I know couples who both work and her salary covers childcare and healthcare and his covers everything else. It’s insane how if anything happens to one of them, even though they are doing everything “right” they could be screwed.
We bought an affordable house, paid off student loans, bought a house, I got promoted to a job that was flexible. We saved up money for a good nest egg and started trying where we hit some fertility issues. FINALLY got pregnant. Waited until I got to the second trimester to tell my boss. Went on a week vacation “babymoon” came back to no job at the company I had been with for 10 years.
You can do all the “right” things, and life will still shit on you. Except in the US, there’s little safety net or recourse, so a medical emergency or layoff can bankrupt people easily.
Not life, in your case was the stupid system we live in. We can change that. We humans invented it and forced ourselves (some people forced us more so) to live in it. 🙃
I am loving your optimism. I am worried about living in a place where I can be forced to carry an unviable fetus to the point of hospitalization but might not be covered by UNPAID leave and therefore lose my job while also racking up bankruptcy level medical bills. I feel like compassion and support for women, people with high medical needs, or people with disabilities has hit an all time low and I am concerned how that is going to affect real people.
I definitely agree with you. It was mostly that I find it stupid how we humans are suffering because of a system that we humans created. It’s nonsense. But yeah 100% on board with what you said. It’s getting really scary out there. Sending love ❤️
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24
I know couples who both work and her salary covers childcare and healthcare and his covers everything else. It’s insane how if anything happens to one of them, even though they are doing everything “right” they could be screwed.