Affording to Stay at Home

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Registered: 12-01-2007
Affording to Stay at Home
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Wed, 12-12-2007 - 12:20am

Ever notice that those moms that SAH are usually (although not always) more well off than mothers who WOH? It seems to me, based on what I have seen, that while most women enjoy working their jobs and having a professional life outside of the home, some women prefer to stay home with their kids for a certain amount of time - whether it be 1 year or 10 years - and those women have the option to do so, while other women wouldn't even consider the option because they feel they can't afford it.

Well, it has been my experience that most women who do stay at home have

1) husbands who support the idea

2) Husbands who probably earn enough (or almost enough) to support the family.

3) Enough money to support themselves without working.

**Now I am not talking about people who get help from government agencies, I am speaking about women who do it with no outside help - just seems like most women can't because of financial reasons. So, is being a SAH mom now an "upper class" phenomenon - in general? Of course there are many SAH moms that are middle class, but if they chose to have paying jobs, they'd probably move right back up into that higher income bracket.

Blythe

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Thu, 12-27-2007 - 7:50pm
ITA with you about experiences in our own backyard.
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Registered: 06-16-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 8:17pm

OK, let's say a child spends 40 hours a week in daycare (of course, for some it is more, for some less).


Let's say that same child spends

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 8:29pm
I have absolutely nothing against them. It wouldn't be the first place I picked though to go if I was going into the city.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 8:31pm
Never said that but I am glad that I got to go to many other places than NYC when I was growing up.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 8:32pm
Have you ever been to either? There are many things you can learn from each place.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 8:37pm

I don't know if you realize how expensive it does cost to do many things in the city. The train alone would cost us about $80. We have gone into the city with our dd when she was younger and she went this past summer but it is not something we would do as a family on a regular basis. That doesn't mean we couldn't if we wanted to but with 2 kids, it is something that needs to be planned and not something to do on a whim.

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 8:38pm

I have traveled to many states but I am more interested in the Caribbean and maybe someday a Mediterrean Cruise!

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Registered: 08-08-2006
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 8:41pm

And what do you plan to learn

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Registered: 08-23-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 8:45pm
What is the problem here?

 

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Registered: 12-06-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 8:47pm
Why would someone have to be in dire straits to live in an apartment?

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