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Sep 27, 2024
10:23:26am

spugeddy24 AOC #1 Fanboy

They just gotta pull themselves up by the bootstraps

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spugeddy24

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Joined: Aug 10, 2009
Last login: Sep 27, 2024
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Messages

Author

Time

POLL: What financial future do you expect for your kids under 30?

conetah

12:08am

With home prices it's grim

BluebloodOR

12:10am

It’s already both parents need to work

jes2332

12:12am

Both sons under 30 work while their wives are staying home with kids.

O Gaucho

12:21am

Daughter with 2 kids stays home doing freelance work w/ minor income. Owns a home.

Soupie

12:44am

I’m not married but I don’t expect to ever own a home.

BaseCoug

1:07am

One parent working for me:)

Recipefordisaster

3:22am

You don’t have to say but I wonder what the income that is needed to make this

conetah

3:59am

We did it at $52,000

cougfrvr

4:24am

To survive 100k to live modestly 180-200k

Recipefordisaster

6:59am

How many kids?

conetah

8:40am

4-5

Recipefordisaster

12:11pm

We've only ever had one parent working. You do what it takes. Worth it to be the

cougfrvr

4:22am

"Need" to work, or choose to work?

7:45am

My daughter decided to be a SAHM. She’s 28 with #2 on the way.

Acorn

8:07am

Your son-in-law shares information about his pay with you?

10:16am

I do their taxes. They like free.

Acorn

10:34am

Gotcha

10:44am

They just gotta pull themselves up by the bootstraps

spugeddy24

10:23am

I’m more of a make choices and live with the consequences guy. But it is

Acorn

10:40am

What does the son in law make, what’s his industry, which state?

DKN

10:29am

Exactly. All choices that have consequences. The better question is, what do

Acorn

10:41am

Then why come on here and whine about his pay? When it is clearly the result of

Sid Vicious

10:46am

LOL. Stating facts. Rebuttal to the “it’s impossible crowd”. It ain’t easy tho.

Acorn

10:48am

It's a fact that your SIL "gets paid too little by his employer"? Are you sure

Sid Vicious

11:40am

Look, if you think it is impossible, go with that. Your life and your choice.

Acorn

11:44am

I never said it was impossible. I am challenging your alleged "fact" that your

Sid Vicious

12:34pm

LOL. You’re funny. You know no details at all.

Acorn

12:37pm

I was hoping for actual answers.. 😉

DKN

10:48am

For what purpose? Shock value? TBH, I don’t know how they do it. They

Acorn

10:50am

I guess your comment that your SIL’s employer pays too little, is that

DKN

1:10pm

It's grim. I'm seriously worried for my kids. Govt policies have declared war

Mitty

8:46am

At this point, the ability for one spouse to stay home seems like a luxury

Odysseus

9:41am

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