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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, here's the thing, some women won't realize that they will want to be a sahm once they have kids, and others will think they want to be a sahm but then have kids, and then decide it's not for them.

I was such a woman. I was career oriented, blah blah.  Then I had DC#2 and decided that being a SAHM was important for our sanity. Two working parents, stress, activities.  [b]Something was going to give.[/b] So I quit for a couple of years.  I have gone back to work PT now that kids are older ES, and will eventually go back FT when kids are *much* older because we need to save money for college.  I am fortunate to be in the situation I am in.

But you are counting the chickens before they are hatched because you have no idea what your income will be in the future.  Kids are expensive.

[b]If a family can afford to have one sahp, it is super beneficial for the other parent because it reduces the stress of childcare, activities, etc..  on that other parent.  Don't doubt it.  My DH thinks it's great to come home and have dinner all prepared, kids done with HW, laundry done, house cleaned, grocery shopping done, etc.. Before I quit, you bet DH was doing at least half of all this.  Now, after cleaning up the kitchen after dinner, he can just chill out with the kids on most nights, and the weekends are usually free.  Before, it was all running errands and grocery shopping on the weekends.  You better believe life is much easier for that other parent.  Not saying working is stress-free, but at least the other parent doesn't have added stress.[/b]
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My experience was similar, too.

Someone once said here that being a SAHM, for her family, was not so much about what she did during the day, but about what she wasn't doing during the evenings and weekends.[/quote]

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