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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work very part-time. I am home the rest of the time. My kids are grown, but one young adult has some SN so that DC needs more parenting and involvement and always will. I love my life. I take care of alot of home stuff and am able to keep a sane and balanced life. I get good sleep. I can cope fairly well with the health things that have come up for me. I do not feel compelled to work crazy hours or climb a career ladder. In a few years, my older DH will retire and I will work more hours to make up the difference in income. Then five years after that, I will retire too. We have intentionally never had both of us working full-time, ever, and we never plan to. It works to have 1.25-1.5 jobs between the two of us, and enables us to keep up with our kids and other commitments.

I have never had a manicure or pedicure in my life, and don't have TV. I was a SAHM for many years, but never napped or just hung out on the couch. I have a large family and was busy.

I love still being home alot, and working a little.

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You bring up a good point. We both have small extended families, to whom we are not particularly close, and we limited our own family to two kids, in part so we could both continue to work outside the home full time. I have observed friends with large or close knit families that their family obligations do suck up a lot of time.  Just like people who have pets.[/quote]

Pp here. I guess if you don't have an extended family that you are close to, you might not understand why people have more than two kids or why they enjoy spending time with relatives. Yes, these things do, joyfully, take up some of my SAH time. It is time well spent for me. At the end of the day, relationships matter the most to me. And no, it is not like people who have pets. When I am old, I will be surrounded by my loving daughters and siblings and cousins. I have invested in those relationships. Pets come and go. They are wonderful companions in their day, but they do not substitute for real relationships with my adult kids and my relatives. And jobs don't keep you company either. [/quote]

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