DUAL EARNING FAMILY : BENEFIT WITH PROBLEM II

In previous part you have read about some example family situation of working couple, how they are living their life and benefits of dual earning families. 
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Problems with Dual Earning Couple-

·      Insecurity – There was family i had a conversation with both male and female personally where the rate of increment in female’s income was more than that of male’s. So in this case the man was quite insecure about their relationship and also his position.

·      Burden of Household works- When workload is more than workforce there arise a situation of burden. As both man and woman work for earning in this kind of family that is why the household burden is huge to them ,usually in most of the cases female does the household works. And in some cases husband helps her woman but not fully ,just few works are done by male member.

·      Lack of time for children- Dual earning parents generally get failed in managing time for their children .And to nurture child the presence of parents is must.Due to activeness in job generally parents seem unable to give proper time to children and children are their future and thinking about future is today . So they are focusing due to work load .

·      Effects on enjoyable kinds- enjoyable social functions like marriage and other parties are mostly remain unattended due to lack of holidays from office. In single earning family at least one can attend but in dual, it remain unattended and sometimes spoil other relationships.

·      Misunderstandings- Money creates a Lots of misunderstandings between the husband and the wife . Likei had a conversation with a couple separately where they had a common complaint about each other and that was money the wife was asking what my husband does with all his money i do not know i do all the household expenses and the same the husband were saying.

·      Irritation- It is human nature to get irritated due to over load of work Means if you have to manage and arrange each and everything for livelihood like home and office both then this can leads you to high level of irritation and it may spoil your relationships with others.

Suggestions To manage situations 

·      Matching time jobs – If possible just select those kind of jobs which makes you free at the same time or choose your partner according to it.

·      Hire a maid if possible- For household works just hire maid for reducing the burden .

·      Sharing – Each and every work should be equally distributed or you can divide the work according to the ability to do or personal understanding.

·      Watch latest family based movies and read books- watching latest modern movies and reading books may develop your mind and thinking and it will introduce you to the new and modern facts about advanced married lives . And it will never let you feel insecure about your mates rather change the direction of taking matters in your mind.

·      Give time to children- Before losing your child give proper time and attention to your children otherwise they will go for these things outside and know the tensions of their lives otherwise they can fall into drugs for keeping their selves calm. 

·      Give time to each other- for better understanding and having fun give time to each other so that you can have a break from regular office burden.

·      Do not include money in your personal offensive talks – It is obvious to be offensive sometimes in a relationship but if you include money into your personal matters then it can trouble you . And it is not good to dominate each other on the basis of

 money.

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Author- saumya mehra

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