u/bravest_leo

35M BLR - Married - Planning to have a kid - when can I FIRE?

Im 35M from BLR working in BigTech. Wife is 34F not working. We are planning to have a kid within the next 12-15months.

This is our current financial situation:

Salary: 5L/M

MFs: 55L

Gold bonds(SGB): 80L

RSUs: $600K (at current market price)(will vest completely in 2 more years)

Home Loan: 1cr

House in city: 2.5cr (paid around 1.5cr cash in parts over the years)

Liquid Cash: 42L (saving up for expenses post possession of house)

PF: 95L (heavily utilised VPF throughout my career)

We bought a premium house 3.5 years ago and are slated to get possession by end of this year. Living in rent due to that(hence a higher monthly expense). Paying for the house did deplete a lot of my liquid cash hence the lower savings.

Our current monthly expense is around 2.5-3L with 1L going towards home loan. I take care of both my family and my in-laws in terms of monthly expenses and medicare so spend around 50K monthly on that.

Have currently paused my SIPs since the possession of the house is coming closer and I want to hold on to cash.

My question: We plan to start a family and have one kid - my job is pretty stressfull and not sure how much longer I can continue this. Assuming the current expenses do not change and a kid joins our family next year, how much should I comfortably have saved up in-order to maintain the lifestyle and setup the best possible future for the kid without holding an active job?

EDIT: I have no lumpsum inheritance in the forseeable future.

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u/bravest_leo — 17 hours ago