What would you give up to stay home?
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| Sat, 08-05-2006 - 8:36am |
Hi everyone.
I have always said that staying home is so important to me that I would give up many things to be able to do that. We live in a very small home, I have no jewelry and we buy all our clothes at Walmart. I know that if I went back to work, we could afford more. But I would never trade being at home for a larger house or more luxuries.
However, after reading this board I have started to suspect that there are things I would not want to give up. If I couldn't send my kids to preschool a couple of hours a day, if I couldn't afford any after school activities like ballet lessons or if I could'nt afford any kind of summer program for them, I think I would have to find a way to go back to work. So basically, I'm perfectly happy to deny myself "things." But I would not want to take much away from the kids.
Of course I would probably have to find a new career becuase I could never work the 80 hours a week my old career entailed.

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(I said something similar in a previous post).
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If that is the choice, there really isn't an issue. However, for many, they've never even calculated what they'll need to save in the future to have a comfortable life instead of a rich one. They just run an on line calculator that tells them they can afford to SAH and run with it.
The stats for older women living in poverty are so sad.
Not quite what I said is it? I'll take it you can't actually debate my points so you resort to trying to belittle them. Great debate tactic there.
Please don't twist what I say.
Please tell me what a normal situation is?
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Why don't you mention this to your friend that has the ailing mother? Why is there a double standard here?
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Maybe not for YOU and for myself and most mothers. However some parents can't do it. I find it sad that you have little compassion for some mothers. Look at the other thread. The mother is sending her 4 month old twins to DC and she SAH. What would you say to her?
It was a joke, (hence the LOL). Sorry you found it soo offensive.
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