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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No wonder young American men don't want to marry. All it is is an induction into indentured servitude so wifey has a "choice" in whether to work or not. I have never met a SAHM who wasn't outraged at the suggestion she get a job when her husband got laid off. [/quote]

That's ludicrous.  How many SAHM's with laid-off husbands are you talking to?  My DH faced a health scare a few years ago that would have forced him to leave his job. I was glad that I'm educated and have work experience and knew I could find something to keep us going if it came to that. We're a team, someone needs to work, someone needs to look after the kids.  We do what we have to do. [/quote]

I know two SAHMs that "accidentally" got pregnant when their youngest children were 8 and 10-years old because the husbands demanded they get a job.  Neither had a job their entire lives, but some nonsense got a year or so before they started popping out kids.  They have effectively never worked.  It's really strange to me.

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I sometimes wonder if they will encourage their daughters to do the same.  [/quote]

Oh, good - we're sharing stories again!  Let me tell you about a WOHM I know.  She got pregnant when she was a teenager.  Twice.  By different guys.  She wound up marrying a third guy and has had to work her entire life because of the poor choices she made when she was younger.  She works a menial job as an admin assistant and probably always will.  She has never been able to stay home with her kids, and it's one of the biggest regrets of her life.  It's really strange to me that her life is so different from mine.

I sometimes wonder if she'll encourage her daughters to do as she did.

So you see, for every dopey "I know a SAHM" story, we can all counter with "I know a WOHM."  Have a great day![/quote]

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