to tune out the bs. It's one nosey person giving advice ... oh yay, the other person is getting off the bus and fixing to cycle away to his mc.job. And of course, per the lecturey - rather one-sided conversation - which is thankfully over, the cyclist with the mc.job is also a "co-parent." Yep, another white-washed word. In other words, per the stats, another child who will likely grow up in poverty, or next door to it; is prone to not do so well in school, and will have less of a chance to secure gainful employment, or own a house, acquire even a few thousand for a rainy period, have a life-insurance policy... Yeah, those patrician things, valued by both the middle class and the wealthy.
And not at all surprising, the conversation included an upcoming vacation and some day-cations over the summer. Uhm, where do borderline underemployed people come up with the money for boat rides, theme-park tickets and concession stand item$? The young child's mom probably has a car and an almost sustainable income, but still, daycare for one child runs about half a rent payment for a modest apartment. Anyway, the nosey older lady ... oh nuts, now she's talking at me - about a subject that i really don't know much about.
"For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not ; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not : for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath a husband." Galatians 4:27
You have to realize the money disappeared before the secure families did. A man using a bike to work a job doesn't make enough money for a sustainable family and house. It costs money to have a family. Gig employment and low wage work does not give enough cash to support children on.
ReplyDeleteHope something better turns up for him before winter.
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