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: 08-18-2007
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:18am

I wasn't half-way decent at interviewing until after grad school.


At 1 local interview for a college, the guy smoking his pipe and wearing some snotty Scottish tartan plaid and a tie (in his own home for gosh sakes!) just came right out and told me he would try hard to see that I wouldn't get accepted to his alma mater.

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Registered: 08-18-2007
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:19am
Nice sister!
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Registered: 11-08-2006
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:21am

a quick note about "garage mechanics"....my ex is one of them. He is the most talented diagnostician and fix-it man that I know. He STILL takes care of my car, even though we've been divorced since Jan. 2005.

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Registered: 08-18-2007
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:22am
You should be proud of your accomplishments.
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:29am
Then how about *you* tell *me* the profession that better fits my post - busboy? ditch digger?
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:34am
ITA - you don't necessarily get what SES is all about it until you experience a major
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 11:37am
I think the professions I'd be most concerned about are drug dealer (and I don't mean pharmaceutical rep), meth lab owner, chop shop owner etc.
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 11:45am
Let's face it, we're really talking SES and not criminal activity or occupations one doesn't necessarily approve of.
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Registered: 11-08-2006
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 12:27pm

<< Well, the fact is it is.

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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 1:33pm

I really feel sorry for someone who sees life as "choosing between degrees of bad" don't you? you and I know that happiness is there for the grabbing if you give a little, work a little, sacrifice a little and accept the blessings that come to you.

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