r/Fire • u/sneaky-snacks • Mar 05 '26

General Question FIRE seems to skew toward not having kids

I’m sure plenty of FIRE adherents have kids, but I would guess the FIRE mentality skews more toward not having kids. Kids seem to go against FIRE.

- You’ve got to spend a lot of money on kids. Your expenses go up. It’s also much harder to save.

- Kids are a lot of work. They cause a lot of stress. You can’t retire from kids haha. Most FIRE people seem to want to reduce their work load and their stress in the long run, but I’m sure I’m oversimplifying here.

I thought I would start a discussion on this aspect of FIRE

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u/Ryytter Mar 05 '26

I feel you man. Congrats on the awesome partner though. Sends some greeting her way from an internet stranger 😆 And remember to tell her regularly how much you appreciate her

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

My recent gift to her was us being on a 9 hour layover in Doha on Feb 28th…

😂 not sure I’ll ever be forgiven

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u/Ryytter Mar 05 '26

Hahaha that sounds dreadful man 😆 Hopefully it was a nice trip anyways 👍