I remember when the MAN went out to work and mum took care of the kids and the house. The woman was not poor.
Remember that. The situation today didn’t have to be that way.
Old fashioned? No. The system did work at one time. It assumed there were two parents. A thought that brings irrational anger to leftists.
Think of all the working women who are taking high-paying jobs from a man so that he and his wife both have to take two low-paying jobs and have day care.
Those situations did not have happy endings.
The women in those situations divorced the men they married and the couple’s daughters and sons grew up in fatherless homes.
That pattern will keep repeating as long as women can divorce men while remaining married to the money that the men bring in.
When I proposed marriage, before she said Yes, she asked if she’d be able to be a full time mom when we had kids.
When I said yes, so did she.
We lived within or below our means. My income is above median but not by much. Our kids are all normal and it seemed to rub off. While they all live on their own, none has any debt. (One had some student debt but he went into a career field that allowed him to pay off $30,000 in a year)
Even though I don’t need to, I still live very frugally, which will pay off very well in the new recession.
Wanna bet she’s wearing great clothes, Ubering everywhere, drinking $6 coffee every day and eating out frequently.
I didn’t read the whole thing, but doesn’t she have any family or friends who can watch the kid? She can pay them 1/3 of what the great day care costs.
Guess she doesn’t know who the father is, otherwise he’d be responsible.
Or, here’s a thought. Get married.