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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting thread.  Seven pages of women sniping back and forth on the tired debate of SAH versus working moms, with everyone on both sides either presuming that the husband's motivation behind wanting OP to work is jealousy or some other nefarious thing.

No one is asking WHY the husband wants the wife to work, so we have no idea if his reasons are legit.  Has OP let herself go?  Does OP give the husband the impression at the end of the day that she has become lazy, miserable, etc.?  Does OP seem happy?  Is OP a nice person to see at the end of the work day?

In other words, is the husband motivated by selfish reasons or concerns about the well-being of OP?

I've been married for decades to a SAHM.  We never once discussed the possibility of her working.  I had no expectation that she "keep herself busy" after the kids got older and eventually moved out.  My only expectation was that she be happy.  Why do you have to be busy all the time?

I'm happy and proud to have the means so that my wife can do anything, or nothing, if she wants.  Just so she's happy doing it.  She earned it.  I can't imagine how hard it must have been to stay home and raise the kids, and how much harder on both of us it would have been if she didn't.  [/quote]

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