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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is BS. Look I married my wife she had a good job. She got pregnant on our first anniversary. Went on maternity leave  on our 22 month of marriage. Took six months off. Max amount allowed and most unpaid. Went back to work a few weeks and begged me to be a SAHM she did not want to works. I said that means I have to double my income as we need both incomes. She said focus on career I will take care of everything with kids etc.

[b]I still did the manly things[/b], car repairs, mowing lawn, gutter cleaning, home repairs, [b]changing sheets[/b], paying bills. Doing taxes, managing investments, kids games on weekends. Helping get heavy grocery shopping stuff, getting ready birthday parties and holidays. I also worked 55 hours a week. 
Sorry if she cooked, sewed, wrote Xmas cards, did all bday and Xmas shopping kids. It is her job

We had three kids and she never went back. Today as example I paid $2,300 to have her car repaired, moved boxes for Xmas for her and in exchange I worked 10 hours and she is making dinner and got a kid breakfast and in the bus.

How foolish would I look if I mailed out Xmas cards and cook thanksgiving dinner when my wife does not work and she drives a $50,000 when new SUV and lives in a 1.5 million dollar home. [/quote]

Having major LOLz over manly man PP changing sheets. So macho!

Everything you listed is a "once in awhile" task. Car repairs - what, a couple times a year? Mowing the lawn - every couple weeks in the warm months only. Home repairs - every couple months. Taxes - once a year. Gutter cleaning - couple times in the fall. Kids games - well, you should be going to those anyway, it's called being a parent. Paying bills - once a month, usually automated anyway. Birthday parties and Christmas - once a year. Scrolling through your investments on your phone while you're taking a dump - how impressive. Getting heavy groceries - dude, that's just being a gentleman, what kind of POS would refuse to take in heavy groceries?

Look, I'm not saying that you should have done more. Obviously, if one parent is a SAHP, their job is to run the household and they should do the bulk of it.

But dude, you've got a piss-poor attitude. You act like you did SO. MUCH. HOUSEWORK. And ALL she did was sew, write cards, and buy Christmas gifts. And now OMG I HAD TO MOVE BOXES AND SPEND $2300 OF [i]MY[/i] MONEY ON HER! IT'S MY MONEY! MINE!!!!1111!!1!

So glad my H isn't like you. He actually values the work I do at home and loves that we've both gotten to be more involved parents as a result. The money he makes is *our* money. He would be horrified if he found out I was struggling to move heavy things while he sat around. Oh, and he helped cook Thanksgiving dinner and we had an amazing holiday together as a family. He values our time together far more than he values getting to sit on his butt while I wait on him.

Jesus, dude. You really think people would find it foolish if you pitched in on Thanksgiving? Your wife would love it, your kids would love the time with you, and people would think you're husband of the year.

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