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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Argh! Do you have kids?

If he wants to be a SAHD, fine, draw up a list of responsibilities and hand them to him.

I'll help get you started:

Laundry
Dishes
Home cooked meal every week day
Yard work
Bills
House maintenance/home improvement
Christmas/Birthday/Holiday shopping and gift-buying
Bathrooms!!!

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I am a SAHM. I do not do yards and home improvement. However, I do drive kids around to activities, help them with their homework, and tutor them. Gift buying is entirely delegated to Amazon. But I digress...

SAH should not be the fallback because of unemployment, but rather that there is a need in the family for someone to SAH. I think OP will resent her DH because even WOH women prefer some traditional roles to be played by the man of the house, and that is the man to be a breadwinner/earning money.  Even is you do not have kids, if you and your spouse decide that one person needs to SAH, then it fits the need of your family.   This does not sound like a joint decision. Your are skating on thin ice with this.
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