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re: Thoughts on stay at home Dads
Posted on 10/17/16 at 8:59 pm to goldshellback
Posted on 10/17/16 at 8:59 pm to goldshellback
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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'.
Your ignorance here is astounding. Your lack of appreciation of your wife taking care of the house and kids is noted for all to see.
How about you take stock in the fact that she is up all hours of the night, no constant sleep, running errands with the kids, doing chores, cooking for you and them, etc and see that being a stay at home mom is a job. Well, until they start school when she can finally get a break, but before that when she has 3 kids running around the house all day, and 2 in diapers. Learn to appreciate her value.
I have more respect for stay at home moms than the idiot women who have kids then 3 months later dump their kids off at daycare to raise them because she wants to work.
Please, do us all a favor and don't have kids if your priority is money. /rant.
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Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:02 pm to Taurus
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How about you take stock in the fact that she is up all hours of the night, no constant sleep, running errands with the kids, doing chores, cooking for you and them, etc
me and my wife do all of this and both work 40 hours a week
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:04 pm to PSU2LSU
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Wife makes 4x what I could earn so it doesn't make sense for me to go to work.
This would be the only way I would do it. She would have to be making enough that my income doesnt really add on to the total
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:06 pm to Dubosed
I'm a stay at home dad. Been doing it for about 10 years now. It was weird at first, but it is awesome being a single income family. I cringe at the schedules we used to keep. I miss working at times, but I have so much more fun being the kids' coach, scout leader, school volunteer, etc... It's also nice having all the household stuff done during the week. Our weekends are always free to do stuff together as a family.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:07 pm to Mr Mom
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Mr Mom
your perfect thread
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:08 pm to Deactived
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This would be the only way I would do it. She would have to be making enough that my income doesnt really add on to the total
Yep. I have a buddy whose wife is an orthopedic surgeon. When they have kids, it would be meaningless for him to work.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:09 pm to Salmon
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me and my wife do all of this and both work 40 hours a week
unless one of y'all are working from home that means somebody is doing the work for your wife. Much easier than a stay at home mom has it.
I guess y'all take turns getting up with the kids at night?
It's called her job.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:09 pm to Dubosed
I have a friend that does it and he does it right. The guy is fantastic at the things he does.
They bought their new home recently and he's in the process of flipping it. This isn't basic vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and using pledge to polish the furniture. He's already flipped the kitchen into a jaw-dropping setup, restored the beautiful hardwood flooring, and is now in the process of completely overhauling their bathroom. After that, he's building an open rafter ceiling patio complete with a fireplace, outdoor kitchen, and bar.
Also, the guy is a superb cook. He's not popping in a Stouffer's lasagna. Every meal is at least three courses. He makes everything...everything from scratch. From the bread to accompany the meal and the salt he uses to season with. He's very experimental in his cooking and can really make most dishes.
They bought their new home recently and he's in the process of flipping it. This isn't basic vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and using pledge to polish the furniture. He's already flipped the kitchen into a jaw-dropping setup, restored the beautiful hardwood flooring, and is now in the process of completely overhauling their bathroom. After that, he's building an open rafter ceiling patio complete with a fireplace, outdoor kitchen, and bar.
Also, the guy is a superb cook. He's not popping in a Stouffer's lasagna. Every meal is at least three courses. He makes everything...everything from scratch. From the bread to accompany the meal and the salt he uses to season with. He's very experimental in his cooking and can really make most dishes.
This post was edited on 10/17/16 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:09 pm to Salmon
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me and my wife do all of this and both work 40 hours a week
This is what drives me nuts about the stay-at-home martyrs. You can't do quantitatively less than other people and bitch about the workload.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:10 pm to Dubosed
I'd be close to a scratch golfer
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:20 pm to Grandioso
I'm a pretty good cook now.
I'm handy, but not as much as your buddy is. I'll landscape and redo some minor stuff, but leave the major things to the pros. I did a hall bath this year, but the master bath I'm subbing out.
I'm handy, but not as much as your buddy is. I'll landscape and redo some minor stuff, but leave the major things to the pros. I did a hall bath this year, but the master bath I'm subbing out.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:26 pm to Deactived
Get you a sugar momma
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:27 pm to Dubosed
Couldn't do it. Wouldn't want to do it. Men are supposed to provide. Not saying that women should stay home. But I think there's something wrong with a man that doesn't work.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:28 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
quote:Why not? They absolutely should if they have kids.
Not saying that women should stay home
Latchkey kids are what's wrong with this country.
This post was edited on 10/17/16 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:28 pm to Dubosed
I wouldn't mind doing it and I'd be great at it. I'm already Mr. Mom every Friday. Run the kids to school, come home, do some laundry, make sure the kitchen is spotless, sweep the house, do some more laundry. It's pretty easy.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:31 pm to Dubosed
Means they married well. Usually a doctor or lawyer wife.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:32 pm to Dubosed
I'd do it in a heartbeat
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:33 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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Men are supposed to provide. Not saying that women should stay home. But I think there's something wrong with a man that doesn't work.
I'd still be able to provide, just in different ways
I know I could do more things around the house and yard if I didn't have a job
I wear myself out on the weekends working around the house and yard, a lot more than I do at "work"
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:33 pm to Will Cover
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be going back to work soon, but it's been great to be "off." My wife supported this idea and fortunately for us, we can live off her income
So your wife is a smokeshow AND she makes bank. You've got it made bruh
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:35 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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Why not? They absolutely should if they have kids. Latchkey kids are what's wrong with this country.
I'm not saying that the mother should leave the house as soon as the kids are born. But the mother, in my eyes, shouldn't stay at home with the kids past the age of like 5 at the oldest.
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