Traditional roles, Are they really....
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Traditional roles, Are they really....
| Tue, 09-21-2004 - 9:04am |
healthy for women or men? Let me just preface this by saying I have been living in a traditional role my entire married life. Dh brings home the paycheck and I raise the kids. This past weekend we came from a family gathering that involved all the women working and all of the men sitting and watching sports. Frankly, I am sick of it.I am completely wiped out after those things! I have four kids, two of which are 3 and 5 and need to be supervised, so I am working twice as hard! Just this morning dh told me not to buy anything without clearing it with him first....bleck! I am beginning to feel as if the kids get short changed when families are traditional. Dads don't interact with their kids as much as they should. Moms get to feel like a slave to their families. I am beginning to feel as if it is best for families if the mom at least works part time because then the dh can be more active in parenting and keeping up the household. This is sort of a vent but a debate as well. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts.~Lisa

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He married me because he wanted help with the kids, he stayed married to me because I went to engineering school, which is also why he had the v reversal because I would have left and found someone else to have a family with. Once the kids were born, he figured he could do what he wanted.
He told me, years ago that he almost divorced me about the time I decided to go to college. I asked him why he chanegd his mind and never got an answer. I think he planned to go our separate ways when the boys were older but I became a meal ticket so he stuck around.
JEnna
And no I don't think you should just allow him to smoke around your kids with no comment, but I am finding it difficult to believe it is the catalyst for the dissolution of a marriage.
Jenna
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