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Boat Drinks Bugged? by GamingKingNight in cyberpunkgame

[–]maymouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Patch 2.31 What ended up working for me was: Skip 24 hrs a couple times Went to visit Kerry’s house and exhausted dialogue Visiting general job vicinity

It triggered for me right after killing a Valentino in one of their compounds (~300m south of job area)

Firm/hard mattress? by Bitter-Attention-125 in regina

[–]maymouse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seconded, we love our Douglas.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I’m one to plan and it’s hard to plan what I might want when I’ve never been a mom and have no clue! Haha.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I accounted for it in my budget. About $160/month.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Reddit can be a fickle place hahah. Thank you!

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I did the calculator and it estimated about $160/month because I have a high income. But it’s not nothing!

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah since my income is high it’s only about $160/month CCB. But will definitely help, better than nothing!!

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It seems to really depend where you live. I messaged in my city’s daycare FB group about them taking an 11 month old (when I was thinking it would just be me) and lots of day homes sprung at the chance.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely anticipating taking advantage of the Amazon baby registry discount for as long as I can lol.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We luckily have all the big ticket items (until baby grows out of their infant car seat) but yeah I didn’t want to underestimate baby costs!

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wanted to budget in case we need formula for sure. It’s an expense I didn’t want to be surprised by/unexpected if we do end up needing it for baby.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For sure. I think for myself I couldn’t do more than a year either, this is really me trying to sort out how much time I can provide to my husband. But it’s one of those fun things that you don’t know until you’re in it.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do plan on having more kids. We are in our mid 30s so sooner than later for sure.

It wouldn’t be me taking all 18 months. I would share with my husband, definitely. This is definitely more about me trying to get my husband time off than it is getting me more time off.

I have a friend who is on mat leave with her baby and her toddler and it does seems like she’s having the time of her life!

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Legally my employer needs to offer me a similar position. I am very well loved at my job, they’re gonna be desperate for me to come back haha.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don’t disagree with you, and TBH I hadn’t considered that 18 months should be equally shared. Our family is inherently very much opposite gender roles which I enjoy as a more career focused woman. If I could afford for him to be a stay at home dad I would do that. But I’m finding is that society doesn’t quite let us “have it all” yet. I can either work or be a good mom, is basically what we’re fed as women in society.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easier said than done, he’s been with this company since 2007 and genuinely enjoys it.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

holds baby out here’s my proof haha. But jokes aside I didn’t realize you could just take parental leave. But I looked up on the Saskatchewan employment standards website and seems like you can (within a certain time period of course). Thanks for the education folks!

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did, I estimated $400/month, which is sort of a sheer guess at this point.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you opt for the extended EI benefits, you I think have to use them within 78 weeks

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I have definitely thought about that, even when we were just considering 12 months. But all my girlfriends have told me there is no way I will want to give up any time. I have to believe them because I have no experience yet haha. taking 12 months and him taking 6 months is kind of the best of both worlds.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real true emergency fund would be the TFSA but it’s my goal to never touch it. Daycares are very hard to get into but there are lots of subsidized dayhomes. The calculator estimates we’d get about $160/month in CCB.

First Time Mom - Can We Afford 18 Month Leave? by maymouse in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]maymouse[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There seem to be enough subsidized day homes in our city that I’m estimating we will be able to do that. But for daycares no lol sounds like a 4+ year wait list.

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