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Why does some people think women at home
| 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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Perhaps it is cultural (you mentioned how things work in your "country & culture"), but in my relationship we don't fight over purchasing things, and we don't consider compromise to be "winning". The decisions for purchasing larger items are joint decisions...each of our input is equal, regardless of the fact that I make 1/4 of my husband's salary. As for smaller purchases (a lunch out, a CD, a sweater, pair of shoes, etc.), if we need something we buy it. We both have access to our checking account, know the balance, know what bills are to be paid, and know what the flex money is.
You and your DH are obviously not lawyers.
(JOKE people!)
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You and your DH are obviously not lawyers.
(JOKE people!)
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, we're both Libras. :-)
If I wanted him to watch the kids and he refused becuased he thought that his time was more important then whatever I wanted to do then it would be an equality issue.
But work taking precedence over free time is not about equality it is just about how jobs are.
Edited 6/17/2003 3:37:01 PM ET by texigan
Does his part Italian ethnicity counterbalance the Libra traits?
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To my FIL, money meant power. So I used to wonder why my MIL didn't just work FT (She was working PT) so that she can earn more and have more power in their relationship. Hmm... my FIL thought that she should be PT because he felt a SAHM would be good for the kids.... did he really believe that or was he trying to keep her from having more earning power?
It's also an ego thing for some men, particularly of an older generation. My dad wouldn't have been able to stand having a wife acknowledged by the world to be an intelligent, competent individual.
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