This is assuming the househusband is doing cooking, housework, etc. The wife is the breadwinner.
2007-01-04 01:10:39 · 13 answers · asked by L.A. Scene 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Note: I'm not a househusband - nor am I considering becoming one, but I am wondering how many feel about this.
2007-01-04 01:14:19 · update #1
Did that for a few years about a decade ago and yes it is kind of emasculating. Especially because people assume that the man is the bread winner. Nothing is less fun than being with a group of people at say a party or dinner and they ask what you do. Then silence and wierd looks you get when you say you are the househusband, knowing the main thought is "oh my god, what a loser".
Had one woman who was a smart@*** and asked what my husband did. Ya that was real funny.
2007-01-04 01:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was a house husband for a year or so, due more to circumstances than choice. I did laundry, grocery shopping, meal preparation, child care, everything. It was a strange dynamic. My wife complained about me not cleaning enough, but now that she handles that work, I don't see her doing any better. Other than that, though, it worked out well. I did not feel any less the man, because my view is that marriage is a partnership; sometimes one spouse might be up while the other is down, and you support each other through those times. Even if it were a chosen lifestyle, I don't see anything wrong with it. For example, in some marriages it probably makes good financial sense for the woman to be the income earner if her salary potential is higher. In other marriages, there are probably some cases where a man is more suited to domestic work, or skilled at it, than the woman; this wouldn't make him any less masculine necessarily. I just don't think a man being a house husband is a big deal.
2007-01-04 01:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a house husband. I don't find it emasculating at all. I retired at an early age (52). I do the laundry, house cleaning, cooking, basically everything required in maintaining the home.
I prefer this lifestyle to anyother i've ever experienced. I have so much time to spend doing things i've never previously had time to do before i retired.
I'd recommend this to any man.
2007-01-04 01:19:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My son took over cleaning, cooking and the daily raising of our granddaughters for three years. He did a much better job than our daughter in law was doing and she was a lot happier working outside the home.
2007-01-04 01:18:11 · answer #4 · answered by kitkat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing wrong with that... Many men would love to have that option... But until women get paid more than men, there isn't much chance of it being more than a small number of guys getting the chance...
2007-01-04 01:13:51 · answer #5 · answered by Forlorn Hope 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its very nice when the man is doing things in the house too , my man is a cook so i can say i am a lucky one :)) We do all toghether in the house , that makes us be more close and we never fight about house things ..
2007-01-04 01:17:51 · answer #6 · answered by AlinaU 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
househusbands are pathetic...so are houswives for that matter. Get your as5 out there and get a job and make some money....
2007-01-04 01:50:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is sexy. Shows that you are secure and that you are a great family man that you are willing to step up and do that for your family. The time you spend with your children will be invaluable and it will strengthen your marriage.
2007-01-04 01:14:27 · answer #8 · answered by tiggermom1218 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a man that does housework is really manly.
2007-01-04 01:43:34 · answer #9 · answered by stefstudy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The respect lessens if you are only the househusband.Do your job and give a helping hand at home too.
2007-01-04 01:16:53 · answer #10 · answered by ANU U 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋