Choose To verses Have To
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| Wed, 04-14-2010 - 9:00am |
Where is that line? Is there a line? What determines it?
I have been trying to figure out if I am a "choose to" or "have to" sahp. If one only looks at finances, I am definitely a "choose to" sahp. However, IF I had my druthers, I would be a wohp. My family's "unique" circumstances make it easy for our whole family to have a sahp and a wohp. We have weighed the pluses and minuses and sah comes out first- it isn't really close. If it were close, I would be a wohp. So, I feel like a "Have To" sahp.
If we look at the finances, DH is a "Have To" wohp if we have a sahp. However, when we made the decision to have me first work part time and then, later, quit. We talked about *both* of us working reduced hours (30 or so). He did quit a very demanding job at a start up and went to a *relatively less demanding job at a medium sized company. So, weighing his feelings, he is a "Choose To" wohp.
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May I ask what it says for your neighborhood then as mine says middle class?
I don't know how they figure it out but I would think they would take an average and then name it like that.
I'm not one for labels... so the upper middle lower stuff doesn't really interest me so I don't think i'd ever go looking up mine or anyone elses stuff to see where they fell... I guess to me all that matters is when I look around and say "I like it here" yaknow?
Edited 4/14/2010 4:47 pm ET by sweetsummmerdays
I was just saying that I guess if I really wanted to research any particular area she knows all the ins and outs of where to get that kind of info.. .I just have no desire to.
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