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Sep 27, 2024
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Y05
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You're asking the wrong crowd. Did you forget? Everyone on CB is north of $500K
How would any of us know?
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What do you think the main cause for both parents needing to work today is?
conetah
12:12am
Cost of goods, services, living, are high and a one middle class income can't cover it.
TANK
12:17am
Exponential rises in the cost of healthcare, housing, food, insurance.
rad dawg
12:18am
All of the above plus a need/desire for excess.
mulletino
12:20am
Higher standard of living, and lower wages
Jericho
12:32am
Two household incomes becoming the norm many years ago, which created more
CougFan4EverEver
12:36am
“Unintended”
BaseCoug
12:49am
Agreed
conetah
3:50am
Yep, now schools and media control the agenda for kids instead of string nuclear
palangi
5:35am
This is a big part of the answer. A 2-income household in a world of 1-income
delbert
2:18am
All other answers are correct, but I’d ad that at least in America, middle class
gwalker
12:39am
As middle class you bought your home before this exponential inflation because
palangi
5:40am
It's funny because I hear some of my younger coworkers complain all the time
cougarfan84
6:34am
Yeah, they’re not middle class, they’re just financially stupid
palangi
7:04am
In 1980 the US was in the middle of one of the worst inflationary periods ever
bythenumbers
7:14am
We never had cable TV, cell phones, Internet. Our TV was 27”. Vacations where we
BYU'01
7:18am
The most important holiday in America used to be Christmas, and we didn't have
Shihan
12:49am
Greed. All around
BaseCoug
12:52am
FOMO
Dr MoBYU
12:55am
Middle class w 1 working parent is dying.
VenomFarmer
1:57am
Need?
MormonThug
2:55am
How low could your income be and your wife still be able to stay at home? $80k? $60k? $50k?
KingDave
3:05am
You're asking the wrong crowd. Did you forget? Everyone on CB is north of $500K
Y05
3:43am
Well, in our family’s case….
Yukon
3:09am
We've always been and continue to be a single-income home.
jdub
6:22am
Man I had a beautifully crafted explanation I typed up but it didn’t save haha
conetah
3:18am
Reattempt: I’ll try to summarize.
conetah
3:46am
Primary worker income earnings is insufficient.
Recipefordisaster
3:18am
Everybody else is doing it, so they have more disposable income
Y05
3:29am
When everyone does the extra credit, it's no longer extra credit
Dataguy
3:33am
As # of dual-income families increase, so does the cost of living & real estate.
cougfrvr
4:31am
People like stuff. I used to do home health. Met a lot of people that raised 5
Squirt
4:32am
I bet you have a lot of stories you could share!
tyler durden
5:32am
Need/want confusion. I agree with a lot of what has been written here
Gentleman Stan
4:51am
The rise of too many other dual-income homes
Gustav
4:53am
An unfortunately ironic result of feminism
Gustav
4:55am
I think we are needier now. We think we need everything. We go to more
boctabulous
6:10am
lol. Survival. Especially if you live in California.
Idacoug
6:15am
My wife works because she enjoys it and it helps her keep her sanity.
supertux
6:29am
This is exactly my wife’s perspective as well.
RootieBoy
6:51am
Feminism and materialism
CaliforniaCougar22
6:41am
My wife is working to basically pay off student loans.
Future_Tacos
6:43am
Interestingly, I read a book called "The Two Income Trap"
Courtimedes
6:54am
I think that if costs dropped drastically then that would just mean we would all
boctabulous
6:54am
Materialism
ballen
7:10am
The original cause was materialism and necessity, but now it’s leaning heavy
palangi
7:15am
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