I in wanting to have a family, also wanted to be able to have my wife stay at home.
Alas that hasn't happened.
While I make a decent pay cheque and am grateful for every penny, we also find it hard to provide a living for our family on just one Paycheque.
I often comment when people look at my signature that upon seeing my signature for the first time, my then future wife to be said, "you should have been a Doctor!"
I then say, "yeah, and when she sees my paycheques she says, you really should have been a Doctor!"
Seriously, am I the only one who finds things expensive, or is it just because I live in a major city with a high cost of living?
My wife started a second job that goes from 9 PM till 1 AM Mon-Fri just because she can find no baby sitter in the daytime.
This isn't a thread to complain, but to compare.
"Do you think that parents need a dual income nowadays to make ends meet?