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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It is a lateral move.
lol.
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Ducky
Why would it surprise you that not all people from Long Island go to the city?
I understand that people live differently than me and live in apt's in cities but what does that have to do with the original question of you thinking that I know exactly how they live because I live in NY? I live in the suburbs and am not familiar with city living.
Have you not figured out that I'm not going to respond to your baiting about my personal circumstances.
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Ducky
Someone still has to be the landlord to the section 8 home though.
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