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: 10-30-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:38pm

Maybe not.

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:39pm

The difference is that I'm not reading the kind of negative meanings into her posts that others seem to find.

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Registered: 10-05-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:39pm

Oh man.


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Ducky

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Registered: 10-30-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:40pm
My dh and I will probably not own a home for atleast another 10 years.
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Registered: 12-06-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:41pm

Because she is judging apartments and she doesn't even know what area she is going to.

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:41pm

It's understandable that by coming in late, you've missed that the "affluent car mechanic" angle has already been done to death.

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:42pm
Well, given that she hasn't accepted a job anywhere, she doesn't even KNOW where she's going, so it's quite premature to decide all the apartments "there" are slums. Kinda like it's a bit premature to decide her home will never sell, when she can't even be bothered to put it on the market and find out.

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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


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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: 07-26-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:43pm
Yeah, but you ARE reading meanings into it. And then criticizing us for doing the same thing. Double standards are fun!

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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 - 3:44pm

What makes you think it is better?

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 3:45pm
To death? OOOOOH, it's it Gross Exaggeration Day already?!? Dammit, I'm NEVER prepared!

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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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