When my wife and I changed our minds about being childfree, we did 5 things to assess our retirement plan

When financial planner Eric Roberge and his wife decided to have a child, they assessed their finances and future retirement plans.

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• Eric Roberge and his wife, both financial planners, reversed their decision to be child-free.
• Before doing so, they adapted their financial plan to emphasize flexibility and savings.
• The couple also kept lifestyle inflation to a minimum and ignored traditional FIRE-style goals.

For many years, my wife and I opted to be child-free.