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| Mon, 05-01-2006 - 5:18pm |
For all the stay at home moms, yes I'm one of them. I have one question, do you plan on going back to work once all of your children are in Elementary school? Or do you like staying at home and have decided to never work again? I am just curious, my husband and I have talked about it. I am mainly home just for my kids, to be here when they come home from school is nice, but, I tend to get bored easly, so I have decided once my 3 year old enters into Elementary school, I will be going back to work. I have thought and thought about this, my husband is fine if I decide not to work or if I decide to go back and work. We are financially stable so I can choose to stay home if I want. I would be working so i won't be bored, while the kids are at school all day long. I do plan on working part time, so i can be home when they get home from school. I'm not the type to sit around and do nothing all day, right now my kids are home half the day at least my 5 year old is, so I have her, and my youngest to be home for. I just can't envision myself sitting here all day long with no children around, going gee what do i do now, ain't gonna happen.
I'm done rambling, waiting for replies!!!!

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Noone said your values are any different. You are saying that if YOU can carve out time to work out, anyone can, but the point is you don't have more to do because you work so much."
Yes I farm out. I do. But I still have as many or more hours tied up than anyone I know...WOH or SAH. So my point stands. If I can make time to work out, almost anyone can.
MM
Yes biology. Because *so* many men develop complications due to pregnancy and childbirth, nurse their children, or deal with PPD. These are things that can (and note, I said *can*, not will - I realize they do not apply to everyone) interfere with a woman's career, and may also influence one's choice in career.
Carrie
I don't quite get it....you wouldn't marry someone who made a lot less than you. You would never "support" someone else. You wouldn't support a sahp....
but your dh has no interest in finances? Why does he not have an interest in things for your boys? You don't feel the need to tell him how much things cost(things for your children) where is the partnership in that? Why wouldn't he want to be part of decisions for your boys////
This just seems so odd. For someone who is obsessed with things being "equal".....I just don't get it.
OMG! If a sahm made this statement you'd flip out...."I haven't looked at a checking account balance or any other financial statement since we got married - that's why I'm unaware of the household spending and finances."
Why is it ok for your dh to be "in the dark"? You'd have a field day with a sahm who was "clueless"....
I chose my inferior, "lesser" career, because I love it and can't imagine doing anything else.
And, you are right a LOT of women are NOT about choice, even when they claim to be on the outside.
Is this an extension? I recall that you were going to give this opportunity a year and then go part time. (Did I remember that wrong?) "
It was originally an 18 month commitment, in terms of vesting. If I left before then they'd claw back some of my sign on bonus. But....I've done so well and gotten into some of the worlds biggest companies, that I'm giving it more time. I'm guessing around another year from now. We may also be bought and I need to stick that out as a liquidity event (even though we are already public) could be extremely lucrative to me and my family.
"What makes you think you'll be able to cut back in a year? Is it realistic to think that you'll ever allow yourself to drastically cut your hours?"
I've done it before. I left another role at the top 10 years ago to go out on my own. I can and will do it again. As for cutting my hours, I will be more flexible on my own, always was in the past, but this time with an even bigger "brand name" based on the work I've done, to leverage. Can I really cut back? Dunno. But I aim to try.
I'm also working on getting pregnant. If that works, you bet I'll take at least a year off like I did after the birth of the dynamic duo:)
MM
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