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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a man and cannot speak for any women on this forum and their experience, but I can relate my mother's experience.

I recently asked her how old my brother was - he was the youngest of us - was when she went back to work.  My mother was an RN and she worked at least part-time until my brother was born.  My father was military and later a civilian lawyer.

She said she went back to work full-time when my brother was about 10 and the motivating factor was that a neighbor two doors down was widowed and left with virtually nothing and had to start at the bottom in terms of building up experience and a career.

So, she decided to go back to work full-time to be in the workforce and to be able to provide for herself independent of my father.

My parents were married for 45 years until my father's death, but my mother never ever regretted going back to work.

There is really no reason, especially after the kids reach full-time school age, for SAHM's to stay home, especially if they are educated and can work.  Of course, this does not account for parents dealing with SNs or otherwise handicapped children. 
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Guess your family wasn't familiar with the concept of life insurance?  Your mom probably just wanted to return to work.

And glad I'm not your wife if you always think your way is the right way.[/quote]

I am not sure what my parents insurance arrangements were, although I am pretty sure my father had something through the USAF.  As for my mother, dear bitter SAHM, she very much enjoyed her work.  It provided her with a center and grounding outside the marriage and a good base of friends to draw on when my father died.  My mother lives all alone now as her three children have moved far away - we are spread over three states and occasionally a foreign country or two - her mother is dead and her brother still in her hometown.  She has plenty to do with her friends and my father provided more than enough for her (in addition to her OWN retirement savings) that she is comfortable in retirement.

I am glad you are not my wife 'cause you sound like such a shrew.  As for my DW, I am divorcing her 'cause she is an abusive SAHM.  I found out she was hitting my kids, so I am taking them away.  Court date in a few days, and it will be over.  She is out!!!!

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