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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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 11:38am

Ah Florence.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 11:40am

Ah....I must have missed those rules when they were passed out.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 12-06-2004
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 11:49am
I consider anytime I leave my driveway and it is not for work a vacation. lol!

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:18pm
I did say that before that Bermuda is not in the Caribbean. I have been to other islands in the Caribbean.
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Registered: 10-30-2007
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:20pm

Dh and I are going on our very first true family vacation this comming year.

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:21pm
I have been to Barbados, St. Maarten (a couple of times), Anguilla (a couple times),
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:23pm
I don't but I would rather go someplace else that I would only do a couple of times in my lifetime than NYC that I could do whenever I wanted.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:23pm

I don't dislike them but that wouldn't be my first choice if I was going into the city.

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:25pm
Unfortunately we did not get to go this year but we do go a few times in the summer with the kids and my dd goes more often with her friend as my gf goes every 2-3 times a week.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:25pm
Well my dd goes to daycare when she is off as I have to work.

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