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.

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Registered: 10-05-2007
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:57pm

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Ducky

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Fri, 12-28-2007 - 12:59pm

And I gather you could just as easily take them to the city.


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Ducky

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Fri, 12-28-2007 - 1:15pm

Now there is an idea that I had not thought of before.

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Fri, 12-28-2007 - 1:15pm
I guess it is actually more to disney as I did go 3 times before I was married (didn't add that in), 2 times with dd, 3 times with dh (2 times only for a about a half day as we were visiting his family and only had a short time to go).
Sorry, 8 times. My dh has been there about 20 as he used to live in FL.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 1:17pm
No I said if I had a choice, I would pick a place that I might only go a once or twice in a lifetime (if we didn't win the cruise, we probably would have never gone to the places we went to). I have never picked between the 2 as that really makes no sense since I live so close to NYC. I wouldn't go there for a vacation.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 1:19pm
I could but I choose not to charge the tickets or use any other money for it. With 4 people, we would save the money to go and not just go on a whim.
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Fri, 12-28-2007 - 1:22pm
Uh thanks.

 

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 1:23pm
So could I but if I DID have a choice, I would pick the one out of my area. Like I said in ealier posts, I don't go to the city on a regular basis.
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Fri, 12-28-2007 - 1:24pm

Oh, you MUST go to Mackinac Island!!! We went when I was 7 and I remember the trip vividly...and it was 40 years ago! LOL It's just so amazing and there's actually a good bit of history there--War of 1812 history, for that matter :)

And if you remember that movie from the 70s or 80s with Christopher Reeves, it was filmed at the Grand Hotel, which is still there and still totally gorgeous (my parents went back a couple years ago and the pictures Mom took were wonderful).

SUCH a good time!

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 1:25pm
Yes, we sat down and showed them the things that they recommended for kids. I am hoping I will just be able to get them off the boat as I have heard great things about the kids club!

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