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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Posts like this seem common and they should be a warning side to women considering having kids and/or dropping out of the workforce.  It seems fairly common for a woman to quit her job and spend 10 or so years raising a man’s kids and supporting his career to later be told to go back to work.  The problem is that by that point, the woman doesn’t have the same earning potential and would likely have to take a job with fewer benefits than the DH.  Being out of the workforce for ten years is devastating to a career.

Women need to be honest with themselves and their DH when quitting their job post baby.  Ask your husband how he feels about you staying home forever.  If he balks then I’d reconsider quitting your job in the first place.

Sadly, I don’t think men value women staying home that much.  They’d pretty much get the same thing (house, kids and standard life) whether or not their wife worked.  They can rely on unpaid or lowly paid female labor to have the things they don’t value taken care of.  This means many want that extra paycheck.  There are some men who do appreciate these things but it doesn’t seem common.  [/quote]

Exactly. Women never want to analyze or calculate the costs of their marriage and motherhood.

Another thing that hasn't been acknowledged is divorce. Honestly, it seems like this women's husband has divorce in mind. [/quote]

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