▲ 787 ▼ More couples are choosing a ‘dual income, no kids’ lifestyle (www.cnbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 334 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mrbaby@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) Sounds like 4 incomes to me! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago Honestly yeah. I think a lot of these articles assume the "Move out on their 18th birthday" mentality, but I see extended family situations increasing because livability sure isn't. If we raised our families in this cooperative fashion, even when the kids are adults, I feel like we'd be much closer to the stable "nuclear family" model than previous generations ever were, relying on a single generation's "breadwinner" and everyone else just being immediate dependents. Instead of "paying rent", everyone contributes to the household's common good by covering portions of utilities and such. I dunno maybe this just works for us because nobody in the house is "Boomer with a firm handshake" rich. But it works lol. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Only in Arkansas. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago Honestly yeah. I think a lot of these articles assume the "Move out on their 18th birthday" mentality, but I see extended family situations increasing because livability sure isn't. If we raised our families in this cooperative fashion, even when the kids are adults, I feel like we'd be much closer to the stable "nuclear family" model than previous generations ever were, relying on a single generation's "breadwinner" and everyone else just being immediate dependents. Instead of "paying rent", everyone contributes to the household's common good by covering portions of utilities and such. I dunno maybe this just works for us because nobody in the house is "Boomer with a firm handshake" rich. But it works lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Only in Arkansas. permalink fedilink source parent