re: Married men of the OT, how many of you are single income HH?

I worked two jobs and my wife worked one, when we started out with little people that looked like us. Little people that look like us eventually leave home, but somehow comeback with more little people that look like them.

All I know is they cost some serious cash.

Wife hasn’t worked since first kid was born 5 years ago. I make plenty and prefer her home raising them vs daycare

Kind of.

My wife (no pics) works for me. And our kid are in day care and pre-K.

She’s one of the most competent, hard working people I know. So when I had a chance to hire her away from her old job, I did. And now she’s invested in making me/us a success.

And she’s hot.

Wife is home with one toddler while other two are in elementary school. Waiting on her to go back to work. I am ok supporting us right now but she isn’t the best cook and the house is still a disaster to come home to most days. Feel it won’t be much different with her working and plus will have a bit more income as well.

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The joy of our grandchildren and raising decent children is more fulfilling than living in a big home and driving new cars. To each his own.

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In this day and age, some people need 2 incomes to get by with a serviceable home and old used cars.

I’m sure most families would like to be able to have the wife stay home, but they just can’t afford it. Like you said, different times.

Wife staying at home were rules made prior to "Birth Control" and technology advances.

When I as a child, seven brothers and sisters. Mom had no washing machine, no clothes dryer, no running water/indoor plumbing. I was probably born when there was no electricity in homes in North Louisiana. I remember my Mom using an Iron that was heated on a wood stove. My older sisters trying to do homework with kerosene lamps.
So yeah, in todays society women should work if she and spouse so desire.
My wife is an RN. She worked while I was in college. We had our first child my Sr. year. She is a very strong person. She worked as an nurse/RN for over fifty years. She worked and went to school to earn her RN. She is awesome still.

We never used day care for our boys. We worked different shifts.
Were the boys handicapped?
Nope! One has a EE degree.
One has a Computer Science degree.
Neither had a student loan.
Both are married, once, and both have two outstanding children.

We tried to have my wife stay home when my first child was born. We didn't need the wife's income, so she didn't work for ~6 months. Wife has her masters degree and had her own aspirations, so I think it ate at her a bit. Plus we were in a new city and not a lot of connections for socialization with her and our son. It became a situation where happiness for all was probably better with the daycare option.

For us, I think daycare 100% helped with socialization for our children. We've always been pretty involved with the daycare. Wife volunteers for everything. We still regularly see and talk to teachers and managment when we see them in the community, even when the kids have moved on. We have always had full confidence with where we left our kids and it has worked for us.

My wife works. I'm home with the toddler.

My sister had her husband play Mr. Mom for 20 years raising the kids while she built an ad agency. It worked out well for them during that time. He played a ton of golf as well.

She sent him back to work but he’s struggled to find anything beyond entry level for obvious reasons.