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When I was single the weekends seemed quite long. I would sleep half of the Saturday, watch some TV shows, clean a bit and sometimes visit some friends. And Sunday evening I would play bass in my metal band. Nice and easy.

But now that I have a family and small children there is never time to do anything. The kids always need something, food, diper, entertainment, make them sleep, clean up. Wash the dishes, wash the clothes etc. Once we're done with them it's 9pm, we try to watch a movie and my partner falls asleep of exhaustion within 20 minutes. I try do watch it to the end so I can tell her the summary in the morning.

It's totally regarding to have kids but I wish the weekend was one day longer.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That's anecdotal and I didn't imply it does not happen.

We do know it is not very prevalent though not sure on stats.

Also, one person still has to make enough money for support 2-3 dependants. That's inherently would require a decent income or paid off house...