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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're pleased with this? Why?[/quote]

OP here. I meant to say that I'd be satisfied with almost any path she chooses.[/quote]

Problem with this path is that she needs to find someone who will support and take care of her as an adult and never change their mind. That’s a tough life. [/quote]

It’s really not that tough.  Working your ass off at a job you hate (or merely tolerate) for a boss and coworkers who don’t appreciate you, commuting through traffic for a couple hours every day, barely seeing your spouse, barely seeing your kids… now THAT’S a tough life.[/quote]

Putting up with demanding kids who learn from their father that you are a servant, while your husband bangs the new 20 something at the office can really take a toll.  Especially when there is no path to retirement except death.  You will always be expected to host, cook, clean, serve, and care for everyone else forever and ever and ever.  When your husband retires you job gets harder.[/quote]

Np. We have a warm home. My kids do chores. DH is a partner. I’m not anyone’s servant.[/quote]

Hahahahahaha.

You mean he hasn't cheated....yet....

Just wait.[/quote]

DH is not that type. Even if we were to divorce, I would be fine financially. I would take one of our properties. I have my own money and I would also take half our marital assets. No prenup.[/quote]

Good for your preparation.  Most men don't respect a woman who doesn't work.  By most men, I mean all the ones I work with who have SAH spouses who are as happy and secure as you.  I see how they talk about you to others, even when they are faithful.  They don't respect you.  Occasionally they generally don't respect women, period, even if they work.[/quote]

Wow.  You work with a lot of narcissistic jerks.  I’m guessing you are either a troll or a lawyer at a big firm?  (Is there a difference?)

I haven’t had this experience.  I’m a physician and a lot of my colleagues with SAH partners absolutely respect what their partners are doing.  One of the neurosurgeons I work with always talks about how he could never do the work his wife is doing raising their five kids.  It always kind of makes me laugh because, while I think she’s an awesome lady, there are really a lot of people who can do what she is doing, and a lot fewer people who can do what he is doing.  But he is just in awe of her.  [/quote]

I’m a DP but this is born out in data— men surveyed who have SAH wives overwhelmingly say they do not want their daughters to be SAHPs. So it’s good enough for you but it’s not good enough for their kids. Pretty grim.[/quote]

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