Jen Kirkman Quotes

Sometimes I feel like if two parents were given $100, and a child-free person was given $100, everyone would assume that the parents would invest their money wisely because they're smart. And people like me would just go buy candy.

Jen Kirkman

• People
• Money
• Parents
• Free
• Smart
• Candy

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• Sometimes I feel like if two parents were given $100, and a child-free person was given $100, everyone would assume that the parents would invest their money wisely because they're smart. And people like me would just go buy candy.

  

  Jen Kirkman
  • People
  • Money
  • Parents