newyorkerbaby's commentsComments On: EverythingArticles Blogs Journals Photos created by: Everyonenewyorkerbaby Standards of Comparison: Housewife versus Stay At Home Mom - Blog Entry25 Apr 2008 12:28 PM Oh, I forgot to add, I say stay at home MOM because I have 5 toy poodles and a black lab. I know, yikes! Standards of Comparison: Housewife versus Stay At Home Mom - Blog Entry25 Apr 2008 12:26 PM Hey, I would love to be a housewife WITH children but God hasn't seen fit to give us anyway. But I still stay home because after working since I was 14, I decided it was time to quite work and see if we could manage. We actually got money back this year for the first time in taxes. Of course my husband got a promotion etc with his job so that certainly buffeted the missing income. But really, I save on gas, clothes (let's not even talk about panty hose!), food, stress, car insurance, etc. Like I said, I would love to have children but we have dealt with infertility for our whole marriage (15 years.) I do believe I do my fair share as a stay at home Mom by taking care of mowing the lawn and doing all the housework, meals, laundry, picking his clothes out,etc. I pull my weight, believe me.And my husband also is 100% supportive of me doing so. I don't come home crying anymore from stuff that happens at work,and he knows I am safe not having to drive the 60 miles a day. |
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