[Finance] Does earning 100k a year make you feel well off these days?

[hans kraay fan club]

Kids not liking football is tricky. You can’t force them to like something, unfortunately. My post was aimed at people who have kids that love football but allow them to support a different team. I will never get my head around it, and it’s a completely wasted opportunity for bonding with your kids over a shared passion that will last a lifetime.

Absolutely. If we didn’t have a shared love of the Albion, and football in general, I’d have missed out on so many special moments shared with my two lads. When I got them their first season tickets to sit in the rain in the Withdean family stand, watching Joel Lynch and Gary Hart, I never imagined I’d be enjoying time in Amsterdam or Rome with one of them, following the club.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Yep that's where I'm at. Lots of nieces and nephews but don't feel the need to have a family, perfectly happy with just me and the Mrs. Nice long sleeps at night and no money troubles.

Gen z is swaying this way as well. And a lot of my mates who regret having a family and are broke every month (despite earning big bucks) after trying to keep up with the Joneses and the unattainable insta dream life !

Not a chance any of your ‘mates’ who have had a kid regret having a family. They may mean they had their first kid too early.

 

[dwayne]

Not a chance any of your ‘mates’ who have had a kid regret having a family. They may mean they had their first kid too early.

Seems to be a recent phenomena especially in the media, apparently 1 in 12 parents regret having kids...... Obviously it's bloody harsh to admit it!! - I also used to date a girl from Amsterdam who's dad openly said he wished he'd never had a kid ! (Ironically he died a grisly death)

One in 12 parents regrets having kids. Despite everything, I’m with the other 11

When a child goes to sleep only if you play Gorillaz’ Kids with Guns 14 times while rocking him at precisely 106bpm, your evenings will never be the same again.

www.thetimes.com

I love my kids but I regret having them. How can I accept my life as a parent? | Leading questions

It may help to view parenthood as a rapidly changing condition, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith says. It’s also important not to struggle with these feelings alone

www.theguardian.com

I regret becoming a father - the children are ruining our marriage

'I didn't want kids, but I didn't want my wife to leave me, so I said yes to being a dad. I wish I could go back in time,' says this 43-year-old father of two

inews.co.uk

 

[Bakero]

Not a chance any of your ‘mates’ who have had a kid regret having a family. They may mean they had their first kid too early.

It's taboo to mention it but the tens of thousands of people in Facebook and Reddit groups dedicated to the subject clearly do. Surveys in the US and Europe show between 7 and 14% of parents wouldn't choose to have kids if they had a second chance https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/08/why-parents-regret-children/619931/

 

[Triggaaar]

The problem is we live in London and an Arsenal women’s game (which my wife goes to live reasonably regularly) is probably easier and definitely cheaper to take my daughter to than a Brighton game.

Ok, so it's going to be a little bit harder taking them to Brighton games. But it'll be worth it in the long run. My two shared a season ticket for several years from the age of 5, and now they've had their own ticket for several years. It's part of our shared life, and we'd miss out on a lot if they weren't Brighton fans.

 

[Cordwainer]

My experience. Get them to Albion games, but never force it when then they have phases of not wanting to go (which is sound advice with all kids interests … we did that with skiing too, when they didn’t like it very young). The buzz of actually being at games, hopefully Albion wins and goals, an early favourite player or two ….. will beat watching Arse on TV. It may be a slow burner.

Did the same with both my kids from a fairly young age. My son, born n bred Brighton…a huge Seagulls fan, lives n breathes it thank feck..as imo that’s the right way to be. My daughter, born n bred Brighton is a Cobbler (NTFC, not profession), cos she loves her daddy (that’s me, I’m pretty sure).

 

[Bold Seagull]

Average salary in the SE in 2024 was £39k.
For a combined household income, anything above £78k per year is above average.

The question wasn’t whether £100k pa makes you rich, it was whether it makes you feel well off.

If you can service a mortgage/rent, run a car, go on holiday, contribute to a pension, not worry too much about bills - you are well off. If you don’t think that’s the case you’re out of touch with what not being well off means in this country.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

It’s all about Income v Expenditure. Large companies can turn over £100’s millions and still go bust. The same to a lesser extent applies to individuals.

 

[Bodian]

It’s all about Income v Expenditure. Large companies can turn over £100’s millions and still go bust. The same to a lesser extent applies to individuals.

"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery." [Dickens, C - David Copperfield, 1849]

 

[Ludensian Gull]

Unfortunately I'll never know