They budget for the whole family, with one “bread winner” remaining. I’d still expect them to get back to a stable job after their kid grow, but as it was a ye

They budget for the whole family, with one “bread winner” remaining. I’d still expect them to get back to a stable job after their kid grow, but as it was a year or two ago, they just weren’t pulling their weight in the balance. > ~$2000 a month to live at an absolute minimum. No luxury, no gadgets, just getting by. Assuming 2000 is what you need as a standard working person, you need less than that in average when you’re in a couple, and the calculus is yet different with kids. When one of the adults stops working, a lot costs shift and it balances out. Gov aids, taxes and other benefits also change depending on your situation.