> I know a bunch of families like this. I'm not arguing that all families make the decision to become dual-income households. I'm arguing that there are major

> I know a bunch of families like this. I'm not arguing that all families make the decision to become dual-income households. I'm arguing that there are major economic incentives that push people toward dual-income. This allows for your experience and the observation of counter-examples to co-exist with broad social shifts in family-work structure. The reason it appears true is because it is. You don't have to accept my word for it. The other possibility is reading what economists have to say[1] about the effects of inflationary pressures on household income structures. Sorry, but I'm going to put more trust in an expert than someone with anecdotal evidence. 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886368719900032?journalCode=cbrb https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/088636871990003...