No, having children was my choice. I'm speaking more about the assumption that the OP had with living a higher standard as the alternative to what s/he was doi

No, having children was my choice. I'm speaking more about the assumption that the OP had with living a higher standard as the alternative to what s/he was doing and that you could live comfortably off of $30k/year. I feel like most of the statements about how much someone can live off of, should be preceded by whether they're single and what part of the world they're living in..