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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You can't lump all those people together.
1969Jets and Cocoapop had high paying careers, but they are married to high income earners.
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WRONG!
My house is the hangout. I have 5 here right now. Friday I had 7 (ages 4-13). The kids love to come here, have something to eat or drink and someone around to chat with. I don't spend every second monitoring their conversations and I let them lead the conversations.
I have learned an awful lot about middle schools around here simply by being around to give the kids drinks and snacks and listening in on (and sometimes participating in) conversations. My presence doesn't seem to discourage the kids from being here. I don't spend every second listening in to their conversations. Right now ds#1 is playing Risk with a friend in his room, dh#2 is playing a video game in his room with a friend and ds#3 is watching tv, waiting for me to be done with the computer so we can build a lego fire truck together.
My neighbor across the street has teen daughters (15, 17). She is always home and the kids spend lots of time home with thier friends. I think the trick is to be available, and around, but not suffocate the kids. You need to give them privacy and space while still remaining around. Keeping them scheduled every minute of the day doesn't work, nor does suffocating them. You need to find a balance with kids.
Jenna
Laura
Despite the income I could bring in, the only effect my WOH would have on my family would be me being a bigger b*tch than I am now, which couldn't possibly be a good thing! (Hey, there's a reason I was working p/t 3 years before having DS...) ;)
Anyhoo...ITA w/you Slim. In our case, the effect on our SES would be negligible and certainly not worth the havoc it would wreak on our lives.
JMHO, of course! C
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