So you knew you needed two full time incomes to secure the house but you still decided to breed and bitch about childcare costs?
To quote littlemisspanda (i think) from ages ago…make lifestyle choices you can afford
I’m lost here… please don’t jump to conclusions. I am not complaining. I am very happy actually. Nice work life balance, with wife working part time, me full time, kids in nursery a bit. Sacrificed a few things (waitrose, bikes, cars, foreign holidays) but we’ve kids we love, who are getting huge benefit from socialising at nursery part time, we get to see them too, and have a manageable mortgage on a lovely family home. HOWEVER, with bills for two kids in nursery part time at £1000/month I do wonder if things are a bit silly sometimes. Still, we are very fortunate to be in a position to make compromises, when some people don’t have any corners left to cut.