£80,000 a year in the UK in 2026 buys you the life your dad had on £25,000 in the late 1990s.
Take-home on £80K after tax, NI and student loan: roughly £4,400 a month.
A 25-year-old earning that in London, Manchester or Bristol pays £1,400 in rent for a one-bed, £350 on council tax, energy and water, £200 on transport, £600 on food and going out, £400 on the car, £150 on the gym and subscriptions.
That leaves around £1,300 a month. After clothes, holidays, weddings, gifts and the occasional repair, savings land at £6,000-£8,000 a year on a top-10% income.
Your dad bought a house on a wage from the bottom half of the country at 28.
Something has gone seriously wrong with the deal.
3 days into fatherhood, I think people have kids too early. Can’t imagine doing this with the emotional regulation huge ego and lack of resources I had at 25
3 days into fatherhood, I think people have kids too early. Can’t imagine doing this with the emotional regulation huge ego and lack of resources I had at 25
I want to ask all of you on the TL who have an issue with the abortion discuss on the TL if you have kids? Because if you don’t, i will not be explaining further.
Anyway, just want women around me to understand, you need to start aspiring towards financial independence with the exact same urgency society wants you to aspire towards marriage.
If I were pregnant and informed that my fetus had Down syndrome I would absolutely abort. No amount of social media romanticizing of profound disability would change my mind. Contrary to popular opinion, you need more than love to care for a disabled child.
You can’t call abortion “playing God” while using chemo, insulin, C-sections, IVF, and Viagra.
You’re not against medicine.
You’re against women choosing.
As a woman I am extremely aware the only reason I have rights is because women before me got mouthy, organized, and made herself inconvenient. Thats why I see women who uphold the patriarchy as traitors
There is a lot of luck invovled with finding a spouse, particularly one worthy of having children with, so I side-eye pretty much all comments looking down on those who haven't settled down. It's arrogant and shows a lack of self-awareness.