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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][size=9] [/size][quote=Anonymous]I think people are soft.

I spend 32 hours in a climate controlled office for hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Health insurance where I have access to all different types of doctors, weeks of paid leave a year, sick leave etc.

Women used to be stuck at home doing laundry and dishes by hand, cloth diapers, left without a car all day, no ability to have anything delivered, cooking from scratch daily. They got paid $0. No retirement account. No paid leave. For some women this was better, but for many it’s not.

I have to get my kids to soccer practice. Oh no.

Seriously I feel bad for people if we ever do experience another world war or Great Depression. [/quote]

What jobs is 32h and pays $200k??  Sign me up!

I mean women have to wash dishes and change diapers just now squeezed in between working.   Standards were much lower, and it wasn’t like what you did could advance your children’s station in life so there was more acceptance.

It certainly is better, but women feel if they aren’t doing enough for their family they will fall behind, so that pressure is novel to the modern age. [/quote]

Plenty of Gen X women worked full time out of the house all day and then did child care and the second shift. Why are millennials always thinking that they invented everything? 😂[/quote]

We don’t think we invented it, we just think it’s a scam and don’t want to do it. I guess you were ok with it. [/quote]

The problem is the alternatives aren’t any better.

When you’re in your 30s and even early 40s, life without kids is grand. But then you age and you don’t have a family. Kids are the glue that keep most people together. Kids keep you young as you experience things all over again. In your 40s you realize how dumb white collar work is and it’s a means to an end. You end up with another set of problems if your identity is the silly job and travel. Too much time on your hands and not enough purpose.

If you mean the DW not working, well then you end up with a lot less money. [/quote]

No, the idea is to build a world where both men and women can support the family financially and care for children and the household at home without running themselves ragged. [/quote]

No one should be running themselves ragged living as normal adults with 2 kids. It’s called life. Do you really expect to have kids and a job and chill on the sofa from 5 - 10 pm?

We have never had as much leisure time as we do now. We also have birth control to prevent unwanted children. Really life is not as difficult as you think. Let me guess - you sit in a climate controlled office every day and this is too much for you?  You have to take a kid to a sporting event on Saturday and would rather be doing….what exactly?  Are you a drinker?

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Ah yes, things have improved since the black death I’ll give you that. [/quote]

DP. You're just a negative moaner. [/quote]

A PP keeps popping in saying “at least you should be happy to work in an air conditioned office” etc nonsense. The people complaining on this thread excelled at school invested the time and pursued these jobs, the fact that society doesn’t support parents was not something that was visible to a 20 year old navigating career.  Having AC is table stakes [/quote]

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