I've reached that time in my life when I am starting to plan a family and facing all the worries linked to this: financial matters, logistics, education, house security etc.
Maybe because I never even though about having kids before or maybe because I am not from the UK, I never considered all the amount of organization and costs implied in having a child in the South East.
Do you even find yourselves (over)worrying about the future? How do you cope or have coped with this?
My main worries at the moment are:
- raising a kid with no help from grandparents, just my husband and I juggling full time work after my maternity leave
- sky high nursery fees which won't allow us to save a single penny for at least 3 years
- not owning a property yet and we will probably be able to do so once our child is 6-7 yo (just to have the time to start saving again after nursery)
- not being able to eventually buy where we leave now and therefore having to take the child away from their school or struggle to find a place in a "good" school somewhere new - and also manage all the logistics linked to this.
Etc etc etc...
I know I am over-worrying about stuff that might not happen or that is probably 10 years away from now but I really feel the need to share these worries with someone that has been through this.
Would you like to share your thoughts and experience?
Thank you x