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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think there is some jealous there.[/b] In the DC area, one partner has to be making a lot of money to enable the other to stay home and still maintain a nice lifestyle (nice house in a close in nabe, vacations, nice cars, pricey extracurricular activities for the kiddos, maybe private school, etc.)

To have an UMC lifestyle with a SAHP, the breadwinner has to be making 300-400k +.[/quote]

On my end its less jealous and more...disbelief. I was raised to be independent and to own my own financials. When I went into my marriage I was comfortably set in a career and had two properties free-and-clear. That only helped when we made future decisions together to buy our 'dream' home. It boggles my mind that [b]some women will rely solely on another person's generosity to live their life.
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It disturbs me even further when these same women, some of them friends, were die-hard Hillary fans and very much into telling their daughters that 'this will be the first woman president, someone to look up to, someone to emulate' and yet the closest rolemodel to those daughters completely opted out of a career. How can you tell your children to aspire to be the head of NASA or a president or a multi-millionaire CEO, but [b]you didn't bother to do anything yourself[/b]?[/quote]

Interesting comments. Most of the SAHMs I know here in the DC area became parents later in life and already had successful careers - and made big financial contributions to the family - before taking time off of work to spend more time with their children. And many plan to go back to work in some capacity.

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[b]Very true.  Surprised how many lawyer, doctor, mba moms opted to be SAHMs.[/b][/quote]

But this is the thing.  How many men who used to be a lawyer, doctor, MBA, PhD, etc. opt out of their career "for the benefit of their children."  When women do it, it's seen as positively contributing and sacrificing their career for their families.  When men do it, it's considered a waste of education, money, and resources.[/quote]

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