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Make all the excuses you want, but the OP isn't "forced" in any real sense. They want children, and they're choosing to pay a high price for them. If the OP m
by jlarocco 4y ago
Make all the excuses you want, but the OP isn't "forced" in any real sense.
They want children, and they're choosing to pay a high price for them.
If the OP made minimum wage would they make the same choice? If they were really "forced" into it, then they would have to.
- ldoughty 4y agoJust like the people making 125k but refusing to leave an expensive city are "forced" to live paycheck to paycheck. You could argue ANYONE making 100k is "choosing" to live paycheck to paycheck.. they could move to Thailand and live comfortably for $1500/month, but they _choose_ to only live in countries where they don't have to learn another language, or leave their family... So we're arguing over what people can reasonably expect from life, and for many, a kid is in that just as much as living in a city. If we NATURALLY had a kid, most people would argue that $1,500-2,000/month in daycare costs is a forced expense, but because we have not been successful naturally have kids, $1,500-2,000/month to have a kid we want is a choice?
- jlarocco 4y agoYou don't have to justify your decision to me, but I'm also not going to feel sorry for you.
- azekai 4y agoWell, I feel sorry for them. Fertility issues are no joke.
- orwin 4y agoIn Spain, Italy, Portugal, and half of France, you can live comfortably with 1.5k/month, as long as you don't have other obligations.