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I live a pretty frugal life and am on a pretty good salary. Yet the cost of 'optional extras' which I feel I really need, such as comprehensive car insurance, medical insurance, and home insurance, as well as things like good quality cuts of meat, free range eggs, and hormone free chicken, all seem to mean that I have very little left over at the end of each week.
I would expect to be able to provide these same things to my children - perhaps not good cuts of meat but safe food, and medical insurance which covers everybody. Add into that the cost of children - medical, dental, clothes, toys, books and so on, and I just don't know where you can get the money from on a single income.
The short answer is - you can't. All you can do is save up for the period when you will be without an income, live on one person's money for a year or as long as you can, and then go back to work as soon as the money runs out.
Hardly ideal if you would like to be at home with your child for more than six months or a
I completely agree with you re small town living, as long as you live in a viable town where your husband (in this case) has a secure job. I have lived in Alice Springs, which I adored, and I could definately see how people could raise a family there on one income
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I suppose I didn’t contribute much to the discussion, except to just tell you a bit about myself (which is fairly typical of me!) I do know how lucky I am - and I realise what a fluke that is! I never thought I’d be happy living in a small town, and despite initially giving up my career and the world of entertainment I’d become accustomed to (due to the limited opportunities here) and resenting that a little for a bit, here I am - happy as can be!
I wish I could concentrate, and comment on your entries the way they deserve, but I'm too busy looking over my should here at work! I'll have to re-visit this later.
I really wanted to write something intelligent and perceptive and clever in response to this whole discussion, and I've been thinking about it - but I just end up sounding very naiive and silly.
Personally - I'm only "living the life a lot of us would wish for" after a LOT of compromise and heartache. (I love the city, and I miss it and my career very, very much.)
As for your particular issue - I don't have any magical answers. I hope it all works out for you the way you hope it will.
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I live a pretty frugal life and am on a pretty good salary. Yet the cost of 'optional extras' which I feel I really need, such as comprehensive car insurance, medical insurance, and home insurance, as well as things like good quality cuts of meat, free range eggs, and hormone free chicken, all seem to mean that I have very little left over at the end of each week.
I would expect to be able to provide these same things to my children - perhaps not good cuts of meat but safe food, and medical insurance which covers everybody. Add into that the cost of children - medical, dental, clothes, toys, books and so on, and I just don't know where you can get the money from on a single income.
The short answer is - you can't. All you can do is save up for the period when you will be without an income, live on one person's money for a year or as long as you can, and then go back to work as soon as the money runs out.
Hardly ideal if you would like to be at home with your child for more than six months or a
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I wish I could concentrate, and comment on your entries the way they deserve, but I'm too busy looking over my should here at work! I'll have to re-visit this later.
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Personally - I'm only "living the life a lot of us would wish for" after a LOT of compromise and heartache. (I love the city, and I miss it and my career very, very much.)
As for your particular issue - I don't have any magical answers. I hope it all works out for you the way you hope it will.
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