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re: Thoughts on stay at home Dads
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:46 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Posted on 10/17/16 at 9:46 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Depends man. My wife was off and on stay at home. We had the benefit of a excellent grandparents though. Ya know that whole getting along with family that Americans have abandoned over the last half century.
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Posted on 10/17/16 at 10:30 pm to Taurus
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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.
I find it hilarious you opened your response to another poster by saying "your ignorance is astounding" when portions of your rant are just as ignorant as the poster you mock.
Most people "dump their kids off at daycare" because they have to work to make ends meet. Providing for another human is expensive and incredibly challenging to do on one income in this day and age, even if you're a well to do middle class family. Women are not "idiots" for choosing to balance family and a career. If your disagree look at the studies about how kids thrive when both parents work.
And the only reason kids are going into daycare at 3 months is because maternity leave in this country is shite.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 10:34 pm to Dubosed
I booked a house husband into jail once in college doing a internship yeah he got the shite kicked out of him in the general population he was creepy af
Posted on 10/17/16 at 10:37 pm to Dubosed
quote:
stay at home Dads
Weak
Submissive
Posted on 10/17/16 at 10:39 pm to Cracker
I would be interested in this, but only after kids have started school. I would be like a +3 handicap.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 10:43 pm to Supermoto Tiger
No they aren't. Why is being an incredible father and household leader a bad thing?
Posted on 10/17/16 at 10:45 pm to jennBN
What if they're are neither incredible nor a leader?
Posted on 10/17/16 at 10:54 pm to Paul Allen
I wouldn't know....mine is.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 11:56 pm to Dubosed
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Any of y'all on here stay at home and let the old lady provide?
That would be living the dream, but we aren't there just yet. My wife owns her own business and it is still relatively new. So I still have to work so that we can have health insurance.
I do have an old buddy of mine who served two tours in Iraq, one tour in Afghanistan, and one tour in Kyrgyzstan. On the Kyrgyzstan tour he was witness to a murder and had to testify in a court martial.
Anyways, he is living the dream. His wife is the daughter of a prominent Chicago slumlord. He just graduated from NIU with a degree in psychology and is coaching HS football up in Chicago. Lives rent free in one of his father in law's houses, and has no bills to speak of.
However, I would not want to have his nightmares, of which he has plenty.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:01 am to BottomlandBrew
And not one downvote was given
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:11 am 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 and see that being aquote:
stay at home mom is a job
hardest job in the world
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:18 am to Deactived
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:21 am to Dubosed
Times have changed. A lot of guys can work from home. They can do consulting work, work as a freelancer, etc.
If the woman is the primary breadwinner or even has the best insurance, it makes financial sense for the Dad to stay home.
Kids are both parents responsibility.
If the woman is the primary breadwinner or even has the best insurance, it makes financial sense for the Dad to stay home.
Kids are both parents responsibility.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:41 am to fr33manator
such a great bit. made a thread years ago on this topic and people were mad. mad mad
Posted on 10/18/16 at 5:04 am to Taurus
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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.
Hi there Taurus.....
No ignorance in that post, just what you want to see or are looking for. I was active duty military returning from a deployment at the time she said that to me.
I had never doubted that the 'job' was hard and paid her that respect and admiration....but she was in venom-spewing mode so I told her that this situation could be fixed. She didn't like that idea.
On more than a couple of occasions I did have to take over, for short periods, and I did it. All of it....and did a very good job too.
Three quarters of our kids are grown and on their own now. I'm retired from the military. I have the utmost confidence in my abilities as the bread-winner or as a SAHD.
You taking that opinion of me from an internet post is ignorance. A post about a very quick 'snapshot' of my thoughts of my wife ranting about her job as a SAHM.
You, I'll wager, don't have the life-experiences either my wife or I have....so bless your heart, and go self-copulate.
This post was edited on 10/18/16 at 5:32 am
Posted on 10/18/16 at 5:17 am to goldshellback
Did it for about a year when my first kid was born(2009). It was stressful as anything in the corporate world I've ever done. I love to cook and pretty clean by nature, but the day in day out errands and tedious tasks around an infants schedule is pretty rough.
Both wife and I work from home now and that def makes raising 2 kids a lot easier, so the transition was worth it both short and long term.
Both wife and I work from home now and that def makes raising 2 kids a lot easier, so the transition was worth it both short and long term.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 5:55 am to ItNeverRains
Hell no.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 6:25 am to TejasPete
Sure, why not. If the wife is making some serious cheese, it would be a good gig.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 7:29 am to jennBN
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No they aren't. Why is being an incredible father and household leader a bad thing?
Can they not be incredible fathers and household leaders while working? Because somehow, my dad managed to be an incredible father and leader of the house while working.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 7:38 am to TigerFanInSouthland
I have no doubt that what you say is true. Your family did what worked for you. My wife works incredibly long hours so we do what works for us. I don't think there is a one size fits all solution to family dynamics.
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