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Just found out I am pregnant!!!
This is my second pregnancy, long hoped for! I am so happy and excited! I am getting older and in mid-lateish thirties, so this will also be the last one assuming all goes well. I always wanted two kids, so crossing my fingers that this is a healthy pregnancy to complete my family!
I know a few things from my last pregnancy, but it's been long enough that I need to refresh my memory. What are your top pregnancy tips?
Main worry: I am getting a new OBGYN (the one I had during pregnancy with my son was absolutely horrible. The next one I got was also bad and apparently is affiliated with my old provider. 🙄). Other than choosing a better hospital affiliation and an all-female practice if I can, what are your top tips for finding a good provider? Based in the US Midwest.
Hoooorraayyyyyy!!!! 😁😁😁
Apparently this got double posted somehow (not by me?? I only made one post 🤷♀️), but I still got the well wishes and advice on the dupe post! Thanks! ❤️
I was gonna say, having lots of liquid cash on hand says “rich” to me. Having a high credit card balance you can’t pay every month says “poor”.
There's also often a difference between how generationally/long-term rich people versus temporarily rich people approach it; the former tend to be relatively understated and less conspicuous/flashy, live within their means, and always have an eye on where to cut costs, while people who have suddenly found themselves wealthy can very quickly and easily spend themselves into a very deep hole. Plus just the sheer number of rich people who could easily be busted for tax evasion in one form or another, whether employing/paying people for services under the table, accepting payments for things in cash, making huge purchases in cash without paying sales taxes, etc. Credit/transactions conducted through a bank are for things that are write-offs, or conspicuous (main income, real estate, etc.).
TLDR, 'real' rich people aren't just good at spending money, but at saving it. And one of the ways a lot of them save it unscrupulously is by cutting the government out of getting a cut of a lot of transactions, which tends to mean cash. More above board, it means not paying interest on credit card balances.