Which came first, the title or the SAHW?
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Which came first, the title or the SAHW?
| Fri, 12-19-2003 - 9:04am |
Last night I attended my husband's work Christmas party. I sat with the CEO, CFO, CTO, COO (Chief operations officer, I didn't know that acronym, I had to ask), Creative Director, Marketing Director and their wives. Near the end of the evening it was just we wives chatting mostly about kids. I made the observation that even though all the wives were intelligent, educated and accomplished women, not a single one (except me), woh. They are all SAHM's.
Any thoughts on why that might be? I have my own opinion but I'd like to hear from everyone else first. Do you think they sah because of their husbands jobs or their husbands have their jobs because the wives stay home? Or doesn't it matter?

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No you don't have to worry about the kind of care your kids recieve but you're kidding yourself if you think moms never have bad day or need a break from their kids.
I know my kids benefit from my WOH because we live in a better neighborhood where they can run and play and get plenty of exercise outside. They go to better schools, where they're getting a better education. I see evidence of how my WOH has benefitted my kids every time my 6 yo sits down to play the piano (we could not have afforded Yamaha school if I had SAH). I've watched her breeze through addition, subtraction and multiplication (she's not quite ready for division yet.) largely because she's used to performing aritemetic operations in her head necessary to read music and keep time. She has an intuitive knowledge of how to divide up a measure or beat and which notes/rests add up to which others. I can see evidence of the benefits I've given my kids. I'm curious as to what the evidence of the benefits of SAH are?
BTW, saying most WM's are positively affecting their families financial situation speaks nothing to what SAHM's would do if they WOH. It only speaks to the current class of WM's and what they are accomplishing. I think it's a pretty reasonable assumption that the current class of SAHM's would have less impact because, statistically speaking, dh's who have SAHW's earn more and it's logical to think that women who earned less would be more likely to opt out of the work force. I am NOT saying that SAHM's would realize the same improvements or that they gave them up to SAH. I'm saying that I'm in good company in the positively impact my family becuase I WOH dept.
It makes sense to me that the more your working matters to your family, the more likely you are to WOH and vice versa. I am by no means alone in benefitting my family via WOH. As a class WM's are improving their family's financial situation. Now how that plays out is very individual. I've stated how it plays out for us.
Edited 12/24/2003 12:30:23 AM ET by cyndluagain
And just so you don't doubt my saying my DH was in Iraq, his battalion served very close to the 3ID during the war and cleared the way for ground troops to actually move into Iraq. He was there for 6 months.
And, what I meant in my other post was that sometimes the government has their own timeline for releasing information. I would not be surprised if something has been found but the government is making doubly sure of what it was before releasing any information.
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With WMD. . .I just can't see them NOT releasing it. . .just can't see it happening. . .look how fast the news about Saddam's capture and the deaths of Uday and Qusai got out. . .and I'm supposed to believe that the ONE thing that would MOST justify the administrations policy on Iraq is being kept secret. . .doubt it highly.
My dh has been there 8 months on Saturday (our oldest dd's 13th birthday) and we STILL don't have an official return date. . .though we suspect that it'll be in late February or early March making a total tour of 10+ months.
I am just curious because both DH and I grew up with WOHMs and we both wished we had had more time to spend with our moms during the younger years. That's one of the main reasons I WAH.
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