Two men discuss how marriage and having kids pushed them to earn more money. One's income jumped dramatically after getting married, then again when his first child was born. Both credit their wives' support as essential to their success.
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The year I got married and the year I had my first kid, my income jumped like crazy. I got married 3 and a half years ago. That year, like, I made a lot of big moves and they've made me a ton of money now, and same with like having a baby and a baby on the way. I made a lot of big moves right around there and it made me a ton of money, and I have friends that they failed for like 5 years and the year they got married, whatever reason, it worked out. The pressure of having a baby or getting married, I feel like it's Almost like for men, it's like this mentality of like, okay, life's serious now, I got to figure something out. But what do you think?
I think the pressure has a lot to do with it. I also think just the support of a spouse and having that partnership, whether it's a subconscious partnership or not, however involved your spouse may or may not be. I know for me, like, I wouldn't have been able to do a lot of things without my wife's support. And then having the baby, it's a pressure, but it's also like maybe a realization that like, this is real life now.