It’s because people believe that if you don’t have kids it means you must be a high flying career woman. People often think there’s only two choices in life- have kids or a career.
The reality is that there are some parents who are also rolling in it and are high flying career people just as there are CF people who are the same.
Equally, there are CF people who aren’t career
people and aren’t rolling in it. Some have had their earning potential limited by caring responsibilities or their own health conditions etc.
Its impossible to make generalisations and say that all CF people have loads of disposable income compared to people with kids because that doesn’t ring true for every situation.
For some, yes, maybe. I probably have more disposable income than some parents, but less than others. I’d have more income if I was living that DINK lifestyle but I’m living that SINK life instead.
I chose not to have kids because I knew I couldn’t afford it. That’s what people should be doing before having kids- deciding if they can afford to do it.
I wish the simple fact of not having kids made me rich. Instead, I work a normal job, earn normal money and still have to pay normal bills and don’t get any assistance from the government.
Oh well. I’ll tell the powers that be that us normal, non-rich, CF folk would like to exchange our kid card for the rich card now.