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: 12-07-2003
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 1:23pm
I don't want my children to have aching joints, a higher chance of getting skin cancer due to sun exposure, back problems, etc. due to a physically demanding job. I also wouldn't want them to risk their health by working 24 hour shifts as a doctor either though. That doesn't mean I won't be proud of them if they were to choose a physically demanding occupation.

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Registered: 10-05-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 1:43pm

It is a lateral move.


lol.

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Ducky

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 2:09pm
Oh, ok, got it. Thanks!
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 2:11pm
Why wouldn't it be a temporary thing? Hasn't yours turned into a permanent thing?
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Registered: 08-23-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 2:21pm
Well that can vary.

 

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 2:30pm
I am familiar with section 8 and in my area, the lower class usually lives there, not someone just needing a home as the homes and apts. are in the "bad" towns. It is very hard to find a nice place in a good town using section 8.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 2:31pm
Well, that surprises me, but even visiting only half a dozen times, surely you can see that people live in (and raise their families in)
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 2:42pm

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.

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Registered: 10-05-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 2:44pm

Have you not figured out that I'm not going to respond to your baiting about my personal circumstances.

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Ducky

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Registered: 12-06-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 2:45pm

Someone still has to be the landlord to the section 8 home though.

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