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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think there is some jealous there.[/b] In the DC area, one partner has to be making a lot of money to enable the other to stay home and still maintain a nice lifestyle (nice house in a close in nabe, vacations, nice cars, pricey extracurricular activities for the kiddos, maybe private school, etc.)

To have an UMC lifestyle with a SAHP, the breadwinner has to be making 300-400k +.[/quote]

On my end its less jealous and more...disbelief. I was raised to be independent and to own my own financials. When I went into my marriage I was comfortably set in a career and had two properties free-and-clear. That only helped when we made future decisions together to buy our 'dream' home. It boggles my mind that some women will rely solely on another person's generosity to live their life.

It disturbs me even further when these same women, some of them friends, were die-hard Hillary fans and very much into telling their daughters that 'this will be the first woman president, someone to look up to, someone to emulate' and yet the closest rolemodel to those daughters completely opted out of a career. How can you tell your children to aspire to be the head of NASA or a president or a multi-millionaire CEO, but you didn't bother to do anything yourself?[/quote]

There are many ways to contribute to a good life for your family. My grandfather was a postal worker and my grandmother was a stay at home mom. She raised six children and helped care for all of her 15 grandchildren including me. She was a great cook, she would sew clothes and knit sweaters and mittens, and she cared for her elderly mother. She never had much money but she was kind, loving, and generous. She lived until her late 90's. I have tremendous respect for her and I tell my daughters  about her all the time. I think she contributed a great deal while she was on the planet and improved the lives of others. [/quote]

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