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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point is, OP, even if your math is right (which I doubt), the number of women who would sign on for this parenting and this lifestyle and a man your age is a very small percentage of the population. Women who want children tend not to FIRE this aggressively, if at all. Early-retired (aka unemployed) low-income men are not appealing to women-- you'll be hanging around all day wanting attention, and you don't make enough money for a fun travel lifestyle. So just sit at home and be on a tight budget in a blah area is your plan, make the kids be left out of everything they want to do, and rely on your wife for the social interaction and engagement that most people get from working. It's really unappealing! Women don't like this! Telling your family they can't have a nice house or travel, and telling your kids they can't do activities or go to a good college because you just don't wanna have a job, is not a recipe for family happiness.

It seems like you haven't had a lot of dating experience. Almost like for you, FIRE is an excuse to avoid dating, so you've constructed this incredibly improbable imaginable future wife instead. It's unlikely you'll be able to go straight from zero to successful marriage at 38 with no experience. Most people date and work on their relationship skills in preparation for marriage. It can be a good learning experience for both. [/quote]

As a woman, I 100% agree with this statement. I don't want a man sitting at home doing nothing. [/quote]

I wouldn't want a man or woman sitting home "doing nothing".  Most STAHP I know (male or female) take on tons at home, that the Working Spouse does NOT do.    But to just sit at home, doing nothing at age 35/40 would annoy most people[/quote]

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