Why does some people think women at home

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Why does some people think women at home
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Sat, 06-07-2003 - 1:02am
should do it all? I hear this and think why should a woman at home do every thing? Shouldn't it be whatever works? Shouldn't it be whatever floats the boat of the married couple? Confused on this thinking.

If you are home do you do it all? How does your DH or SO feel?

WOH do you do it all or do you split it? Do you do more or less since you WOH?

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 11:50am
Hey, I see it too. And most of the posts give me a headache so I don't bother reading them, just like the other similar poster. And now I think I'm also getting cavities from them as well.
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Registered: 06-15-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 12:03pm
Why would it be any of your business what we pay our maid? What is the point of asking that question in the line of debate? Why do you need a list of charities and fundraisers in this line of debate? I see no need to answer questions that don't pertain directly to the debate material.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 12:04pm
Perhaps once you get your story straight, I will. Your first claim was that it was prohibited throughout the county. Now it's only "most towns". When you can figure out what it is you're trying to say, give us a call.
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Registered: 06-15-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 12:08pm
Reading the archives gave me the same impression

Wasn't it this particular poster that no one would believe about the substitute teaching?

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Registered: 06-15-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 12:09pm
I think geography is a huge indicator of many things in this debate
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 12:11pm
It certainly is. Those people who bought a house in Kentucky or Tennessee for 100K cannot relate or understand those of us who spend 5 times as much (and vice versa). Might as well be different cultures and countries.

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Registered: 06-15-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 12:12pm
The discussion was going in line with the husband working and the wife at home not doing enough house work. I wondered how women who are wives at home with maids played in this line of thinking when obviously we are not doing house work (laundry, majority of cooking.....)

That is why I posed the question as it peaked my interest on the debate at another angle.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 12:23pm
Actually it's a matter of property values. For most folks, their home is their single biggest financial investment. In order to keep that investment at a high level (and be able to sell the house for a profit) it DOES matter how other surrounding properties are kept. Unsightly and unkempt neighboring properties will affect how much money YOUR property is worth. Yeah, clotheline bans may seem pretty trivial but the idea is to maintain a certain *look* that attracts future taxpayers and keeps property values high. If a person has a problem with these type of zoning laws it's up to the individual to do the research and choose where they live accordingly.



And personally, I wouldn't care to listen to my kids joke about my neighbor's underwear blowin' in the afternoon breeze ;-)
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 12:25pm
I am one of those people from TN and it does blow my mind that real estate is so expensive in other parts of the country. I read Trip's posts and just immediatly picture Martha Stewart in my mind. Isn't Turkey Hill somewhere in CT? Totally different culture-I do not know anyone with live-in help and only one person with a nanny. We have a chain linked fence and a clothesline, too. Horror!


"I do not want to be a princess! I want to be myself"

Mallory (age 3)

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-16-2003 - 12:27pm
Just be sure to brush your teeth after every post ;)

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