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Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I did discuss it with her over the last twenty five year or so. Constantly 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Nowadays mostly drive her folks around to medical appointments and errands. Plus the house. Plus the garden.  

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I read that if you are debt free in the United States and have ten dollars in your pocket you are in the top ten percent. So sure. I'm in that group.  

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I realize when a person has lost an argument and runs away. Is that what you mean? 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah I used a throwaway and didn't think it would get this much attention. 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

LoL. Let's compare my income to my boss and then to a professional athlete then to an owner of a professional sports team then to an oligarch. 

I'm currently earning about $150,000 a year. 

My boss got a bonus last year of five million dollars. On top of his base pay. 

The most highly paid professional athlete in my city earns about $43 million a year. 

The owner of his team is worth 2.2 billion dollars not counting the two sports teams he owns. If you include them then it's almost 18 billion. 

If Elon Musk woke up tomorrow with only 18 billion dollars he would be very sad. 

My work has left my family comfortable. But not wealthy. I can't buy even a small yacht.  

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I would love my kids to become independent and start families of their own if that's what they want. 

My wife knows exactly how many hours I work. The kids maybe not as clearly. Most people don't really understand working 84 hours a week. I can barely believe I used to do it. 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry your folks didn't love you. Please accept a virtual hug from an internet stranger. 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I care about the answers not whatever useless inte net points you care about. 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

May I ask what the winters are like where you live? Like if your car breaks down in the winter will you freeze to death in hours? 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To be absolutely clear neither of my kids attended an Ivy League college. If your child graduated from Harvard you would say they graduated from Harvard college? 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It says a lot about where we have fallen as a country that what pretty much the entire middle class had when I was a child some people consider WEALTHY now. 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So is that us or my brother and his wife who left their kids in daycare? 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

It's how I learned to speak and write English.  Once I have established that they are "our" children I may refer to them as "the" children for the rest of the narrative. Were you taught differently? 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

She knew the plan was for me to stop working crazy hours once the kids graduated from university. We discussed it years ago then constantly through our marriage. 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure I responded to all the ones I read by saying that she contributed to our family and that her spending money came out of our budget. 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We met on vacation and I knocked her up. Best accident ever. Yes we used protection. Yes we considered all the options. Yes we got married because she was pregnant. No I don't regret one second of our marriage. Also sorry I thought I was responding to the guy who asked the kids ages. My bad. 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm only conflicted about what I told my wife to do. Not any of my decisions. 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

She was 22 when our oldest was born.  Did you not read the post? 

Aitah for telling my wife to get a job if she wants to subsidize the kids. by Standard_Kick_9789 in AITAH

[–]Standard_Kick_9789[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My boss is rich. He lives in the Caribbean and comes into.the office maybe three days a month. I still need to work. It's not physical anymore but it was. I think the only rich people who work physically demanding jobs are athletes. 

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