Affording to Stay at Home

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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 - 10:41pm
We didn't even get to a beach this year either. We do have one we like over all of them. It is free, small and very family friendly. You have to get their early though to get a parking spot.
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Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:43pm

But she asked you if you thought going to the beach was a vacation. You never answered her.


Yes I did.

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Ducky

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Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:44pm
< please. I don't have it all figured out -- it's LIFE -- it's messy complicated outrageous fabulous crazy sad awesome. it's not a formula to figure out.

I'm happy. period. and I didn't need to consult a study to figure that out. if that makes me arrogant then fine.>


Just sitting here in bed listening to my DH snore and reading through this thread :)

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:44pm

Wow, cool.

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:47pm

Is the beach far from you that you have to stay overnight someplace? I would then consider it a vacation if I needed to travel and not be close enough to home.

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Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:54pm

My computer just blipped and I lost a huge post.

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Ducky

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Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:55pm

That's it.


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Ducky

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Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:57pm
What does HE stand for?

 

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Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:58pm

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Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:58pm
So IYO a day trip to the beach is a vacation?

 

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