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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So how many times have you been to the caribbean?
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Ducky
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
I highly recommend renting a house, condo or something along those lines.
PumpkinAngel
But didn't you say you didn't want to do New York city?
Your posts certainly sound very much like either/or.
PumpkinAngel
So, why are you going to one on vacation?
PumpkinAngel
So it's not something that you can do 365 days a year or it is?
PumpkinAngel
St. Maarteen (4 times), Anguilla (3 times), Barbados (once), San Juan (once), Haiti (once).
Not Caribbean:
Bahamas (once), Bermuda (once-twice this summer).
So what do you use your vacation days for then?
PumpkinAngel
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