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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Again, post 1380.
You were asked:
PumpkinAngel
Then my statement to you
PumpkinAngel
I didn't say they were dishonest, just negative.
PumpkinAngel
There are some of things that you enjoyed over the years but now concern you?
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PumpkinAngel
Exactly what I said before, that is my point.
PumpkinAngel
My point-- that it might be cheaper to live in a good school district as a renter rather than a homeowner-- is correct. I don't know very much about mortgage deductions, but I would guess that in a good school district the property taxes would cost more than the mortgage deductions would save.
You seem to like dealing in extremes. Impossible to find rental housing in a good school district. Renters as cigarette smoking, lottery players.
I believe that.
PumpkinAngel
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