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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Since you didn't read all of the drama that lead up to the debate about appartments, it's understandable that your pov is what it is.
The long story short, gr8 is planning on defaulting on her home loan, as she assumes her home won't sell and that she will need to move out of state for work.
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Ducky
We are docking at St. George as I heard they are not docking at Hamilton anymore or at least our ship. We will not dock actually but will have to take a tender back and forth which I don't care.
When we went last time we rented a scooter and when we went to dinner, I would take the ferry from our hotel (The Palm Reef) to Hamilton and met my dh!
We would not be able to afford that on my nurses salary. So my kids are better off with me than in the care I could afford.
We'll be driving next time, airfare for 8 is just too much. We flew in June because I seriously could not imagine driving with kids 10,8,7,6,3 and almost 2! At least not MY kids,lol.
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<<I taught them how to read @ the age of 3. I took them to the Smithsonian, music class, gymnastics, ballet, we saw tons of children's theater. They were exposed to a lot of things. >>
Mine weren't reading by 3, but easily by 4 and 5.
In my experience with volunteering at the school and in GS the major excuse from WM
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