This short post is a reply to something I have seen recently in a discussion in BIGS World, our Facebook Group. The topic of discussion is on a recent piece by Channel News Asia profiling a couple who lives with 7 children with a monthly income of less than S$3,000. The comments was rather pleasant with people asking their peers in the group whether they would do something like that, to people providing perspectives of the motivation of the couple that looks towards more than the tangible aspects of life. There are also some contrasting their own experience with the experience of this couple. However, this comment caught my attention: It is not I felt the need to address this but I have been seeing him form an opinion of the group in general that the pursuit of financial independence is only conducive if you are single. However, this ......