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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A guy I’ve been dating is everything I want with the exception of his income. His income will likely never change and grow. I know money doesn’t equal happiness and it’s not super important in the grand scheme of things, but it’s important for the life I envision. [b]I want the ability to stay at home when I have kids, give kids a comfortable life, retire, etc[/b]. Should I overlook it?[/quote]

What is your plan to do those things if you didn’t get married?  You would need to live below your means, look for ways to maximize your earnings at work, and have good investment besides retirement so your money is working for you vs you working for your money.  If you are doing this then his salary is fine as long as he is doing the same and living below means, not going into debt, has a plan for retirement etc.

As far as having kids, if he isn’t making the kind of money to outsource tasks or for you to comfortably SAH with kids, he needs to be pulling his weight with the household chores and the kids.  No guy would willingly sign up to be the financial provider AND do all the house and kid stuff while their spouse is in an inflexible lower paying job.  Unfortunately you might not know if he is 80K and pulls his weight or 80K and you have to make and fry up the bacon for the household. 
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