Reply To: The solution to the shidduch crisis in one easy step!

Zaphod
“money won’t be an issue because now there will be more people bringing in a salary”
I am guessing you aren’t married.
Lets do some Math (and I will grant you the following makes a lot of presumptions, but it is fairly illustrative)
Women are rarely the primary income earners. After all, they are needed at home.
In a 6 person household (2 parents 4 kids) with the husband earning 100k and the wife 50k. The per person income is 25k.
Now the husband marries a divorced woman with 4 kids (adding 5 people to the house). The new wife would need to earn 125k to keep the family per person income at 25k (it doesn’t matter what numbers you input, the second wife needs to earn more than the husband). And this doesn’t take into account the need for a larger house (or second home).
In other words, unless there is significant wealth here, these scenarios are a money drain.