How BabyForCheap was conceived (pun fully intended)   /   Sep 21 @ 12:05 am

Shortly after L told me her status was now “+1” we were discussing the idea of a blog on baby expenses, written from a personal finance and career** perspective. Here is part of that online conversation…

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S: online calculator sites are one thing, but I think this would be a unique angle

S: howmuchwillmybabycost.com or howmuchwillmybabycost.me

L: not bad

S: simpler and to the point… babyforcheap.com

L: yes you just get it from russia

S: omg that domain is actually available

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S: btw make sure to get your ultrasound pics burned to a cd or something. b/c no blog on having a kid is complete w/o those updates lol

L: :-D

S: knockedup.com… too bad that is a movie title

L: not sure if people want to see other people’s kids

L: unless with funny captions [a la STFU, Parents]

S: haha

L: knockedupnotbroke.com

S: ahh clever

L: knockedupdebtfree.com

S: lolllllll it’s not like you are aiming to be the single mom who is hanging on by a thread

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S: at least we will have a few readers, since you have friends who can stay updated

L: none of my friends are interested in financial stuff

S: hm, yeah in socialist countries i guess there is no need to worry about the price of things [L is originally from Europe]

S: i’m still LOLing at the thought of babyforcheap.com

L: haha, that would probably be shut down

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**L is a developer specializing in website and graphics design. She recently negotiated a salary raise, partly in anticipation of achieving “+1” status.