a time as i work full-time, but then.. what difference am i even making? grad school is more debt too and i don't even know if that will work. i don't want to do grad school necessarily either, which makes me scared i won't do well and then i will cause more harm. i don't know. it's just a big spiral that i cannot turn off lately. i know no one has THE answer but any advice or even solace would be appreciated.
 
fauna said:
wondering if anyone else pre-vet is dealing with this huge battle between their heart and their brain. being a veterinarian is what i am called to do. if there is anything else that i wanted to do with my life, trust me, i would be pursuing it but this is it for me. and i love that about myself, i love how driven i am to my passions but it also leads to such immense pressure. i have told myself it's going to be okay. no matter how many tries it takes to get in, i will do it. i am 22 years old, i am not in a massive rush. but as i go into this second cycle of applying, what kills me is trying to strategize. i will do whatever it takes to get in (which i understand will not help on this cycle but perhaps the next cycle) but the trouble is knowing WHAT IT TAKES! i mean, hell, you spend over half of the year wondering if you got in, and then, it's time to apply again. i don't know what lane i should get in. i consider something new DAILY. i consider moving to a different state to try and get into their in-state pool. i consider a master's program. i consider retaking undergrad classes. i consider just keeping on with what i am doing which is working full-time in vetmed. there's no right answer. i could invest everything into any one of these options and it could be for nothing, which is perhaps my biggest fear in all of this. i worry that my gpa (3.5) is just beyond reasonable repair and that this will forever be the barrier. i will do what it takes but god. at what point does it just feel unreasonable. retaking classes is expensive on top of the debt i already have from undergrad and on top of the HUGE amount of debt i am bound to take on in vet school. i can retake a couple? maybe one at a time as i work full-time, but then.. what difference am i even making? grad school is more debt too and i don't even know if that will work. i don't want to do grad school necessarily either, which makes me scared i won't do well and then i will cause more harm. i don't know. it's just a big spiral that i cannot turn off lately. i know no one has THE answer but any advice or even solace would be appreciated.
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No advice, really, but I want to say you're not alone (hence why I have been stalking SDN for a while now...). My GPA is 3.4, and though I'm going back this fall to raise my sciGPA and last 45 by retaking classes, I am constantly wondering if I'm "doing enough", or if I'm just so painfully under average that I won't get accepted anywhere. I don't stand out on any particular front statistically, I'm a trad student with a lowish GPA (even though I had a better GPA than most people I knew in undergrad), and I have lots of hours but I'm worried it just isn't enough. I'm trying to get more diversity this summer, but I'm not sure if that will make a difference either. I have been trying to be selective about schools that will most likely take me, and broaden my horizons to international. If I don't get in after retaking my classes, I'll pursue an MPH and try one more time, and then go into government with the USDA or otherwise. I know I will work with animals any way I go, but to truly do what I foresee myself doing, I need to be a DVM. Everyone I've ever worked with told me I would be a great vet, but at the end of the day it's not their opinion that matters, it's the committee's. I also start to worry about my age, I know I'm still young at 23, but I turn 24 in December, meaning if I get in this cycle I still graduate at 28-29. If I get in later, I graduate later, and I worry about waiting so long to "start my life". At the end of the day, these are things I have somewhat reconciled with. If I really want to be a vet, they're just things I have to accept. Sending hugs and good luck!
 
fauna said:
wondering if anyone else pre-vet is dealing with this huge battle between their heart and their brain. being a veterinarian is what i am called to do. if there is anything else that i wanted to do with my life, trust me, i would be pursuing it but this is it for me. and i love that about myself, i love how driven i am to my passions but it also leads to such immense pressure. i have told myself it's going to be okay. no matter how many tries it takes to get in, i will do it. i am 22 years old, i am not in a massive rush. but as i go into this second cycle of applying, what kills me is trying to strategize. i will do whatever it takes to get in (which i understand will not help on this cycle but perhaps the next cycle) but the trouble is knowing WHAT IT TAKES! i mean, hell, you spend over half of the year wondering if you got in, and then, it's time to apply again. i don't know what lane i should get in. i consider something new DAILY. i consider moving to a different state to try and get into their in-state pool. i consider a master's program. i consider retaking undergrad classes. i consider just keeping on with what i am doing which is working full-time in vetmed. there's no right answer. i could invest everything into any one of these options and it could be for nothing, which is perhaps my biggest fear in all of this. i worry that my gpa (3.5) is just beyond reasonable repair and that this will forever be the barrier. i will do what it takes but god. at what point does it just feel unreasonable. retaking classes is expensive on top of the debt i already have from undergrad and on top of the HUGE amount of debt i am bound to take on in vet school. i can retake a couple? maybe one at a time as i work full-time, but then.. what difference am i even making? grad school is more debt too and i don't even know if that will work. i don't want to do grad school necessarily either, which makes me scared i won't do well and then i will cause more harm. i don't know. it's just a big spiral that i cannot turn off lately. i know no one has THE answer but any advice or even solace would be appreciated.
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I could have wrote this word for word. With the exception that I am in my mid thirties and I have applied 5 times and I have been a RVT for 15 years. I am sitting at about a 3.5 but my last 45 went down the last couple years, so I am going to try to focus on bringing that up. I'm leaning towards completing a masters, but the idea of taking on more debt to get into vet school feels idk... financially irresponsible in a way? But what are the options when the applicant pool is so competitive and the improvements you make in your application each year aren't enough? On top of that, being a single, homeowner who works full-time, multiple application cycles have been a financial hardship. I am skipping this cycle because I can't make enough improvements to my app this year to make a difference for this cycle and keep myself housed and fed. The constant rejection chips away at your self-esteem and resolve. Mentally, I jump between "It shouldn't be this hard if it was meant to be" and "If it was easy, everyone would do it." My gut tells me this is my path, but man do I feel lost and adrift some days. I wish this was more positive, but sometimes I feel like we push so hard to make every struggle mean something and be an opportunity for growth, which it should be, but neglect to acknowledge that it harms and changes you in ways that are not always for the better. When it feels out of reach I try to remember that I have gotten this far and that this is an achievable dream. There are always more ways to improve. A no is a "not now" not a "never going to happen." Acknowledging that vet school admissions are an imperfect system run by human beings who are doing their best helps to keep me from being bitter. I've had many interviews and a 3 waitlist positions and gotten so much positive feedback and advice which is an absolute lifeline when often you just get a rejection and that is the end of it. The applicant pool changes each year and I have been more and less competitive depending on the year. By taking this year off and making some bigger improvements I am hoping that my next application will make a bigger impact than the incremental improvements that I make every year. I try to remember that vet school isn't going anywhere and that I am not behind, even though it feels that way sometimes. I hope this helps and makes you feel less isolated. I am feeling the same feelings and they honestly f***ing suuuck ❤️❤️❤️
 
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HW_88 said:
I could have wrote this word for word. With the exception that I am in my mid thirties and I have applied 5 times and I have been a RVT for 15 years. I am sitting at about a 3.5 but my last 45 went down the last couple years, so I am going to try to focus on bringing that up. I'm leaning towards completing a masters, but the idea of taking on more debt to get into vet school feels idk... financially irresponsible in a way? But what are the options when the applicant pool is so competitive and the improvements you make in your application each year aren't enough? On top of that, being a single, homeowner who works full-time, multiple application cycles have been a financial hardship. I am skipping this cycle because I can't make enough improvements to my app this year to make a difference for this cycle and keep myself housed and fed. The constant rejection chips away at your self-esteem and resolve. Mentally, I jump between "It shouldn't be this hard if it was meant to be" and "If it was easy, everyone would do it." My gut tells me this is my path, but man do I feel lost and adrift some days. I wish this was more positive, but sometimes I feel like we push so hard to make every struggle mean something and be an opportunity for growth, which it should be, but neglect to acknowledge that it harms and changes you in ways that are not always for the better. When it feels out of reach I try to remember that I have gotten this far and that this is an achievable dream. There are always more ways to improve. A no is a "not now" not a "never going to happen." Acknowledging that vet school admissions are an imperfect system run by human beings who are doing their best helps to keep me from being bitter. I've had many interviews and a 3 waitlist positions and gotten so much positive feedback and advice which is an absolute lifeline when often you just get a rejection and that is the end of it. The applicant pool changes each year and I have been more and less competitive depending on the year. By taking this year off and making some bigger improvements I am hoping that my next application will make a bigger impact than the incremental improvements that I make every year. I try to remember that vet school isn't going anywhere and that I am not behind, even though it feels that way sometimes. I hope this helps and makes you feel less isolated. I am feeling the same feelings and they honestly f***ing suuuck ❤️❤️❤️
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I really hope you stick it out and get in, friend. It sounds like you've more than proven your dedication, and I'm sure you'll go on to do great things as a vet. You're right, the application process can be rough and the competition is stiff anymore, but at the same time I believe that if you really, truly want something, you can achieve it. Sometimes hard work does go unnoticed, but it won't forever. Someone will eventually see your hard work, and I hope at that moment it will all become worth it. ❤️
 
BunnyFluffy said:
I also start to worry about my age, I know I'm still young at 23, but I turn 24 in December, meaning if I get in this cycle I still graduate at 28-29.
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Yeah, I feel this. Plenty of people will tell you to not let it stop you, which I agree with, but it is a daunting thing to realize. I graduated at 27, which is only a year older than the 'expected' age (graduate undergrad at 22, then vet school at 26). Obviously not everyone graduates at 26, or even in their 20s...but after losing my dad, it's really hit me how much every speck of time matters. On paper, 27 sounds so young (and I miss it...) but you blink and all of a sudden you're 32, have only just now been able to finance your first car that no one helped you get/handed down to you, and your husband's biological clock is ticking VERY loudly. Meanwhile, you've barely lived life and still somewhat identify with that 23 year old that got frozen in time when she started vet school. Oh, and your best friends are already on their 2nd/3rd kid, have a huge house and have been at their jobs for 10ish years now, and so on.

I'm told this is what everyone in their 30s feels like, but not everyone gave up an extra four years of valuable youth to schooling. That's before acknowledging those of us who have spent years in post-grad training programs.
 
Honestly, I had a hard limit of having all my kids by 30 due to personal health considerations and having young parents (20 and 23 when I was born, by far the youngest of all my friends). I almost hit that mark cause I got pregnant the September after I graduated, so I was 30 when my son was born. I'm not counting my current pregnancy since I'm not keeping her after she is born.

I see my friends with parents in their late 60s to early 70s (same age as my grandma) and am glad my parents (55 and 52 now) will get to see their grandson grow up. My grandma will very likely get to see a great-grandchild graduate high school (older cousin with 12 or 13 year old now).

Now that I'm making "doctor money" as I call it, I plan to be somewhat overboard with loving and living life. I always wanted a Rainbow playset as a kid, but there was zero chance that was ever going to happen. If I save up for the next few years, I can buy my son one once the backyard is all done. I spent my 20s working and/or in school; I'm going to make it worthwhile for both the fam and myself. That's the whole point of generational wealth. And I've got to acknowledge that my husband and I are some of the only people I know who will be better off than their parents mostly due to the doctor money.
 
battie said:
Honestly, I had a hard limit of having all my kids by 30 due to personal health considerations and having young parents (20 and 23 when I was born, by far the youngest of all my friends). I almost hit that mark cause I got pregnant the September after I graduated, so I was 30 when my son was born. I'm not counting my current pregnancy since I'm not keeping her after she is born.

I see my friends with parents in their late 60s to early 70s (same age as my grandma) and am glad my parents (55 and 52 now) will get to see their grandson grow up. My grandma will very likely get to see a great-grandchild graduate high school (older cousin with 12 or 13 year old now).

Now that I'm making "doctor money" as I call it, I plan to be somewhat overboard with loving and living life. I always wanted a Rainbow playset as a kid, but there was zero chance that was ever going to happen. If I save up for the next few years, I can buy my son one once the backyard is all done. I spent my 20s working and/or in school; I'm going to make it worthwhile for both the fam and myself. That's the whole point of generational wealth. And I've got to acknowledge that my husband and I are some of the only people I know who will be better off than their parents mostly due to the doctor money.
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All of this! I didn't even entertain the idea of having kids until I got serious with my current boyfriend. Now, I'm coming to terms with if I do want kids, I'll have to wait until I'm 30 to do so. My parents were also young having me, and I enjoyed having parents young enough to do fun things when I was a little kid. We used to go camping a lot more, they aren't even 50 yet but have slowed down significantly. Not to mention my grandparents were able to do so much more for my siblings and I. My cousins who are 10+ years younger than I am don't know the same grandparents that I knew growing up, and that saddens me a little.

Obviously, life happens when it happens, but I
wouldn't want to have kids too far beyond my early 30s as I think it just gets harder on so many levels. Thanks for your insight though, it gives me some hope for the future.
 
They apparently VASTLY underestimated how much my taxes would be when I bought my house/got my mortgage and my escrow is VERY in the negative from taxes and so my monthly mortgage payment is going up AGAIN (it did $100-200 last year) but this year a VERY LARGE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT and this makes me want to actually vomit.
 
SkiOtter said:
They apparently VASTLY underestimated how much my taxes would be when I bought my house/got my mortgage and my escrow is VERY in the negative from taxes and so my monthly mortgage payment is going up AGAIN (it did $100-200 last year) but this year a VERY LARGE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT and this makes me want to actually vomit.
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#things no one tells you about home ownership. #****ingtaxes
 
@SkiOtter and @thenontraveler I am so glad we didn't get a more expensive house. We qualified for 100k more than we spent. But between it being a fixer upper, the increase in property taxes, etc., we would have been screwed.
 
@battie we did the same. And instead of a fixer upper we got a place that has an HOA (does a lot, but man it's expensive) and they love to raise the amounts. Someone got mad and sent in a letter to dissolve the HOA. And while it would be nice to have ~400 dollars a month freed, I also don't know how a townhome would function without an HOA paying for the roof replacement and siding painting/replacing.
 
Can also commiserate on taxes. Home value has almost doubled, but the taxes now reflect that. Owning is still a way better option, but man is it crazy. We also switched home insurance policies and briefly had two, which was also a headache.
 
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