• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    If you think that’s not a reason to worry, you haven’t tried to live on a fraction of a salary. You think costs are linear?

    Cohabitation saves a lot of money. Divorce breaks that.

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      21 hours ago

      No I haven’t tried to live on a fraction of a salary [edit: actually I was a waiter and bartender for years so technically I did live on a fraction of a salary :)…]. But she tried to live on zero salary doing the trad wife method. Did you miss the point of ops post?

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        18 hours ago

        So she shouldn’t worry because… she deserves it for choosing a lifestyle?

        Oh right, I forgot the rule. People who make choices we don’t agree with should have their children suffer. That keeps slipping my mind.

        I don’t agree with the idea that a couple should strictly split responsibilities and not be able to survive without each other, especially along antiquated gender lines. But I’m still going to have empathy for a broken home with children.