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: 12-29-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:48pm
If the middle ground were all one had to be concerned about, there would be no decision.
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:49pm
I can only repeat what I've already stated about the relative differences in overall quality of life I've found between neighborhoods with predominantly single family housing vs. those with predominantly rental housing.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:51pm

Is she moving to your specific area, your specific state?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:51pm
I don't know what you mean by "extremes"; it seems extreme to me to try to avoid certain stores at all.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:52pm

Sigh, you aren't going to ask me for examples of your negative extremes any more, are you?


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:53pm

Moving to yet another extreme.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:53pm
I'm sure that's true, but OTOH why assume she'd have no problem at all finding what she thinks is an okay place to move with her kids?
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:55pm
Very clear as to what?
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Registered: 10-05-2007
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:58pm

I missed a lot, lol.........


I disagreed that the OP faced no difficulties in finding a good school district for her kids while apartment hunting.


NOBODY, let me repeat it again, NOBODY ever said it would be easy.

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Ducky

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 4:58pm

Well let's see, all of the major grocery stores around my area sell lottery tickets and have either machines clearly marked and/or signs clearly marked, all of the gas stations sell both, again with signs and such...so you would avoid all the major grocery stores and all of the gas stations?


That's pretty darn extreme.

PumpkinAngel

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