Matt Benfield, Omar Ahmed
- There's a new American Dream: Becoming a DINKWAD — double income, no kids, with a dog.
- DINKWADs on TikTok are exemplifying how the economy has changed people's aspirations.
- DINKWADs told Insider that they like having a life of choice, and that raising children is costly.
Matt Benfield and Omar Ahmed are proud DINKWADs.
No, it's not an insult, just another acronym in a culture that loves to divide people into buckets. It stands for double income, no kids, with a dog. You can also be a DINK — double income, no kids — or a SINK, meaning single income, no kids.