
If we don’t have kids idc either way but most of the time when people have kids it barely makes sense to have dual incomes especially when the kids are below like 12. You’re going to end up spending a significant amount of one income on daycare if not all of it. It’s just going to mean someone else is raising your kid and both parents will be exhausted by the end of the day. Dual income literally doesn’t even make sense until the kids can stay home alone for long periods of time
Honestly, relationship goals is we’re both retired early. Maybe we have some projects, like own a small business or two or something we pay somebody else to run, but like until we’re both retired, I feel like we should be trying to work? Every cent helps us get closer to our retirement number.
Also people put too much emphasis on “careers” especially women. I’m not sure where this live to work mentality came from in some people. Increasing someone else’s profit margins isn’t a virtuous thing to do in my opinion it’s what you have to do but you shouldn’t make your life about it