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re: The goal of many Gen Z and millennial women is now to be a DINK—dual income and no kids
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:02 pm to TigerRagAndrew
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:02 pm to TigerRagAndrew
quote:you just have to adapt and send your kids to an "F" school.
Someone doesn't have to send kids to Baton Rouge private schools
you have to adapt and not get them tutoring because they can't learn because you sending them to an "F" school.
You have to work 4 jobs so you can't help them with their schoolwork.
STOP BEING LAZY
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:02 pm to Dawgfanman
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But the “I can’t afford it” for many simply means they don’t want to afford it. This is my experience, yours may vary
So inflation doesn't exist? Is this turning into another boomernomics thread.
I have 2 right now. I probably won't have a third unless I get a promotion or my business takes off really soon. My ole lady isn't getting younger.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:02 pm to LNCHBOX
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defend an economy
Not defending the economy. It sucks.
I'm simply saying people spend money on junk and then bitch about cost.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:04 pm to MRTigerFan
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Accurate. I wonder if other countries are like this or just US
Don’t have to wonder. White people around the world are quickly making themselves extinct.
At some point, they’ll have to be an ultimate white flight to safety. Maybe back to Europe, which we would have to fight the Muslims for. Maybe to the mountain west.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:05 pm to Limitlesstigers
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So inflation doesn't exist?
Of course it exists.
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Is this turning into another boomernomics thread. I have 2 right now. I probably won't have a third unless I get a promotion or my business takes off really soon. My ole lady isn't getting younger.
All I can tell you is this, you can never have more time. If you want another one do it sooner rather than later. The world needs good people to have children, because the not so good people are having plenty.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:06 pm to jizzle6609
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I'm simply saying people spend money on junk and then bitch about cost.
i bet if i stop ordering that extra coffee once a week i'll be able to afford the american dream of an 1100 sqft house and an old car
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:06 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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you just have to adapt and send your kids to an "F" school.
you have to adapt and not get them tutoring because they can't learn because you sending them to an "F" school.
You have to work 4 jobs so you can't help them with their schoolwork.
STOP BEING LAZY
Also, quit complaining about housing being too expensive. Go live in a rural area with zero job prospects.
It's selfish of you to be mad at the economy you didn't spend decades passing stupid laws and voting for retards to destroy.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:07 pm to Limitlesstigers
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So inflation doesn't exist? Is this turning into another boomernomics thread.
Older people will spend half their day bitching about the economy and how societal collapse is right around the corner and then spend the other half telling younger people to quit bitching and how things were much harder back when they were coming up.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:07 pm to LSUDVM1999
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I don't believe that this is something new. More women have been career focused for over twenty years now however they do have age restriction and an itchy internal clock if they want to have biologic children. Trying to find that balance with a career and family planning can be challenging.
Not as hard as they are programmed to believe it is.
In the 80's, my mother got her masters degree and a good paying career all while having two young kids. Having a present husband/father helped.
Also in the 80's, my wife's mother had 3 kids, got her masters degree and a good paying career, while having 3 young kids, and no father figure in the house (he bailed).
If women could do this in the 19th century, they can sure as hell do it in 2024.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:08 pm to Earnest_P
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Don’t have to wonder. White people around the world are quickly making themselves extinct.
At some point, they’ll have to be an ultimate white flight to safety. Maybe back to Europe, which we would have to fight the Muslims for. Maybe to the mountain west.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:08 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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i bet if i stop ordering that extra coffee once a week i'll be able to afford the american dream of an 1100 sqft house and an old car
What’s the alternative? Should everyone give up and just turn into a nihilist? Some people truly struggle, maybe that’s you, if so hopefully things get better. If you don’t believe it can or will, it definitely won’t.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:11 pm to Limitlesstigers
quote:i already do this. i drive 2 hours a day to and from work. that is 10 hours a week i don't get with my wife and daughter.
Also, quit complaining about housing being too expensive. Go live in a rural area with zero job prospects.
It's selfish of you to be mad at the economy you didn't spend decades passing stupid laws and voting for retards to destroy.
i've looked and applied to so many jobs closer to my house that i hear are just out there that i just need to go get.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:12 pm to Dawgfanman
quote:Thanks Henry Ford.
If you don’t believe it can or will, it definitely won’t.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:14 pm to deeprig9
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In the 80's, my mother got her masters degree and a good paying career all while having two young kids. Having a present husband/father helped.
Also in the 80's, my wife's mother had 3 kids, got her masters degree and a good paying career, while having 3 young kids, and no father figure in the house (he bailed).
If women could do this in the 19th century, they can sure as hell do it in 2024.
do you know how much a masters degree cost in the 80's vs today? no? i figured.
in the 80's your mom on her own could afford a 2 story house by herself with 3 kids.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:15 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Older people will spend half their day bitching about the economy and how societal collapse is right around the corner and then spend the other half telling younger people to quit bitching and how things were much harder back when they were coming up.
Probably because these kids under 30 wouldnt have survived 40 years ago either.
Most seem pretty unable to cope or solve simple routine problems.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:15 pm to Gee Grenouille
My wife and I aren't able to have kids, and at this point we're embracing the DINK (I just learned this term last month) lifestyle. Fertility treatments aren't really an option for us for reasons I'm not going to get into. We were foster parents for a while but God damn that was hard on us and our families, and we have an excellent support system. We also had a real count of a DCFS worker assigned to us, which only made it harder. We considered adoption, but the costs of doing so made us both feel like we were gonna be buying a kid, and really turned us off from the idea. We may try fostering older kids when we're a bit older, but that's not set in stone. We aren't DINKs because of the reasons mentioned in the OP, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy our current lifestyle. We live in a modest home, much cheaper than we could afford, drive sub $50k vehicles, but we travel frequently and enjoy going to concerts and events, nice meals out once a week, charitable donations, and putting extra money away in retirement accounts and investments so we don't have to work until we die.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:23 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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do you know how much a masters degree cost in the 80's vs today? no? i figured.
in the 80's your mom on her own could afford a 2 story house by herself with 3 kids.
This is total bullshite. Sure houses were cheaper as was everything else 40 years ago, but annual household income of $30k was considered "middle class". And interest rates were double digits. The cost of college certainly has outpaced inflation, so consider finishing college before having kids. That's different from saying "I don't want kids because it is too expensive". I will flip it around on you- "I don't want to go to college because it is too expensive".
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:24 pm to Shexter
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Traditional meaning married in their early 20's.
I don't see the men wanted to be married in their early 20s either.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:28 pm to notsince98
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birth control has royally effed up so many women's bodies that they can't get pregnant later in life without spending a crap ton of money. Who would have thought giving hormones unnaturally would impact the endocrine system responsible for healthy hormone production?
Birth control has been around for a very long time now. In fact, older versions (that I took) were stronger versions than what is used now. It truly hasn't "royally effed up so many women's bodies."
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