This suggests that only the wealthy should be able to have kids, this is a pretty bad take.
There are plenty of lifestyle choices that can earn judgement, but having a kid or two should be a realistic option in life for people if we have a vaguely decent society.
I mean, people should be a little smarter about kids. There doesn’t need to be a law or anything of course, but I know way too many idiots that have 0 money and are having kids. I feel bad for them.
I enjoy my time and money and doing whatever I want, so none for me thanks.
No, I’m suggesting that it’s insanely expensive to raise kids in the United States, because it 100% is. It’s morally repugnant, ethically evil, and absolute bullshit, but it’s the truth.
Having kids in the US (as in multiple children), you need both parents working, or one partner making at least $100k per year.
Coming on here and pretending that 100k is barely enough for you is some performative bullshit, unless you give the full story. My wife doesn’t work, we have 3 kids, we live in a really nice part of town… etc. etc. These are hugely expensive and unnecessary things to do. Live in a worse house in a worse part of town while your wife works, and that income sets you up like a godamned king.
My cousins live in bumfuck kentucky, and raise children on FAR less. Go tell them you’re having such a hard time “scraping by” with your pitiful 100k+ salary 🙄
He never said anything about his wife, or if 100k is combined household income or that he lives in a really nice part of town.
As long as we are inventing circumstances, colud have an elder parent that needs a great deal of life care and medical care. Or they are otherwise trying to take care of poor relatives. Lot’s of circumstances can evaporate $100k despite very reasonable lifestyle choices.
As a coincidence, I also have some folks living on far less in the family. Their strategy is inherited housing. At least in my rural family, if not for inherited land they would be screwed. If they didn’t directly inherit land, they find a vaguely viable trailer and have it towed onto a cousin’s land and plug into their power, well, and septic. For one of the poorer cousins, their strategy for child rearing was “dump their kids on the wealthy cousin” (thankfully not me).
I just don’t think lamenting that a reasonably modest house for a family and indpendent living burns through $100k is “performative bullshit”.
This suggests that only the wealthy should be able to have kids, this is a pretty bad take.
There are plenty of lifestyle choices that can earn judgement, but having a kid or two should be a realistic option in life for people if we have a vaguely decent society.
I mean, people should be a little smarter about kids. There doesn’t need to be a law or anything of course, but I know way too many idiots that have 0 money and are having kids. I feel bad for them.
I enjoy my time and money and doing whatever I want, so none for me thanks.
No, I’m suggesting that it’s insanely expensive to raise kids in the United States, because it 100% is. It’s morally repugnant, ethically evil, and absolute bullshit, but it’s the truth.
Having kids in the US (as in multiple children), you need both parents working, or one partner making at least $100k per year.
Coming on here and pretending that 100k is barely enough for you is some performative bullshit, unless you give the full story. My wife doesn’t work, we have 3 kids, we live in a really nice part of town… etc. etc. These are hugely expensive and unnecessary things to do. Live in a worse house in a worse part of town while your wife works, and that income sets you up like a godamned king.
My cousins live in bumfuck kentucky, and raise children on FAR less. Go tell them you’re having such a hard time “scraping by” with your pitiful 100k+ salary 🙄
He never said anything about his wife, or if 100k is combined household income or that he lives in a really nice part of town.
As long as we are inventing circumstances, colud have an elder parent that needs a great deal of life care and medical care. Or they are otherwise trying to take care of poor relatives. Lot’s of circumstances can evaporate $100k despite very reasonable lifestyle choices.
As a coincidence, I also have some folks living on far less in the family. Their strategy is inherited housing. At least in my rural family, if not for inherited land they would be screwed. If they didn’t directly inherit land, they find a vaguely viable trailer and have it towed onto a cousin’s land and plug into their power, well, and septic. For one of the poorer cousins, their strategy for child rearing was “dump their kids on the wealthy cousin” (thankfully not me).
I just don’t think lamenting that a reasonably modest house for a family and indpendent living burns through $100k is “performative bullshit”.