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MYOB, OP. This may surprise you, but some men take pride in their ability to support a stay-at-home wife. If that's what makes people happy, why should anyone else pass judgment? Why would anyone even care?
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Originally Posted by lkmax
This is becoming increasingly popular nowadays...women who stay home and "keep up the home" but who do not have children.
Thoughts?
I can't think of anyone with kids who stays home. The income is needed and there are very few (thankfully) woman that don't want to use their education and pursue their career.
Where the heck are you where this is becoming popular?
This is becoming increasingly popular nowadays...women who stay home and "keep up the home" but who do not have children.
Thoughts?
If it works for them what does it matter?
I have two friends that do this....they both want kids but have been unable to concieve. Both are college educated. One has hubby that enjoys travel and with his job they can do spur of the moment trips...so her not working a full time job fits best. She stays busy with volunteer groups and to keep her skills. The other lives in an area with very limited job opportunities for her...and hubby's job makes it worth being there for now...when they move I am sure she'll go back to work.
I think a more common situation is where a woman is a stay at home mom while children are very young, but once they are grown enough to go to school, the woman in question remains a stay at home mom. I think if it works for you, you go for it but let not pretend that working for an hour a day while spending the rest of your day sitting on a couch, eating potato chips while watching oprah reruns, is somehow hard work. it isn't.
I think a more common situation is where a woman is a stay at home mom while children are very young, but once they are grown enough to go to school, the woman in question remains a stay at home mom. I think if it works for you, you go for it but let not pretend that working for an hour a day while spending the rest of your day sitting on a couch, eating potato chips while watching oprah reruns, is somehow hard work. it isn't.
I personally think the whole "stay at home mom" thing is overrated. Some SAHMs claim that they spend their days running after their kids, and that what they do is "hard work". Please. If that were the case, then soap operas wouldn't have lasted for so many decades - if SAHMs didn't spend 2 or 3 hours sitting on their butts watching the soaps.
I only have a problem with it if the working spouse comes home and the house is dirty, no food on the table and non-working spouse just watches tv all day.
I used to be a stay home spouse. It was great for both of us. He came home to a happy wife, awesome meal, had no chores. I even did the yard and detailed his car.
Marriage didn't work out but it wasn't for the stay at home reason.
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Please. If that were the case, then soap operas wouldn't have lasted for so many decades - if SAHMs didn't spend 2 or 3 hours sitting on their butts watching the soaps.
