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: 07-26-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:30pm
It's not defensive to ignore rude people when they're being impertinent. It's just mannerly. Ducky has been more than indulgent with your quest to hound her over living in an apartment, but I believe you've hit your credit limit.

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Kitty

"I think Noonan is at least eight years too late when she laments that faith now trumps competence in GOP politics. It didn't seem to bother her much when a candidate she supported -- the catastrophically underqualified GWB -- was running and citing Jesus as his favorite political philosopher...It's like the old saying: When you lie down with dogs, you wake up with Hucka-fleas..."--Gator


Click on the Virginia Rescue Center and search for Roxey, VA5165

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Kitty

"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 12-06-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:30pm
I lived in 1 apartment before I got married and I loved that place.

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:31pm

I agree entirely; it's possible to have a lot of fun with this stuff.

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Registered: 10-30-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:32pm
Yet she has no clue as to where she would be moving to, what state, city, county or anything.
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Registered: 10-05-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:32pm

If you were fine with what you did with your home and you said it was a temporary thing like the op, then you wouldn't get so defensive.


I'm not defensive.

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Ducky

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Registered: 09-04-1997
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:32pm
My auto mechanic also has a law degree and is an altogether cool and quirky guy. I like him a lot. He's a pretty happy, content in his own skin kind of guy, making a nice living doing what he loves (He's also Carl Edwards Sr, for NASCAR fans). I don't have any higher aspirations for my own kids. If their calling is to go to a four year Ivy League school, we've saved the money for that and we've given them the life experiences and educational opportunities to go that route. But God forbid I should hamstring my kids because of MY lack of imagination about what success, happiness, and a meaningful life acutally entails.
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:34pm
Hey, I'm not going to claim her posts strike me as the most well-informed in the world.
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Registered: 10-30-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:36pm
There is one class of people that you forgot to mention.
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Registered: 07-26-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:36pm

Oh, so it's okay if YOU read meaning into her posts from what isn't said.

Interesting.

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Kitty

"I think Noonan is at least eight years too late when she laments that faith now trumps competence in GOP politics. It didn't seem to bother her much when a candidate she supported -- the catastrophically underqualified GWB -- was running and citing Jesus as his favorite political philosopher...It's like the old saying: When you lie down with dogs, you wake up with Hucka-fleas..."--Gator


Click on the Virginia Rescue Center and search for Roxey, VA5165

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Kitty

"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:37pm
IME, real estate and professional status tend to go together.

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