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: 10-05-2007
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:28pm

So how many times have you been to the caribbean?


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Ducky

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Registered: 10-05-2007
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:29pm

For somebody who doesn't get to go on vacations very often, you sure seem to have a lot of *experience*.


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Ducky

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:32pm

I highly recommend renting a house, condo or something along those lines.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:34pm

But didn't you say you didn't want to do New York city?


Your posts certainly sound very much like either/or.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:35pm

So, why are you going to one on vacation?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:36pm

So it's not something that you can do 365 days a year or it is?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:37pm

St. Maarteen (4 times), Anguilla (3 times), Barbados (once), San Juan (once), Haiti (once).


Not Caribbean:


Bahamas (once), Bermuda (once-twice this summer).

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:37pm

So what do you use your vacation days for then?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:38pm
I travelled alot with my parents. Have gone on a honeymoon, 1st anniversary and my dh and I travelled to see family before the kids, twice to Disney with our dd, went on the cruise together in 2006.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:39pm
No, I said if I had a

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