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re: Dual income households, what's the cost/benefit of the lower earner's wage?
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:06 am to slackster
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:06 am to slackster
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Is it really a stretch to assume the vast majority of married couples with at least one spouse that posts on TD gross over 50k?
not to mention a site that is college centric, so the majority here have college degrees
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Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:07 am to yellowfin
fin, keep your Laffy hippie poors in check.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:12 am to slackster
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TD gross over 50k?
100k, together, both working professionals
The people who with a single income of 50k life is meaningless, so they both have to work, neglecting kids, for the things they want in life
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:13 am to Kujo
50k is not that much. Even for a new college grad.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:14 am to Kujo
Is English your second language?
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:15 am to lsunurse
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A former nurse coworker of mine from my first nursing job in LA is now a stay at home mom of 4. She is now a family photographer and looking at her work...she's pretty talented I will say.
She took our newborn pics
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:16 am to lsupride87
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So you eat canned beans and raman and live in the ghetto where you maybe murdered? Living on 50k combined aint fun
Did you miss where I said it's just me and my wife? I also don't live in New Orleans, so I don't live in the "ghetto". I live in a 2200sft house right outside Nashville where cost of living isn't too high.
This post was edited on 1/22/16 at 10:21 am
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:17 am to yellowfin
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Being able to expense "home office" doesn't hurt either
Wait until the IRS subpoeneas Chicken for your IP addresses and any other info he has, and you end up in federal pound me in the arse priz-luhn.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:17 am to Kujo
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so they both have to work, neglecting kids, for the things they want in life
You're obviously just trolling now, or else you're incredibly fricking dense. People work to provide for their family's needs.
Be honest, why did you start this thread?
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:17 am to Kujo
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This post was edited on 7/5/17 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:17 am to jimbeam
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50k is not that much. Even for a new college grad.
yes I understand that. It's not much especially compared to a dual income family....and that's because of the predominance of dual income families.
If everyone only had one working spouse, what % of the population could buy a $300k+ house? But since all new families are dual income, whole new neighborhoods of these homes are being built to keep up with DEMAND
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:19 am to Kujo
If most house holds only had one earner, wages would likely be more because of less labor force
This post was edited on 1/22/16 at 10:20 am
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:21 am to Kujo
Yes. I'm not sure what point your are making. One of the benefits of a dual income household is that we afford nicer/better located houses.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:23 am to slackster
quote:To tell all of us dual incomers that we are terrible, greedy people and awful parents.
Be honest, why did you start this thread?
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:24 am to crazyLSUstudent
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With my mother bringing in almost half of that income. Benefits are very stable family atmosphere, great home life, and support for whatever my siblings and I had a passion for.
not really, the more equal the income the higher the chance of divorce.
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A married woman earning more increases the probability of unhappiness in her union. Using data from 4,000 married couples surveyed as part of the US National Survey of Families and Households, the researchers show that the percentage of people who report being “very happy” with their marriage declines when a woman earns more money than her husband.
A woman outearning her husband could even doom the marriage, as the researchers report this “increases the likelihood of divorce by 50 percent.”
LINK
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:25 am to Kujo
well good thing I make almost 3x my wife 
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:25 am to Winkface
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Be honest, why did you start this thread?
To tell all of us dual incomers that we are terrible, greedy people and awful parents.
finally, Thanks Mr. Beam
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If most house holds only had one earner, wages would likely be more because of less labor force
and a spouse could stay home to be with the children.
Everyone wanting their own career makes everything meaningless.
This post was edited on 1/22/16 at 10:27 am
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:26 am to Kujo
But everything must be nice in the trailer park huh?
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:27 am to Kujo
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Everyone wanting their own career makes everything meaningless.
what does this even mean?
please articulate clearly
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:28 am to yellowfin
Depends on the income of second spouse working vs. The cost of childcare and gas/tolls plus the emotional cost of having two working.
If your net financial gain is 20 or 30k I say it's not worth it to have the other spouse work.
If your net financial gain is 20 or 30k I say it's not worth it to have the other spouse work.
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