QOTD 1/7

minionlover

Senerio:  You don't have kids and you don't plan on having the anytime soon.

Question:  Would you ever be a Stay at Home Wife on purpose?  Meaning, if DH came home one day and said that you could quit your job, would you? 

mana8503

NO WAY.  I need human interaction and a purpose to my days.  SAHM have a purpose - raising a child.

I worked hard for my degree and a career using it... I'm going to use it dang'it!

tamrahelmer

This is funny because it totally relates to us. We don't plan on having kids, especially not anytime soon. However, some days I wish I could just stay at home. With all that said, I don't think I could do it 100% of the time. I think I would need at least a part time job a couple days a week to get me out of the house or have some 'me' time.

goatlady12

I would probably cut down to part time.

islandmonkey8

Yes. 

 

BUT, I would be involved in more volunteer opportunities, house upkeep, and other things.

It probably doesn't help that I despise my job right now and the only reason I stay here is because I can't find anything that pays as much (which isn't much) and H & I need the money I make. 

SharEtoBe

DH and I both complain about our jobs and say that we wish we would hit the lottery and be able to quit. However, I would still want to do something. Actually, if I didn't have to work, I'd probably go back to school to get my PhD. I couldn't just stay home though. I get bored being home sick for 2 days!

mpjf1001

I could never, im unemployed right now and while being home everday i get a lot done but i am going stir crazy and I wish could find a job, argh!

lehc723

Yes, but I'd go back to school and get a masters.

brainybrunette

No way!!!

I'm finishing up my Ph.D. and don't have 20+ years of education to stay at home. Even when we do have kids, I highly doubt I'll be a stay at home mom. I need to feel challenged by my career and have adult interaction.  

catwine

I'm currently a stay at home wife but not by choice ( i got fired from my job last month without any warning). 

if i knew we could survive on just my husband's salary then i'd consider staying home permanently.  but since we bought our house with 2 incomes i can't afford to stay home.  i realized i NEEd to be seeing people during the day and i'm starting to get a little crazy!

minionlover

I don't think that I could.  As others said, I would get bored.  I think that I would get the feeling of uselessness.  I would need to do something part time or volunteer.

mrshall1027

I could be a stay at home mom for sure! I would probably do some type of volunteer work, but I'd love to stay home and take care of the kids and house.

mbuckley85

As much as I would absolutely LOVE to not have to work, I think I would at least need to work once a week or so to stimulate me.  I could do without the 12 hour work days and the 40 (or more) hours a week that I am working.  

 No chance of that anytime soon though.  I make more than DH and we are TTC so we need my income.   

pengy16

I don't think I could, but then again I am the breadwinner in our house.  I have told H that if I get a better job he could quit his job and stay home. But H is an over the road trucker so he really needs a local job but he is having a hard time finding one that will pay what he is making now. 

DanaOcNy

I definitely could not be a stay at home wife, I would go stir crazy out of my mind!!  While I would love to be able to be a stay at home mom when the kids arrive I highly doubt that would be possible.  We bought our house on two incomes so we need to keep them both. 

magpie87

Yes, at this point, I would totally be okay with being a Stay-at-Home-Wife! I'm not exactly miserable in my job right now or anything, but I would definitely welcome the chance to not have to answer to anyone (at least for a little while until I went stir-crazy, haha!).

sjs1013

I was drained yesterday after work and could post, but yes, I would want to be a stay at home mom.  Not forever, just until my children were school-aged.

If we didn't have kids or our kids were in school, I don't think I could stay home all day.  I love being home on vacations and summers.  I'm not one of those teachers who at the end of the summer I'm like, "I can't wait to go back."  The night before the first day of school is just as rough in my house as I'm sure it is in my students' houses.  I am practically dragged out of bed. 

I think if I were to stay home for an extended period of time it would lose it's novelty.

xxjen015

With the job I'm at now, I'd definitely say yes. But he would have to have a job with good insurance and more money. Although I don't make much, we depend on it. I'm also the insurance carrier, neither of his jobs offer it to him.

 I would like to quit and take photography courses, then eventually find some kind of part time job. I don't think I'd be able to stay home all of the time.