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.

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I can't wait to see my kids reaction to the water as they are used to the beaches on LI (translation-water-gross-lol!). I NEVER go all the way in the water here, just my feet.
Hazel was comparing going to the beaches in bermuda to going to NYC.
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Ducky
Do you care about any of this? I don't.
Ahhhh, Europe.
I was not just comparing a beach to NYC. I was comparing the difference between visiting NYC and visiting anyplace else.
But she asked you if you thought going to the beach was a vacation. You never answered her. I wasn't talking about a beach in Bermuda originally but just going to the beach.
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Over time you drown it out.
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