[sparkle1908]

Hello all,

I am newly on this journey to adoption and am researching right now..as a single person, I make a decent living. I want to adopt a girl between 6 and 10...but that is negotiable!!

My question (and the main reason for my hesitation in the past) is because I don't know if I can really afford a child...I want to ask what types of expenses (expected and unexpected) you have run across with your child/ren?

When you are single, you can go out to eat on a whim, grocery shop when you want, buy clothes, etc without much thought but with someone else to be responsible for how much of a change in lifestyle did you find?

I know that money shouldn't be an issue (or a major one) but I am not use to budgeting for 2 and want to see how much it has impacted others!!!!

Any advice would be accepted!!!