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We live in an era where the majority of people making the average income can't even afford a basic living standard. The cost of living just goes up and wages stay the same. I remember when I was a kid people said that it takes 2 to afford a living but not it seems like it costs even more. My mother works a full time job, my step dad is on disability which most gets taken from child support, and I'm working a part time job while taking online real estate and business classes. My step brothers still live with us but they go to school (age 16 and 18). I live with my parents at 24 but my money helps support the house. I buy most of the groceries and buy all the household essentials (toilet paper, dish soap, garbage bags, etc.), I offered to help with utilities and rent but my mother didn't let me. This works out because before then we would have to sacrifice one thing for another, no toilet paper for a week, using bath soap as dish soap, ramen noodles 3 square meals a day, now we can have at least somewhat a decent living. I might move out when I get work in real estate and my step brothers move out to college (if they even go to college) so my mother wouldn't have anymore mouths to feed other than her and her husband's.

I'm turning 26 and thinking about "settling down" but I've always seen that term used when someone fucked off in their past and now want a real relationship. At least on the internet that's how it's described.
But I'm a virgin waiting until marriage, I've never had a girlfriend and never even been on a date, and here's why.
When I was younger I never had an interest in dating, I had other hobbies. The people I went to school with only dated just to have a temporary place holder so they don't look awkward, and I didn't agree with that. I saved dating for the future and decided to spend my younger years working on myself and my career.
I'm pretty conservative, I believe in traditional gender roles, I want to be the main provider of the household and would prefer a housewife/stay at home mom, although she doesn't really have to be. It seems impossible these days since the average American family income can't even afford a basic living, but I wanted to go against all odds and became a self employed day trader and I'm working on my real estate license.
Now I'm turning 26, I make enough to support a family with my income alone, recently got a mortgage on a nice big house with a white picket fence (had to have it), got my shit together and everything. Now I think it's time that I find a young virgin conservative girl who's also waiting until marriage to settle down with so we can one day have kids and have the nuclear family we dreamed of.

I'm a full time day trader and just moved out of my parents and into my own place at age 26.
I had no luck finding a job before and was living off my mom's allowance when I was younger. After beating myself up about it at 21 I decided go full savage and decided not to care and do what I want to do and build the career I want. So I saved up my allowance and with $1000 in a Robinhood account and my mother's support I built my income up to the point that I can get off my mom's allowance and be a contributer to the household. It took me a while but I climbed the ladder one rung at a time, I became legally self employed at 22. I saved up my earnings and built up my credit score to a perfect 850 and got a mortgage on what I called a pile of shit with potential. The house I got was 3200 sq ft 4 bed 2 bath listed at $35k, it was pretty run down, pipes were out of date, wiring was a fire hazard, floors, walls and ceiling was torn apart and nasty, the yard was dead and ugly and the outside paint was worn off and the entire kitchen and bathrooms needed to be replaced appliance and all. Since I was buying a cheap house and was able to make a good down payment with my credit score I was able to get a renovation loan along with my mortgage, so I ended up paying almost $20k in down payment not including furnishing. The house is finished and I've been living in it for a week now and I'm very proud of it. I payed my mom back for her allowances with generous interest, she tried to decline but I made her take it.
Is it a bad thing that I haven't gone through the same hardships as most people did? I only work about 15 hours a week in day trading and never struggled with rent. I'm thinking about getting my real estate license so I can start investing in that market. I also do some non profits on my free time. Do people think that I had it "easy" and don't understand the hardships of life, which I do just that my hardships are different.