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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone else view being a SAHM as being a luxury?  We can't afford it, but I view the option to live off 1 salary as being a luxury.   A few of my friends have the same view.[/quote]

Its a luxury in an ego free, loving, committed marriage where it doesn't matter who is doing what and who is earning what. Combined goal is to have a happy, healthy and smoothly functioning prosperous household.

In a marriage where a partner's value is merely dependent on their earnings or chore-ing, fidelity is not a given and egos clash regularly or money is very tight, its not a luxury but a liability for both partners.

Same goes for two job family, if egos are fragile, fidelity is questionable, dividing money and chores is a battle than material luxuries are of little benefit.[/quote]

Spoken like a true DCUMer. Most people here have no idea what it's like to not have money. They just don't understand in the slightest. Two people without money and kids with a lot of needs or needs of their own no matter what love they have for each other will have issues. They understand it's a luxury they can't afford for either the mom or dad to stay home.[/quote]

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