Anyone Else’s Wife a Stay At Home Mom?

[Cash68847]

Cant imagine sending my kids to hang with degen kids 50 hrs a week.

Either way they will be at some point. I’ve always felt it was good to get them acclimated to other kids early.

 

[BushAK]

Homeschool kids are weird but I have 0 desire to be the breadwinner so she will need to work when we have kids.

 

[Cash68847]

You could get the two 18 cartons for 4 something not that long ago at Walmart. They are over 13 now.

I was wrong. It was actually 5.32 this summer.

 

[slattimer]

When my wife started shooting out kids at a rapid rate. 1 kid per 2 years to get to 4. She wanted to stay home with them. I was okay with it but losing an income wouldn’t cut it. So she decided to start up an in home daycare. Took care of both problems. Definitely wasn’t ideal at times. But it worked. Tax time sucked though doing her taxes. But whatever. It worked out. And didn’t have to live solely off my teaching salary.

Now she’s the supervisor of a childcare facility and still around our kids that aren’t in school full time. All the time.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

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I was wrong. It was actually 5.32 this summer.

I remember getting 5 dozen at Costco for like 13 bucks. They didn't have any eggs Monday.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

This information actually explains a lot.

(Not a shot, just helps explains your politics)

My politics are just you if you did better drugs in college

 

[Steveweiser316]

Nope, my wife’s a workaholic, works in Crisis Communications in a demanding industry and gets a high off of the intensity of her job.

 

[Chi7397]

Done it the last 3 years - most the time it works well, gotta make sure to put in the effort in the weekends and gotta have a wife who can create an identity and find fulfillment at home, but it makes a lot of things easier with 2 little kids

 

[Jim14510]

Really varies person to person. My wife has stayed home for stretches and worked in others. Some people are great stay at home parents and others really aren't.

This is what I was going to say. My wife always loved the idea of being a stay at home mom and did it for 5 or 6 years. If it would have gone any longer she would have gone insane.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

This is what I was going to say. My wife always loved the idea of being a stay at home mom and did it for 5 or 6 years. If it would have gone any longer she would have gone insane.

I've known stay at home moms who are busier doing kid and house shit than people who work and I've known ones who fuck around on their phones all day and leave the house a wreck. Obviously the stay at home mom route makes way less sense in the latter situation

 

[Cash68847]

I've known stay at home moms who are busier doing kid and house shit than people who work and I've known ones who fuck around on their phones all day and leave the house a wreck. Obviously the stay at home mom route makes way less sense in the latter situation

And I’ve known the ones who like to get stray. It’s all about priorities.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

And I’ve known the ones who like to get stray. It’s all about priorities.

Definitely

 

[God is a Husker]

Where the heck did your wife find this dream job? My wife is also in healthcare and is severely overworked. Yes, the pay is good, but she's often working 60+ hours a week, including weekly overnights, doubles, and weekends. She would disagree with your "healthcare is a racket" statement.

Also, her healthcare is mediocre. Definitely no 50% discounts.

And I don't mean this to be defensive. I'm legitimately interested where/how she found this job.

- Md

- 8+ years ER doc experience

- speaks 5 languages

- double minority hire (brown girl)


*I still think she’s way overpaid

 

[God is a Husker]

My politics are just you if you did better drugs in college

lol you rookie

 

[Kazman5k]

I am here to keep any and all stay at home wives company during the day

 

[Fitzjess21]

There was a dude who tried to buy my wife's wedding dress for $20K and wanted to buy sweaty yoga pants for hundreds per pair. Was definitely tempting.

And you didn't sell the wedding dress? I'd sell my wifes for 1k and never tell her.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

I am here to keep any and all stay at home wives company during the day

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

- Md

- 8+ years ER doc experience

- speaks 5 languages

- double minority hire (brown girl)


*I still think she’s way overpaid

Location

 

[HCFord1]

Location

This. Doctors can make a fuck ton of money working in rural areas.

 

[Jim14510]

This. Doctors can make a fuck ton of money working in rural areas.

Especially relative to cost of living.