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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this forum is a bubble, but let's not pretend that SMBC is a viable option for the vast majority of women for logistical and financial reasons.  That doesn't mean you should settle for a loser, but for most people the choice is settle vs. no kids, not settle vs, SMBC.[/quote]

With all due respect, yes it is. IVF may be prohibitively expensive but that’s not the only route to SMBC. Most households with children are headed by women, so while how much of that is “choice” is anyone’s guess, there’s no overwhelming financial or logistical hurdle here. [/quote]

I mean, kids are expensive.  Most families need two incomes to make it work.  Or one income with the other parent home providing childcare.  How many women make enough money and/or have enough family support to afford it on their own?[/quote]

No they do not. A nurse with a ba helps degree can make 90K a year working 3 12 hour shifts. She can buy an apartment in a good district in Frederick and live comfortably  once they kid/kids are over 10, she can do 4 shifts and make over 100k. That is plenty of income.

And people who have friends and family with similar aged kids can take turns babysitting each other's kids while parents work or pick up shifts.
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I was a single father in basically the same position, and not as fun or easy as you make it sound.[/quote]
Being a single parent is even more exhausting.  My sister was a single parent, but thankfully, she had my parents to lean on.

Also $90K/year with more than one kid even in Frederick  means you are barely saving for retirement and college for your kids.[/quote]

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