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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great ideas about asking questions.  Thanks.  At the end of the day all he wants is to have kids, be a SAHD, and have some one to share his life with.

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be a SAHD?? Maybe he shouldn't mention that to prospective dates. I would think that's a red flag for a mooch. [/quote]

Is this true for women as well?[/quote]

I know two "SAHDs by choice". One is a cousin and the other is a friend from childhood. Both were ES teachers before marrying and were very upfront with women they seriously dated that they wanted to be the primary caregiver in the summers. I think it is significant that both married successful women who didn't have involved fathers (raised by single moms) and that the families had sons (though my cousin now has a daughter as well).

That said, I'd find it a turn off if I was dating a guy with a history of underemployment and he said that he wanted to be a SAHD. I'd see it as a sign that he was lazy/incompetent and hoping for a socially acceptable (even admirable) way to opt out of working. But I wouldn't date a chronically underemployed guy.[/quote]

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