Question for the Men -- and Anyone Who Knows Men. :) How Many Men Could Support a Family?

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How Many Men Would be Able to Support a Family Just on Their Salary?

  • I am a man, and I could support for a family with my salary.

    Votes: 8 61.5%

  • I am a man, and while I can't do it now, someday I will be able to support a family with my salary.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I am a man, and I think most men would be able to support a family on their own.

    Votes: 3 23.1%

  • I am a man, and I don't think most men would be able to support a family on their own.

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • Of the men around me, I think most would be able to support a family on their own.

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • Of the men around me, I don't think most would be able to support a family on their own.

    Votes: 3 23.1%

  • I am a parent and believe my son will be able to support a family on his own.

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • I am a parent and do not believe my son will be able to support a family on his own.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • How many (percentage) families do you know that are single income? (Please answer in thread.)

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • Jimmy Crack Corn!!! Just seeing if you read to the end. :) Another answer -- please post in thread.

    Votes: 3 23.1%
  • Total voters
    13
Gojira

Gojira

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cinder said:
Depends on the living conditions you insist on to a great degree. Do children each need their own room? Will they all share while small? Will there be a shared boys room and a shared girls room? How many children will there be? What limits on activities will there be? Public school, home school, private school? Eat out a lot or grow your own food in the garden? What about vacations? What is the actual numerical income of the household (a doctor or lawyer would has a lot more to work with than a fast food manager)? etc.

I think there would be significant "sacrifices" a family would have to make to intentionally be a single income family, but I also think there are some hybrid options (like mom goes back to work part time once kids are in school which greatly shortens the amount of time the household is strictly limited to just one income).

And since I'm unlikely to ever have children of my own, that's about all the more I think about it.
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Yes... what standard of living are you prepared to endure to make sure that the man's salary is all that is needed?

I myself just got a new job with a respectable salary, but rents in areas that I want to live in are too high for me to support a wife and possibly a child or two.
 
Lanolin

Lanolin

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I know families who go without heating in winter as it costs too much, they just stick it out and put on more clothes.

I am supposing if you have a house thats too big, it costs more to heat it. BUT if you have a big family in a small space, it doesnt cost much to keep each other warm if you are all running around driving each other nuts.
 
Krumbeard

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I am a man and I have supported my family since I have been married.

We do not have all the things that others may have but we are not going hungry either.

A few years back we were behind in bills and living from paycheck to paycheck. It was tough but through a big change in life I no longer have those bills.

If I marry again, I hope she desires to be at home and if she decides to get a job at some point...she can.

In a number of threads it seems there is this tyrannical view of a husband forcing his wife to stay home and having no choice of work outside the home. And that the husband is the sole decision maker on the finances.

If that's how things are...that's sad.

Also, I know quite a few families that are single income families and doing well.

I also believe that since more families have both spouses working, that it has driven the prices of housing up over the years.
 
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