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> Marriage is a wonderful institution and the children that come from it are the greatest gift you can be given. This is true only if the finances are there to
by tenebrisalietum 7y ago
> Marriage is a wonderful institution and the children that come from it are the greatest gift you can be given.
This is true only if the finances are there to support it and both people really want it. In which case any "institution" can be considered wonderful and the fruit of it a "gift."
Most people can't get out of the consumer wage slave trap, it's their only opportunity or the only one they know about or can use to try to be in a better economic situation.
Children strain things and make things less happy between the mom and dad in a lot of marriages unless there's enough money.
- malvosenior 7y agoThere are plenty of poor people in happy marriages (with children). Sometimes it's better to struggle together than alone.
- JakeTheAndroid 7y agoA close friend of mine had her mom and step dad married for easily 25 years and they both hated each other. He hated her kids (that lived with them) she hated his kids that were weed dealers (tbf so were her kids thats how I knew them lol). She gambled online all night or went to bingo, while he powered through a 30 pack on a Tuesday chillin on the couch. They had to stay together because they couldn't afford to live without the other. They were already in a small ass apartment, they didn't have assets to liquidate. They were slaves to each other because they needed the money. Unfortunately some of my close friends are stuck in a similar situation. Luckily they like each other more than the case above and have pretty much always struggled financially. But it's clear they need each others income to survive, and they just had a kid. Hoping they can maintain the love.
- thanatropism 7y agoModulo taxes, how is a DINK couple worse off than two individuals each living in their own place? There's significant economies of scale.