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As many do. No judgment! Just don't oppose education, ok? It's not good.
Like I said, there's no need for me to "redefine" anything. Dictionaries are doing it for me. But I have a few people here insisting that "not earning income" is necessarily part of the definition of a stay-at-home parent/spouse, and curiously, no one can find a dictionary to concur... Yet I'm redefining and making things up, okay...
Okay, so your contention is that a stay-at-home who is also a parent is not necessarily a stay-at-home parent. Gotcha BTW, any luck finding a dictionary that specifies "who doesn't earn income"? No? Well then, what are you doing here?
I provided 3 sources of how SAHM/D/P is used in the US. That's all that's needed. Your inability to understand how the language is used is odd, but no matter. For example, all the political back and forth about Romney's wife being a SAHM will continue and nobody, but you, will be confused by what Romney, the Dems, and new reporters mean when they use the phrase SAHM.
I provided 3 sources of how SAHM/D/P is used in the US. That's all that's needed. Your inability to understand how the language is used is odd, but no matter. For example, all the political back and forth about Romney's wife being a SAHM will continue and nobody, but you, will be confused by what Romney, the Dems, and new reporters mean when they use the phrase SAHM.
No one will be confused, because (as I've repeatedly told you), I completely understand what most people mean by use of the term.
And your 3 sources did not support your argument. If you think they did, you should counter each of the replies I made to them directly (Post #489).
But if you've nothing new to say, I think we're done here. Your call, Braunwyn.
I provided 3 sources of how SAHM/D/P is used in the US. That's all that's needed. Your inability to understand how the language is used is odd, but no matter. For example, all the political back and forth about Romney's wife being a SAHM will continue and nobody, but you, will be confused by what Romney, the Dems, and new reporters mean when they use the phrase SAHM.
English as a second language perhaps? Sometimes they can be very literal. My aunt (who is a stay at home mom...hmmm, does that mean she has an income or not ) has 3 children she adopted from Russia and when they first started learning the language they were very literal. They would pick apart phrases to try and find the meaning.
Something like "take a hike" was translated literally...LOL
Even my child, when he was younger, thought I literally meant he had to punch himself in the face when I said "knock yourself out" responding to his question about having some of his halloween candy.
That's the only thing I can think of.
Regardless, vic is right, we are wrong and that ends that debate. However, I wouldn't see what the big deal is (and why the OP posted) about having a stay at home wife if she was, afterall, earning an income while sitting at her desk in the home. Pages and pages of posters have assumed that as a stay at home, she was not doing this though.
So you are ALL WRONG in your assumptions! Foolish people!
No one will be confused, because (as I've repeatedly told you), I completely understand what most people mean by use of the term.
And your 3 sources did not support your argument. If you think they did, you should counter each of the replies I made to them directly (Post #489).
But if you've nothing new to say, I think we're done here. Your call, Braunwyn.
If you understand how these terms are used, I don't understand what you've been going about unless it's just to share how you interpret language I guess.
You make good points. Perhaps one of those accounts for this silly conversation. Either way, I have to get back to work. Later.
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Originally Posted by justthe6ofus
English as a second language perhaps? Sometimes they can be very literal. My aunt (who is a stay at home mom...hmmm, does that mean she has an income or not ) has 3 children she adopted from Russia and when they first started learning the language they were very literal. They would pick apart phrases to try and find the meaning.
Something like "take a hike" was translated literally...LOL
Even my child, when he was younger, thought I literally meant he had to punch himself in the face when I said "knock yourself out" responding to his question about having some of his halloween candy.
That's the only thing I can think of.
Regardless, vic is right, we are wrong and that ends that debate. However, I wouldn't see what the big deal is (and why the OP posted) about having a stay at home wife if she was, afterall, earning an income while sitting at her desk in the home. Pages and pages of posters have assumed that as a stay at home, she was not doing this though.
So you are ALL WRONG in your assumptions! Foolish people!
If you understand how these terms are used, I don't understand what you've been going about unless it's just to share how you interpret language I guess.
Obviously, there are assumptions you and others make that people like me and Baldrick don't. Do you think we're the only two people in the country who think like this? I tried explaining why someone may use an alternative definition (weird to call it that, because it's closer to the technical definition than the assumptions made via popular usage are), but you dismissed it.
I'm taking the time to discuss it because in any difference of opinion, I believe the technical definition should be used (or at least allowed to be used!) But also, it's a stereotype. Since "not bringing in income for the family" is not part of the technical definition of the term, it should not be assumed that a SAHP does literally nothing in terms of income.
So you say, "We call them WAHPs". But what about parents who work at home one or two hours a day and bring in roughly 50 dollars a week? Not many would consider them a WAHP, but a SAHP. And because of this label, the assumption would be made: "They don't earn income; they leave it all up to the other person."
Perhaps we could all agree the whole thing's trivial, but that's why I thought I could simply give my take on the subject and... you know, not get into a five-page debate
Thread is way off topic with a debate about the definition of "Stay-At-Home-Wife." Closed.
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BTW, any luck finding a dictionary that specifies "who doesn't earn income"? No? Well then, what are you doing here?
) has 3 children she adopted from Russia and when they first started learning the language they were very literal. They would pick apart phrases to try and find the meaning. 
