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[quote=Anonymous]Okay, so totally lame, I know, but I am copying my post from a smilar thread (think it might be the same OP), since it probably applies more here than it does in the other thread.

You know, I was reading The article in The Atlantic about gays, marriage, and gender roles this weekend, and there is a part in it that just really resonated.

There are still issues (power struggles, authority, and diminishment), but in gay male marriages, about 33% of couples have one partner who stays home, compared to 32% in hetero marriages.

Yet the accusation of being a mooch is never leveled at these guys the way it is at women. They are embracing, with some waves, the idea of "specialization," and it overall seems to be working.

Major point in the article for me (without the problem of traditional gender roles): "Now the example of gay and lesbian parents might give us all permission to relax a little:maybe sometimes it really is easier when one parent works and the other is the supplementary or nonearning partner, either because this is the natural order of things or because the American workplace is so greedy and unforgiving that something or somebody has to give" 
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/0...-guide-to-wedded-bliss/309317/

So basically, as a working mom here, may I suggest we step back from the SAHM bashing and mooching rhetoric and think about this issue a little more logically and look at what works for each family.

OP--absolutely stay home if it works, go back to work when it doesn't. It won't be easy to re-enter, so do what you can to stay current in your field. 
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