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: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:25pm

Heck, just avoid convenience stores if it bothers someone so

PumpkinAngel

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Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:27pm

I tend to worry about the effects of the environment on my kids, wouldn't you?

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:28pm

...and who isn't?

PumpkinAngel

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Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:30pm
At this point, I'm afraid you've lost me.
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Registered: 12-07-2003
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:32pm

See Pumpkinangel's post 1501.

"I just don't agree with you that apartment renters are among those to be avoided as negative influences. I certainly don't want my children thinking that because someone lives in an apartment they are a negative influence."

Edited to add: People who rent apartments MAY have some characteristics that I would find to be a negative influence on my daughter. But the act of renting an apartment isn't one of them.




Edited 12/31/2007 4:34 pm ET by geschichtsgal
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Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:33pm
A decent apartment with good schools... there are millions upon millions living here in the Bay State who can only wish this were as easy to find as you seem to think it is.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:34pm

I'm sure you are quite capable of going back through the posts.


Again I ask....who said this?


<< Only a snob would complain about enjoying the night life before becoming parents. >>


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:36pm
Look, as I've said before, I've lived in apartments in towns with lots of rentals, and I've lived in houses in towns with fewer rentals.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:37pm

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People who own homes MAY have some characteristics that I would find to be a negative influence on my boys...but the fact that they own their own home, doesn't make them positive.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 12-07-2003
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:37pm
Apparently, you haven't lived in very many college towns.

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