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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are better off because we have a lot less kids and two incomes. Up until the 80's women didn't have many good job opportunities and also they had a lot of kids to care for.

We had much more of a chance to do better and we did. [/quote]

you can't double your income by two people working to say you are better off.

Lets say

Couple A the husband makes 180K and wife is a stay at home mom

Couple B the husband makes 100K and wife makes 100K both work full time.

Who is better off?

BTW my Mom had four kids and 10 grandkids. Her pride and joy. When she died whatever little money she had died with her.  My next door neighbor growing up was rich, had a better house, executive husband and no kids. She always told my Mom she wished she had kids. My Mom who was dead broke always wished she had her money. Who was better?
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Yea, you are assume someone is middle class. We are two upper class incomes that stand alone as UMC without marriage. Very doubtful my DH than we make today, regardless of having someone SAH. We are both in technology sales. I have many male colleagues who are single household earners and we do indeed make double.

In your scenario, I don't quite understand why all of a sudden couple Bs male income drops from 180k to 100k. Makes no sense. Men don't exactly daddy track themselves...as least not in the world I live in. However on in technology and everyone is in a race to the top or chasing options.[/quote]

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