Those of you who give ang pows....

• jetta

  9 Feb 08, 15:23

  Broke yet?  How much have you given away already? The first year I had to give ang pows was the most painful. Especially when I didn't have kids to recoup the outlay.  Some of my friends tell me that it's normal for them to give away $1000 or more just to immediate family alone.  Heng ah I have a very small family.

   

• <(0))><

  9 Feb 08, 15:28

  selfish!

  

• mistyblue

  11 Feb 08, 10:59

  I started to downgrade my ang pows already. There are friends or neighbour's kids. I didn't give that much and most of the time, the kids don't even 'Hew' me and just walk off like I am transparent, so now I don't want to chase after them to give them ang pows like I owe it to them.

  
  Nowadays, kids don't greet visitors to their house. They run off to their room and play games by themselves.

• elindra

  11 Feb 08, 11:18

  Originally posted by jetta:

  Broke yet?  How much have you given away already? The first year I had to give ang pows was the most painful. Especially when I didn't have kids to recoup the outlay.  Some of my friends tell me that it's normal for them to give away $1000 or more just to immediate family alone.  Heng ah I have a very small family.

   

  
  Like that I have been losing for a few yrs liao

  I think of it this way; the number of ang pows I give will never add up to the amount I need to spend on my kid and even with kids, the ang pow money goes to them and not me

  Under the assumption that I give 1k ang pow a year and that I live for the next 60 yrs.

   

  That is just 60,0000 ok let's make it 100,000 since I have been married before that. That is excluding the ang pow I 'made' before I got married and you will definately spend more than 100,000 on a child

• Ferret

  11 Feb 08, 12:38

  Whoa elindra.. thats very....cold calculations

• elindra

  11 Feb 08, 12:42

  Originally posted by Ferret:

  Whoa elindra.. thats very....cold calculations

  
  If really wanna count is like that one ma

  That is excluding the factor of inflation too wor and the cost of rising school fees

   

  Ang Pow ppl feel the pinch coz you see all the money going out in less than 3 days ma

   

  It's not cold calculations but realistic calculations. Of course with a kid you can say there are other intangibles like they are cute, bring you happiness etc etc which does not come with a price tag.

  But if you really wanna calculate on what you lose, thinking what I said will make you look like a winner if you don't like kids

• Ferret

  11 Feb 08, 12:43

  hur hur... i will keep that in mind...

• elindra

  11 Feb 08, 12:48

  Originally posted by Ferret:

  hur hur... i will keep that in mind...

  
  Jialet teach you the wrong thing :o

  That was the reply I gave my relatives when they said I should have a kid to earn back the ang pow lost

  They shut up immediately when I started calculating for them  giving ang pows vs having a kid.

  I started to factor in opportunity costs too with a kid around

   

  Ya I know I'm terrible >.<"

• Ferret

  11 Feb 08, 12:50

  so when u have ur 3 kids u will be losing more than...180 000 ?

• ^tamago^

  11 Feb 08, 13:12

  Originally posted by mistyblue:

  Nowadays, kids don't greet visitors to their house. They run off to their room and play games by themselves.

  
  very true.
• Kuali Baba

  11 Feb 08, 21:37

  Originally posted by Ferret:

  so when u have ur 3 kids u will be losing more than...180 000 ?

  Erm...poor Fatum...

  

• jetta

  12 Feb 08, 00:55

  Originally posted by elindra:

  
  Like that I have been losing for a few yrs liao

  I think of it this way; the number of ang pows I give will never add up to the amount I need to spend on my kid and even with kids, the ang pow money goes to them and not me

  Under the assumption that I give 1k ang pow a year and that I live for the next 60 yrs.

   

  That is just 60,0000 ok let's make it 100,000 since I have been married before that. That is excluding the ang pow I 'made' before I got married and you will definately spend more than 100,000 on a child

  Once you do have a child, all that goes out the window. I say that because the sheer love you feel for your own child negates almost everything.

• elindra

  12 Feb 08, 10:13

  Originally posted by jetta:

  Once you do have a child, all that goes out the window. I say that because the sheer love you feel for your own child negates almost everything.

  
  That is why I said in an earlier post that for those who love children or have a child they count in other factors which is more important than $$

   

  Wait till I have a child first to see if I like children better (maybe only applicable to my child) because I still find kids a pain in the butt

• jetta

  12 Feb 08, 10:22

  Originally posted by elindra:

  
  Wait till I have a child first to see if I like children better (maybe only applicable to my child) because I still find kids a pain in the butt

  

• Wanda

  12 Feb 08, 11:16

  Originally posted by jetta:

  Broke yet?  How much have you given away already? The first year I had to give ang pows was the most painful. Especially when I didn't have kids to recoup the outlay.  Some of my friends tell me that it's normal for them to give away $1000 or more just to immediate family alone.  Heng ah I have a very small family.

   

  Yeah, that's normal for me, but it's ok...the bulk goes to my parents.

   

  Just don't think too much about the ang paos given to the others.

• BangHong

  12 Feb 08, 12:02

  HAve 2 is the best.

  example you have 2kids, ppl have 4...

  you give 10 each, = 40...

  they normally return ur kids 20 each....

  whereas if you have 1kid, they have 4, u don expect them give u near equal amount ba?