Finances

 

One of the most important things in marriage is finances. To some people that might not be the first thing they say but if you think about it we might understand why it is the most important. The leading cause of divorce is money issues. That shows that its an important part of all marriages. As well it shows that it is very common to talk and argue about finances. If you are in the group that has argued with there significant tother about money don’t worry you are not alone. Actually, that is super normal. Congrats on making it to the normal group. If you have not just wait it is bound to happen soon if it has not already. Money is a very important topic for all families because it is hard to live and survive this life without it. Stereotypically speaking the husband or male of the family is the one to go out and provide for the family. In the primitive days that involved hunting and gathering food to provide for his family. In today’s day that is not as common. It is not the normal thing to do at all. For the past while the men have been getting jobs and receive wages and use that money to provide for his family. A different turn has taken place the last few years. What has been increasing is a dual income family. This is where both the mother and father have jobs to help provide for the family and take care of that financial burden placed upon them. Before this happened one of the many duties of the wife and mother was to take care of the kids and help the learn and grow. As well as take care of everything at the home. This type of lifestyle is starting to slowly change. There are both pros and cons to the dual household income. Some of the positives include number one that there is more money being made making it easier to overcome the financial troubles that might be facing the family. As well as it gives the wife to have a career and accomplish the goals she wants in her life as well as to learn and grow in that field.  Some of the cons is that both parents are taken away from the family often leaving the kids. Doing this makes it harder to teach and help them when they need it. One of the biggest objections to this is it is actually more expensive to have two people working instead of one. It differs of course depending on the profession and the amount of time needed to work and be away. But some important things to look at is one while both parents are working the kids will need to be watched and often use daycare and babysitters that are often very expensive. As well as more time gone from the home it makes it harder to prepare meals to eat. So a lot of the meals are fast food, and quick and easy meals that are often expensive. There are many others but there is a lot of things to look into before going into a dual income family. There are pros and cons to both but I would look at the most important thing. How is this going to affect the family around me. There are families that thrive more on both parents working while others struggle. When deciding and thinking git over look at all of the possibilities and see if it is really worth working or not working in the end.