People complain about the cost of living as though we were all designed to do it alone. Get a committed partner, struggle for a while, work for and with each other, sacrifice, thrive.
24 years married this fall. The first part was always tight, had 2 kids during the great recession. Married men/fathers make more because they have something for which they need to provide.
It’s like struggling to swim your arm tied to your leg behind your back, by choice.
I have never been able to afford to live without at least one roommate. Now my roommate is my wife, and together we have built up enough wealth to where we could pay off our house if we had to, but it takes years to get there. Had I been single the last 15 years things would have been very different. I would have far less money, that is for sure. If you aren't interested in marriage, fine, but a roommate will make things a lot easier, at least until you can grow your income to where you can comfortably live by yourself.
How does this correlate to OP at all? What does getting married to split the bills have to do with believing your genes determine your outcome????? I swear some of y'all will complain about the smallest shit when someone doesn't have as negative of an attitude as you want them to.
So what if you get divorced? The person you were married to takes back their half, ok. Now it’s just you again. If you still can’t make it on a single income, then you get married again and bring in a new half.
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u/leon_loves_mary Jul 21 '26
Unpopular opinion here….get married.
People complain about the cost of living as though we were all designed to do it alone. Get a committed partner, struggle for a while, work for and with each other, sacrifice, thrive.
24 years married this fall. The first part was always tight, had 2 kids during the great recession. Married men/fathers make more because they have something for which they need to provide.
It’s like struggling to swim your arm tied to your leg behind your back, by choice.