A possible challenge is that some men struggle to cut their salary because their job title, salary, lifestyle is a big part of their identity. Take that away and who are they?
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DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 3 months ago
60 hour work week. That’s your problem right there.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Idk, kids are pretty effective at making it clear that you are now the household NPC lol. Or at least that you’ve transitioned to a role as a supporting character.
2nd kid really hammered that one home.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 months ago
Best way of putting it. We have a set expiry date. Didn’t finish your business by your late-twenties? Too bad, throw it in the thrash.
Time to give society your life back.
arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
You know what makes cutting my salary hard? Everything is far too expensive. Kids even more so.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think a part of that is being attached to things, to material possessions, to experiences. There’s nothing wrong with it of course, we are in charge of creating our own meaning, but attachment influences behavior and decreases our options.
arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Ah yes the frivolous attachments of rent, food, and electricity
cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
This is a horrendously dystopian way of looking at life.
FatCrab@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
In my part of the US, it is on average 38k/yr to raise a child to 18. Rent/mortgage is about the same. Not even getting to utilities, food, and healthcare. Life is wildly expensive for families these days.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 months ago
My teeth would be falling out right now, if I didn’t do a 54 hour work week. I want a part-time job too, so I can actually gain ground.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 months ago
seriously. even single a 60 hour workweek is going to leave you with zero time to take care of yourself, let alone children.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 months ago
I’m doing 54, no kids, still utterly fucked.
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
It’s worth pointing out that coupling up often buys *more" leisure time, at least before kids. Many household tasks benefit from volume where doubling the output doesn’t actually double the work to be done (cooking, laundry) or where combining households basically consolidates two tasks into one (bills, cleaning, home maintenance).
I didn’t have all that much free time when I was single, but those dual income/no kids years were glorious.