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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wife became a stay at home mom when our kid was born.  that was five years ago.  I make more than enough money so it was better for our kid that she stay home.  I'm fine with her not working because even when she did work I made 4x her salary.

When our kid turned 2.5 she went to "pre-school" for three hours a day then five and now six hours.  This fall she'll be in K and will be gone for 6-7 hours.  I don't mind my wife staying at home.  But, this is what bothers me.

1. When she doesn't keep the house clean.  We only have one kid and she's pretty good.  No reason not to keep the house clean.

2. She has "working out" at the bottom of her priority list.  This is one of biggest annoying things she does.  Right now she has six hours each day without our kid...shopping is priory #1 and "errands" which is basically returning stuff she has bought.  It's not hard to take ONE HOUR in the mid morning to work out.

3. She doesn't want to learn how to cook well.  I've been cooking for over 20 years (I started early in college) and I assumed when we finally had a kid she would WANT to learn how to cook - NOPE.  She does cook, but it's the bare minimum.  She prefers shopping at Trader Joes instead of cooking food from scratch.  She has the time to learn, but it's not a priority.

Bottom line: For me (and I'm sure many man-hating women will disagree) if you're going to be a stay-at-home-mom do it well.  I work 55-60 hours a week making a very good living.  I expect my wife to be a very good house wife and mother.  I think most men would agree, if stay at home spouses did their part everyone would be happy.
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Newsflash: it’s not better for your kid for her to stay home. That’s your first wrong assumption. Check any studies. There are 100,000 out there.[/quote]

Newsflash:  If that were true then you and your peers would be labeled "the greatest generation yet!" since most of you were raised by daycare providers.  But, yeah...haven't heard that yet from anyone.[/quote]

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