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It does depend on circumstances, true. You can also get situations where both partners have to work in order to pay the mortgage. This means childcare costs, additional transport costs to get to work, and in the end you can end up with two people working their arses off to be *slightly* better off than they were before. Maybe a more accurate yardstick would be 'disposable income'?

And then define 'disposable'?

I'm lucky in a way, although I have no money, some fairly large debts, and exist almost exclusively on lentils *pharrp*, when I get a job I'll be earning quite well, and will be able to turn the situation around fairly quickly. I'm also quite happy to be driving a seven year old car because it works, dress like a scruff out of work, and don't need a 500" plasma TV thing to make me happy. More sex wouldn't hurt, mind.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 13:39, Reply)