SAH/WOH - Why?
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SAH/WOH - Why?
| Mon, 02-20-2006 - 7:41am |
I am sure this has been done before but I was wondering this in light of recent posts lately.
Why did you decide to sah/woh?
Was it a choice or something expected of you?
Was your plan to sah/woh though out or impulsive? Long-term or short-term?

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I was asked a question, and I answered it. What's getting really silly is your knee-jerk defense of anything to do with suvs.
Luckily, there are a whole lot of options between driving exactly what you want without even considering the environment and not having a car at all. It's funny how you have to turn this into an extreme. I've said numerous times in this thread that there are many families who are doing more for the environment than mine, and I'm happy to say it again. However, we have considered the environment in deciding what cars to buy, whether to carpool or use public transportation, etc., and I think that's a perfectly reasonable thing for anyone to do, within their own circumstances. If believing we all need to care more about the environment than we do equates to making myself judge, jury, and executioner, I can live with it.
I'm really wondering why you want to defend someone who says she has never even considered the environment in buying a car and sees no reason to do so. I know you've said that you don't think most people do, but is that a good thing in your book?
All spoken in present, not past or future
PumpkinAngel
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Sounds like that is pretty much what I said?
In this part of the thread, I responded to jzy's comment about needing to put all your fixtures in a trailer, and snoopy responded to that. The discussion was about why she needs to tow things. I've already acknowledged that she can't tow a boat with an suv, but I don't get why towing a trailer is so important that she needs an suv. She says here that it's important because she's remodeled her house once in 9 years. It's hard for me to see that as a reason you need to own an suv for 7 years.
The only reasons she has given me for owning an suv are that she needs the suv for work (sounds like that is true, but she's been a sahm for 6 years) and she needs to be able to tow trailers (since she's not working, the trailers would now be for remodeling or yardword). I pointed out that she could use another vehicle for that.
The real reason she has an suv is because she wants one. It's convenient for her and she wants to be able to tow her boat. I get it.
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No.
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Why does a sahm (your current profession) need an suv?
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Nope, already provided you with links for that.
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No and no.
PumpkinAngel
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