My mom stopped working when I was born. My dad didn’t earn a large income but was extremely cautious with money. You can save a lot of money by never eating out

My mom stopped working when I was born. My dad didn’t earn a large income but was extremely cautious with money. You can save a lot of money by never eating out, not flying, and so on. There are people who nickel and dime everything but make terrible financial decisions in aggregate (eg getting a great deal on something you don’t need.) Interestingly I have multiple male friends now who have children and work from home, and whose wives are the ones who leave to go to an office. I imagine there are quite a few people that would fit under that category reading this thread now. This was an option none of our parents had even a hint of being possible. Ultimately you have to decide what you really want to do and how you are going to do it. The macroeconomic limitations exist. In the long term they may become even more constrained than they are now. There are only so many resources to go around. The worst that you can do is end up in a situation where you aren’t doing what you want and can’t justify it.