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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of the posters on this thread who mention that a husband should let their wife stay home if that makes them happy must have a pretty good financial cushion. Just because something makes you happy doesn't mean that is what is best for your family. Most families, even in this delusional area, need dual income to live a comfortable life. I don't think there is anything wrong with a husband wanting his wife to work. [/quote]

I agree with this. It's not just providing for a family and your own retirement as a couple, but it's also about modelling for your kids financial responsibility. I'm not a believer everyone needs to work 80 hours a week, but I am a believer everyone should contribute financially to a household.

BTW: I divorced my DH because he would not--and I mean literally--would not go back to work. He was working full-time when we met and dated and married. Then he lost his job while I was pregnant and pretty much fell in love with staying home with baby. When baby started pre-school, he would not go back to working--even part time. We had a lot of fights and I divorced him.[/quote]

My experience is similar except my DH quit his very stressful job when the kid were in ES.  It was tight, but we agreed that he'd stay home for 6 mo to decompress and get re-oriented.  A year and half and many arguments later, DH had made no effort to get a job.  We were on the brink of losing our house because the savings we'd set aside for him to stay home were long used up and we couldn't afford it and our other HH expenses.  Had we not needed his income, I would have loved for him to stay home.  We just couldn't afford it and his refusal to see that killed our relationship.  We divorced and he finally had to get a job.  [/quote]

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