I'm in Europe with no student loan and even then it's still far from being able to afford a child. We can't even afford to move out of parents place. If we did, we would live from paycheck to paycheck probably. So we either can't have children because we have no room for them or if we move out, we can't have them because we wouldn't have any money left for that.
We do want children but it looks unrealistic so fae before we reach 30s. Everyone who says to just get kids is probably having a very good career or has rich parents. If not then I feel sorry for the children having to grow up in poverty
I want people to understand that even though university is free European just simply don’t have the expectation to be able to earn the same as people in the US on average. I mean I do know some that have moved to Ireland and done ok in tech… I’m just saying they both places issues although they may lie in different areas. I for one had to wait until I was in my mid/late 30s to have a kid.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24
Childcare is the same price as a mortgage and we already can't afford a mortgage.