October 2012 Weddings
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QOTD 1/7
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?
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Re: QOTD 1/7
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!
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.
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!
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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.
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!
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.
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.
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.