First and foremost, I'm not forcing her to do anything. If she says she would be unhappy with/absolutely unwilling to live in a mobile home, I would look into other routes.
Second of all, I had stated in my post I have a "pretty decent" job. Still under 6 figures.
Thirdly, regarding your comment about a 1000 sq foot home, many modern double-wide trailers can come in at a little under 2000 square feet. Also ">" means "greater than". I think you were shooting for "<" (less than).
Last of all, since you decided to get shitty with me, I will attempt to explain the rest of my logic. If we were to purchase a newer mobile home, I could probably have it paid off within a few years. I'm aware mobile homes lose value the older they get rather than gaining value. This offers up some pros and cons. The first one obviously would be paying it off faster. Massive decrease in interest. This would allow us, within a few years, to no longer be making a monthly mortgage payment. Our mortgage payment would also be considerably less than that of a "brick and mortar" home. With the mortgage payment no longer coming out of my pocket every month, I'd be able to do things like: take our child on trips to fun places (something I never did with my parents or siblings), afford to buy healthier foods, keep up on automotive maintenance and potentially save to buy a vehicle for my girlfriend as she's currently without one, save up to buy a vehicle for when my daughter gets her driver's license, save money for when she graduates high school so she may have the things she needs to be successful, throw some money her way monthly to help pay off her student loans, etc.
Not to mention, if we decide to later on, we could maybe even get a bigger house at some point and rent the trailer we'd bought to begin with. In the area we live in, trailers rent out extremely fast.
I want my family to be able to have the things they want in the future. I want them to live a good life. I want them to be happy. Sometimes you must sacrifice the things you want now for better things later.
Personally, I work about 75 hours per week at my current job and that's the sacrifice I'm making. I work about 345 days of the year. I work myself to death to give the people I love the future they deserve and I'm proud of myself for that. I personally think with the responsibility and stress I go through with the day-in-and-day-out grind, asking someone else to give a little bit up now in order to have more later isn't a big deal. Honestly, the way things are going, we'll probably end up buying a house anyways. That's something I'll most likely just have to come to terms with.
But what would I know, right? I'm just another stupid workhorse and if I'm not giving up everything I'm essentially worthless