Posted: 6/24/2009 10:41:47 PM EDT
| Why is the practice so looked down on and not practiced in todays generation of women? For the most part anyways. Arguements could be made that contend that such a person is more important then a male working so that is out the window. I for one think that is a pretty hot and makes a fantastic wife? Am I alone? |
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I think we're starting to see a return to those values. My wife just quit her teaching job and is now a stay-at-home mom. She managed to off set some of the salary loss by picking up some online teaching for a university. We'll learn to get by on less. It's worth it.
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| Most of my friends have two working parents (I'm 18, for reference). My mom quit her job (computer programmer) right before my older sister was born and hasn't worked since. It was nice, always having a parent that was around. My dad was able to retire when I was still in middle school, so I've actually had both parents around all day for awhile. I do think it is very important that kids are raised by their parents, and not daycare, though sometimes financial circumstances make that difficult. |
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A woman who can operate a home efficiently is very sexy, in my opinion. Unfortunately many women are brought up with a massive sense of entitlement up there ass, and see it as an unequal position to that of the male who brings home the butter.
Personally I think it's equal. Many women, in my experience, are not as efficient in the work place as their male counter parts. Likewise, I couldn't operate a household without invoking martial law, ever. So it's a two way street, and I think eventually, after we shoot all the feminists, both male and female, we'll get back to good old American values, where women don't have to work at wal-mart or be in a combat arms MOS in order to support the household. |
I'm a stay at home dad. I quit when my first kid was born because we wanted one of us to raise our kids. I've always done the cooking and have an allergy to corporate life so I stayed home. The most popular thing I hear from other guys when I tell them what I do is "I wish my wife would let me do that." It's not as easy as some think, but, it also is not as hard as some make it out to be. Course, now that I've joined arfcom I expect I may not keep my job much longer. With the filth and squalor building around me and my kids as I sit in the glow of monitor, surely it won't be long until hunger forces one of the kids to look for help. 
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| My Wife joined the Army and worked very hard to pay for her teaching degree, none the less we still incurred some student loans. When we pay those off she will become a Homemaker. Now that we have Kids it just makes sense. We are willing to sacrifice the benefits of a dual income to insure that we are raising our kids, not a daycare. I don't consider this the only option just the best option for us. |
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Because many now think that value is based in money/power/control and don't want to "waste" their lives. It is the feminist motto. I would like to be an at home mom one day, not everyone(very few) I know does. My sister, who works, has a kid who is being raised by minimum wage day care workers while she tends to her "career" as a drone in a government office. Sounds like a waste to me.... My wife stays home and does an excellent job of raising my daughter and keeping the household running smoothly. I wouldn't have it any other way. |
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They make great wives/mothers. Most households today have a standard of living that requires a dual income. We do fine with one income... I don't have to pay for child care and al of the other expenses of my wife working. +1 If people would quit trying to keep up with the Joneses they would find their lives richer for it. The dual income argument is BS. Lose the 300k house, the new cars and all the fancy new crap; easy. |
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+1 If people would quit trying to keep up with the Joneses they would find their lives richer for it. The dual income argument is BS. Lose the 300k house, the new cars and all the fancy new crap; easy. There's nothing wrong with dual income if you can manage it. As long as one parent is home when the kids are (this is easier once they start school...) it's all good, I think. Also, a $300k house is cheap in some parts of the country... That's less than half the average home value in my town. 
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| I have been lucky enough to be able to allow my wife to stay home w/ the kids, it's been a struggle but were're making it. That being said it's just like being in the service, your front line troops are no good w/o a good support team. The wife makes this possible. |
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This is America, where your only measure of value is the size of your paycheck. Survey says.... You're right! Sadly it seems an overwhelming majority think that pulling 60K a year is way cooler than building a solid family and home. I have no problem with women working, however, having a job does NOT make you more important than the stay at home woman. |
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This is America, where your only measure of value is the size of your paycheck. This^^^ In my world, MY measure as a man and parent is how my kids turn out. Everything else is crap, can't take it with you but your legacy to the country and world are your kids. Both of my sons are currently serving, my job is done. Could care less what everyone else thinks. |