[PrincessPerky]

I find the discussion of money to be an interesting topic..we live on one income and I have heard to my face 'my husband doesn't make enough for me to stay home' when I KNOW both of them make more than my husband at the time.

I have heard 'wish I could afford to stay home' while watching someone spend a fortune on hair, makeup, clothes, eating out, ect...

Sometimes I wish I had shared exactly what we made more...if only to point out how full of bull those folks were.

Right now he makes a very comfortable income for us...which is still less than the combined of most folk around here, median for the US is us. And folks with double (a dr married to a lawyer) still think we must be rich since I am home...you really can't win with folks steryotypes.

Oh as to the TV/fast food...it is all income brackets! One of the reasons I home school is so my kids have a longer period of thinking our way of eating and entertaining is the norm! I think it is more an American thing than an income thing. (not that I agree with it, I am perfectly happy with my hand me down quite large to me TV (it is bigger than my monitor anyway)