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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Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Women who have husbands who are CEO's or CFO's or V.P.'s or whatever, obviously have a lot of money coming in. Upper level management jobs often require the husband to travel frequently out of town and have long working hours. Unless his wife has a "Career" in something (NOT just a 9am-5pm $30,000 a year desk job), for example if his wife went to Medical or Nursing school or has a specific degree in something she has a life long passion for doing, like being a teacher, etc...why should his wife get up at 5am in the morning and wake up the baby and preschooler at 6:30am and then drop them off at daycare at 7am, then sit behind some cubicle and make photocopies and fedex packages all day, only to then pick up the kids cranky and tired at 6:00pm. Sounds like hell and the kids will be VERY unhappy!
dj
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Let me ask you a question, if a sahm is driving a brand new mini-van, but could be driving a brand new mercedes wagon if only she went out and got a job, how is that benefitting her family? Let's assume that the family can pay for college, sports, braces, vacations, camp and all the little luxuries that many of us consider musts. Do we all really need to drive a mercedes over a mini-van? Don't you see how more money really isn't always a benefit?
I am looking at this from the pov of TWO family of exactly the same financial means despite work status. If 2 incomes are NECESSARY to survive, that is a different story.
dj
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Laura
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