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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this for real? 
You were making 50K, which is closer to what an average american makes compared to what your husband makes. Now imagine that instead of having a husband making 150K, you had one that made 50k like you did. Staying home under that situation would leave you 50K minus taxes, which is not poverty level, but low for any practical purpose. If instead you decided to go to work, you'd be spending 20k+ on daycare, assuming both you and your husband had regular schedules and didn't work shifts.[/quote]

OP here. I'd assume that as a woman who's interested in having children you wouldn't look for a man making  50K unless you're fresh out of school or you wanted to become a provider yourself and as I said. 150K is pretty normal here. Almost any couple of professionals should be able to hit that mark in their 30s.[/quote]

[b]Shame on you, OP. You’re obviously a troll as I’m assuming that you aren’t stupid enough to believe that everyone can marry a high earner and/or wants to marry one at any cost including foregoing a good relationship with a different partner with a lower income. People with average incomes deserve children too and the cost is too high for these individuals because of the cost of childcare, college, groceries, housing, etc.[/b] [/quote]

In many "higher class" circles women are essentially raised to be trophy wives. They're sent to college, but expected to quit as soon as kids come. As a result, most of the families have a housewife with a high-earning spouse, which skews people's perception about the availability of high earning men. I used to work in high-end retail where many women were former SAHMs to high earning husbands. They could not understand why it was such a big deal for me to get my hours cut. They assumed that my husband would pay for everything if I couldn't make money on my own.[/quote]

Since when raising your own kids makes you a trophy wife?[/quote]

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