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: 10-05-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:25pm

But don't you think that maybe sometimes it is NOT a temporary change?


Why wouldn't it be?

Ducky

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Ducky

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:27pm
No matter if it is a good or bad area, don't you think that sometimes it is NOT a temporary situation?
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:27pm
How long have you lived in your apt?
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-06-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:31pm

In my little world "status" means nothing.

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-06-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:34pm
Nobody said for her to live in a bad area.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:35pm
I absolutely know that. I thought the discussion was that she did not want to move to a bad area. Usually lower priced homes or rents
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-06-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:35pm
She never had affluence in the first place.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:36pm
I think I missed a big part of the story. Why did she have to sell her home and move to an apt?
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-06-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:40pm
Who cares?

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 12:41pm
Why would she want to pay rent to someone instead of owning her own home? I really don't understand this if you have owned a home already.

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