It's hardly news, but having a child is just about one of the most expensive things you can do.
No wonder families everywhere try to tighten their belts wherever possible.
However, there is a fine line between being financially savvy, and being, well, ridiculous.
Unfortunately for one man, he seems to have crossed it rather spectacularly.
The disgruntled dad came under fire after explaining his wife wanted to phase out breastfeeding and switch to formula.
In a post which was deleted off Reddit but shared on Twitter , he wrote:
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"She has been breastfeeding for 6 months since the baby was born and now wants to switch to formula. She makes plenty of milk and everything she just says she 'feels done'."
"I think if she wants to stop for basically no reason then the money for formula should come out of the personal spending money because she is the one making the decision.
"She says I'm an a*****e and it should come from the family/grocery budget (which is already tight) even though I don't have a say."
His grievances fell on deaf ears - there was zero sympathy for him on social media.
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"She should invoice him for the hours spent nursing / pumping and take that out of his budget," one woman fumed.
"Replace all the milk in the house with breast milk and tell him if he wants regular milk it comes out of his expenses," suggested another.
Perhaps the most pertinent response read: "Breastfeeding is only free if you consider her time as worthless."
Which, of course, it isn't.
The cost of feeding a child should be shared, unless he intends on his wife breastfeeding till their baby leaves home.
