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Dual Income, No Kids: What We Know About 'DINKs' in the U.S.
- andsoitis 8mo agoSINK is more interesting than DINK. In a SINK household, the individual who doesn’t earn money can make an impact in the world of art, community service, research, the possibilities are endless. Without the tethers of employment.
- Schiendelman 8mo agoEmployed people can do that too. I suspect that people who are employed have higher impact on their non-work goals because they've learned to structure their time and prioritize more ruthlessly than people who don't have that pressure.
- andsoitis 8mo agoSure, but You have way more hours in the day when you don’t have a job. If your partner has one, you have more degrees of freedom.
- Schiendelman 8mo agoI really don't think hours in the day matters much. You can always make time for a priority, unless you have kids. But I've never seen people without a job dig in and create change, I think maybe the personalities who are okay with not working often don't have that drive? Spending two hours a day on something is huge. It's the habit that matters a lot more than the total hours.
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- DeltaCoast 8mo agoNo mention of pets in the article, beyond the photo, so your comment is unnecessarily spiteful. I'm not a pet owner, nor a DINK for the record.
- estimator7292 8mo agoI think it's pathetic that you can't find meaning in your own individual life without creating a new human to live vicariously through. Doubly pathetic that you can't envision any other way of thinking and experiencing life. Have you actually thought out and considered your position or is this simply a lazy knee-jerk opinion that you've had fed to you? Awfully small minded and pathetic to think that your chosen way of life is the One True and Acceptable Way. It's a very immature mind that can't accept differing opinions and perspectives.
- fabifabulous 8mo agoI have found meaning in my life without kids and I have found even more meaning in my life with them. What I would never have done is getting a pet to serve as a replacement for kids. That‘s pathetic. Owning pets is generally fine. However, many pet owners have an unhealthy relationship with their child-replacing pets.
- CoastalCoder 8mo agoYour post covers a lot of ground, but I'd like to respond to one part of it: IMHO: except in pathological situations, dogs truly love their owners.
- estearum 8mo agoYou sound like someone who regrets having kids tbh (coming from a happy parent and dog caretaker)
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- c22 8mo ago> DINKs are also more likely than dual-income couples with kids to be college graduates... This is the premise of Idiocracy.