Settling: Is This A Sign Of The Times?

Well, I think you're asking different questions and I'll to answer them.

Yes, i think it's ideal for each individual to make "it" on their own. "It" means different things to different people, but for me it simply means that each individual has goals/ambition, a job, is in school; has to desire to work and be successful in life. Both guys and gals.

The second question is, is a 2 income household the way to go? That depends on each family's goal. For me, I hope to always work. My husband also likes it that way. I went to school, I want to use my education. It's not ideal if both spouses' income are needed to live a comfortable life. Personally, I'll prefer if only one of our incomes is used in our day to day living, while the other person's income is completely put into savings/retirement. All in all, a 2 income household is ideal for my family.

The last question about settling for anyone just to make ends meet. I don't have an answer to that. I could say no, I would never do that, but I'm already married so who knows. In an ideal world, I'll say no one should settle just to make ends meet. But what does settle even mean?

I have just rambled some stuff here, hopefully I made some sense somwhere in there.

Well for me, I would prefer two salary's, but not to the point where I would use someone to achieve it.