Career Choices

Over the years I have purchased a new car for the guy who put braces on my kids. I have furnished my dentist's home. I installed a swimming pool at the home of our family doctor. I have remodeled the kitchen of my home repair guy and I have even paid for the college educations for two kids that belong to the Goodyear dealer down the road.

Not really.....but it sure seems that way.

It's always painfully clear at tax time, when I'm looking for deductions, exactly how much money is spent each year on daily living expenses like dental visits, orthodontist work on the kids, medical emergencies, home repairs and the big daddy of them all.....car repairs.

I keep telling my kids that they ought to get jobs that compliment each other so that they can save money throughout the course of their lives.

What does that mean exactly?

Well, I think my oldest daughter should become an orthodontist.
My middle daughter should become a dentist.
My youngest daughter should become a doctor.
My oldest son should become a plumber.
and my youngest son should become an auto mechanic.

That way they become indispensible to each other as they live out their lives. Of course, it's too late to do me any good, but they can trade services instead of having to fork out cold hard cash.

Gee, maybe I should have had one more kid who could have been an electrician!