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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, the finances are not equal. Your husband works very hard and makes the money, you do nothing and get to spend it freely. In this case on an extravagance for your parents.

That is an emphatically unequal arrangement. [/quote]
You're an idiot. If OP didn't stay home, her DH would not be able to have the job that allows him those earnings.
But they are so rich and this is so stupid that I just can't...[/quote]

+1 with the "if OP didn't stay home, her DH would not be able to have the job that allows him those earnings".  
It is definately much more challenging to become a HHI worker/executive if you have to leave office for the 6pm daycare pickup/after care pickup, stay home with sick kids cause your partner must be at work that day, not go on a business trip because your partner has a more important one to go on that week, etc...   Male or female, you go much further up the chain of command if you can dedicate 110% to your job with no outside concerns.  Having a partner who SAHP your kids is a huge part of this.  While companies say "they support you and your family" in reality, if everyone else can stay for that 6-8pm meeting on the spur of the moment and you have to leave half the time, you are missing out on the better assignments and opportunities for advancement. 
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Uh huh. All of those things you described can be done by hired help at $20/hour. Driving kids around, LOL. But sure, keep telling yourself how financially valuable a SAHM is.

I happen to think SAHMs are very valuable in a non financial sense. My wife is one, and I’m glad for it. I want my kids to have that nurturing. But the question at the center of this post is whether *finances* are equal in this scenario, and they aren’t. Not remotely. The husband is delivering 100% of the money and the wife is a profligate spender. That is not “equal” in any discernible way. [/quote]

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