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[b]Do you think it's fair to your husband that you don't bring in any money?[/b][/quote]

I think this attitude must come from someone living in a very high cost of living place. Men really do not care if their wives bring in money if they can afford to cover everything in a job that they do not hate. Maybe the person who wrote that has a husband who likes his job and makes plenty of money. Men lucky enough to be in that position spend 0% of their time thinking that it's "unfair" that they are working while their wife is at home making the household run smoothly and enjoying her life.

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+1  The families I know like this, the wife makes very few demands of the dad to help with house/kids/life and the dad appreciates having someone to run everything.  Not an arrangement everyone would like but it works for a lot of SAHP families, as long as both are happy with their role.[/quote]

[b]My husband makes enough to support the family financially, but doesn't want the stress of being the only breadwinner[/b], and he's more than happy to handle half of the doctor's appointments, sick days, etc. in order to have two incomes.[/quote]

Respectfully, this doesn't make any sense. My husband wants me to work too to bring in extra money, but it's because he doesn't make enough for us to have a cushion, savings, and comfortable lifestyle on his income alone. He freely admits that if he made more that he'd have no problem being the only income. This is the reality for most people these days. It's nothing to be ashamed of. No need to imply that people who make more money and really don't need two workers in the household are somehow doing something wrong or that one of them is taking advantage. If you want to direct anger at something, pick the economy or the modern world instead. That would make more sense. [/quote]

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