re: Married men of the OT, how many of you are single income HH?

If i ever did remarried, i would definitely want a woman to work because another income would be necessary to live comfortably

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I’m worth more dead than alive.

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Then you’re overinsured.

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If you’re a practicing Christian though, “subordinate “ is exactly what a wife is supposed to be.

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"If you can't have your wife stay home and not work, while sending all four of your kids to the most expensive private school in South Louisiana and have a mortgage of at least $3,500/month, you're not a real man."

-The OT

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Then you’re overinsured.

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If you have any reasonable amount of life insurance, most people would be worth more dead in the short-term

I make $85k and wife makes $72k.

I sincerely wish I was making $150k/year and she stayed home.

I’m divorced but of all the couples i knew in my early 20s, only one is still together. The wife never worked after kids and the husband focused on his career and they are millionaires now hanging out with celebrities.

For better or worse, my wife said she has 2 degrees and worked too hard to get fully licensed to just stop working. FWIW, we are dinks but are in the “planning phase” of adding to our family. Who knows how it’ll actually play out

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Eventually he'll have to interact with the public... my cousin wife and her siblings were home schooled...good people kinda socially awkward though...

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Homeschooling isn’t about avoiding the public. This is the silly “socialization “ argument. Homeschool kids have plenty of public interaction, just not in public schools

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Then you’re overinsured

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It’s just a saying.

In reality, when she decided to stay at home with our first I had to make sure that she could have enough to carry on for a number of years and not have to replace my salary. That’s what we did.

If I got hit by a bus tomorrow she could pay off the house and have about 9 years of expenses…so she’ll be fine.