SAHM's and Money
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SAHM's and Money
| Fri, 06-23-2006 - 1:57pm |
I am a WOHM but have always felt like this, even as a kid. I know it is probably wrong, but it is a strong feeling I have had.
When SAHM's say "I bought this or "I saved MY money for this", I always want to say "YOUR" money? Now, don't get me wrong, my mom was a SAHM and a great one at that but she would get spending money every week, just like I do, while working, but I can't feel technically that it was "HER" money.
Staying home is a hard job, being home today I can say that it is much harder to have a stressful out of the house job AND have kids but it is more physically demanding then my job.
I just feel that any money in the household has been made by the dh and is really "HIS" all the time. He just gives it to his wife to spend. I know this is horrible but I was wondering if anyone else felt this way?
When SAHM's say "I bought this or "I saved MY money for this", I always want to say "YOUR" money? Now, don't get me wrong, my mom was a SAHM and a great one at that but she would get spending money every week, just like I do, while working, but I can't feel technically that it was "HER" money.
Staying home is a hard job, being home today I can say that it is much harder to have a stressful out of the house job AND have kids but it is more physically demanding then my job.
I just feel that any money in the household has been made by the dh and is really "HIS" all the time. He just gives it to his wife to spend. I know this is horrible but I was wondering if anyone else felt this way?

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***Very true, but what about the next day? Most SAHM's are not active 5 days a week, 8 hours a day.***
Neither are WOHP.
< personally can balance cleaning, cooking, yard, and kids. I know some people that can't do what I can do and others that do more. It is really an individual thing.>
Very true. It also went thru phases with me. There were certain stages when I SAH that it was all I could do to find time to pee, much less clean or do anything with the house. It would be like we woke up and then suddenly it was time for bed. Other times it was no problem.
And yeah, the only thing that bothers me about this story is that the husband is complaining to others about the wife. That is *so* very uncool.
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