re: Thoughts on stay at home Dads

I've been a stay at home dad since the last company I worked for sold out and shut down the office here. My wife owns her own business and does pretty well. Both of our kids have struggled through high school and I honestly don't know how either would have made it without one parent at home.

My oldest is getting ready for college and I'm back in school for computer programming. Looking forward to a second career and being able to bank some serious cash for retirement. It's definitely not for everyone, but both my wife and I came from divorced households and were latchkey kids. We didn't want that for our kids. Only thing I would have changed is we would have homeschooled or private schooled the kids.

I believe stay at home dads are pathetic. I would not, nor could I be a stay at home dad regardless of what my wife made.

One of my wife's biggest bitches is how 'hard a job it is staying at home and raising the kids'. I told her to get a job making at least 2/3 of my take-home and I'd quit my job, take over the house, and finish raising the kids.

When she realized I was serious she shut the hell up and I haven't heard anymore about how 'unfair it is I leave for work every day and she's stuck home with the kids'.

Hey, if Momma's doing good and it's affordable to do so, then do it.

Stay at home dad is a code word for "drunk that can't hold down a job"

I've been retired for 10 months. I applied for a career level job yesterday.

Being home isn't for everybody, I guess.

Sounds like a fantastic idea. Wouldn't bother me, i'd get a lot of fishing, hiking and skiing in.

English, please.

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My wife owns her own business and does pretty well.

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How many pink Caddilacs has she earned?

I imagine it would eventually get tough for the female to see the male in a sexual way and vice versa.

My wife works full-time and I go to school full-time. She said I didn't need to work so I could focus on school. Once I graduate I'll go back to working.