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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread really drives the point home. Whose brilliant idea was it anyway that women should also work full time and contribute financially in equal measure in a world where women get paid less and are still expected by the majority of men (and women) to do the lion’s share of household work, childcare, and family/social/community engagement?

Such an epic shaft.[/quote]

god, this[/quote]

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The problem is that full time work is 40-50 hours per week. Men and women should both only have to work 25-30 hours per week to support themselves. Firstly, middle class people don’t need all the garbage they think they do. I know couples who are stressed and spend zero time with their kids so they can have two nice cars, endless camps and classes, fancy vacations, 4,000 sq ft home, etc. They aren’t happy, but think they are chasing happiness. If they made half what they did, they could spend more time together, slow down and have more patience and time with the kids, and have fewer but more meaningful trips (because they wouldn’t have to set aside time to do work email, etc.). This is the trap of capitalism. Now, for people with less means, both do have to work because housing is too expensive, healthcare is absolutely ridiculous, and college is now $300,000. WTF. The whole system is broken. It’s not that women are shafted. We’re all shafted. I say this as a SAHM. I opted out of this crap and we live modestly compared to how my parents and peers live. But damn if life isn’t pretty sweet for us right now. Of course I’m stressed thinking about other people, but I have a very, very hard time feeling sorry for the stressed parents of my kids’ friends who have a HHI $300-600k when the solution is so very simple. They didn’t even seem happy pre-Covid. It was like rush-rush-complain-god my kids drive me nuts-weekends are sooo busy-oh the roofer is coming and I have to redecorate the living room. I mean, dude, step off the hamster wheel, you’re rich. That’s the point of being rich. [/quote]

You don't even have to make half the money to do this. We decreased our hamster wheel stress simply by buying a cheaper house that isn't an albatross around our necks. Also inexpensive cars. Absolutely rejecting lifestyle inflation. Having low monthly expenses = far less mental stress. Like you say--that's the point of being rich! [/quote]

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