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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When kids are little and not at school, no judgement. After kids are in school, I think k there choices to not work and make their own money are keeping us in the 1950s and I resent them for it. [/quote]

People who can afford not to work today are nothing at all like the women prohibited or discouraged from working in the 1950s, and one woman's choice in 2024 to do something other than earn money as someone's employee has zero impact on you and your choices. So how exactly is that woman "keeping us in the 1950s"? What do you actually resent?[/quote]

You live in a bubble or with your head in the sand if you think there are not women being held back by men to make them dependent on him so they have no say and no options.[/quote]
and your head is in the sand if you think there are no sah women who are sah of their own desire and volition and who are married to partners who happily provide and appreciate her contributions.[/quote]

I didn't say that unicorns don't exist, they do, it's just not the norm and acting like all women have choice and are only home because they have a loving supportive husband who will not divorce them, abuse them, cheat on them, become an alcoholic, become disabled, or die and even if those things happen will have millions of $ to let them live forever never needing to work or open a go fund me page... you are categorically wrong.

I've watched it happen, over and over and over. [/quote]

honestly, this. say it louder. financial stability can disappear in a heartbeat, even if you think it will never happen with you.[b] even if they don't leave you, the sahm almost always gets treated in a slightly dependent, slightly disempowered way. [/b]optionality is always more diminished, relative to the working spouse.  and it may not be enough to create a "real" problem (though I consider not having optionality a real problem)... until it does. [/quote]

lol by who? My husband? You know that your assumption that this is the case says more about YOUR marriage than mine right?

Maybe I have a “unicorn” husband. But I know for a fact that my H loves me, adores me, and thinks very highly of my intellect because he tells me these things every day and, just as importantly, shows me through his actions. We’ve been married for 20 years and together for 25. He’s not going anywhere.

And even if he did, I’d be fine financially because we’d split our assets 50/50 and I’d walk with several million dollars.[/quote]

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