I don't work...don't want too and don't feel like it.
2007-01-19 01:56:39 · 19 answers · asked by La'Grange 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
no,I don't have kids..
2007-01-19 02:10:08 · update #1
It can be, IF you choose it to be. Being a "stay-at-home" wife and mother has both it's rewards and drawbacks, it's really up to the woman how she chooses to see this, but it is also challenging. Her time will be spent fulfilling her husband's and childrens' demands, requests, wishes....will she have time for herself? She must also have friends she can turn to for moral support to get her thru each hectic day....friends just to "hang" out with so she doesn't lose sight of who she is. Making the decision to NOT work outside the home is a difficult one, but when I had my daughter, I chose to stay home with her during her first 5 years, when she started school, then I decided to return to the work force....I didn't want her early impressionable years to be spent with someone else. Kudos to you for wanting to be a wife & mom!!!!
PS: My daughter recently became a new mom, she decided to stay home with the baby....she submitted her resignation (after 8 years with the company) and does not regret her decision....
2007-01-19 02:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by AngelEyes In SF 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, being a wife is a job because marriage is always work! That would also mean that being a husband is a job too. I am a stay at home mom of a 2 year old. What i do daily is surely work and sometimes much harder than sitting in an office all day. I never wanted to be a SAHM, or a housewife, i always wanted to be a career woman and do it all. But is not easy and not everyone is cut out for that. I hink being a wife/mother is much tougher work than just a normal 8-5 because as a wife and mother you never stop. Youre workin 24-7 and doin everything from cookin and cleaning, to shopping, budgeting, paying bills, helping with homework, doing yard work, waitressing, being your childs playmate and teacher, and chauffer. And since you dont "work" everyone thinks you have time during the day to run their errends as well. And thats all BEFORE your husband gets home from his job. Then the relaionship work comes into play...listening to him go on and on about his day. Laughing at the lame jokes he heard in the lunch room today. And of course be sure that you look and smell nice for him because no matter what, he will think that you had all the time in the world to shower, do your hair, make up and nails...
If you dont want to work, dont get married. And if your already married, good luck !
2007-01-19 02:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by Aubrey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't take this the wrong way, but no, being a wife is NOT a job, nor is it a career. However, being a mother is both a job AND a career. If you don't work, you're just making your man pay for everything all the time and sooner or later, even if he doesn't say anything, he will resent it, especially if your only reason for not working is because you don't want to.
2007-01-19 02:02:03 · answer #3 · answered by reallocojava 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being a wife is a 24 hour a day 7 day a week job. It's being the maid, cook, laundress, 2nd mommy and that's before u even have a kid. Being married is a career/job yes..most the time a thankless one and always 1 you will NEVER get paid for.
2007-01-19 02:05:45 · answer #4 · answered by earthangel_candy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a wife is a choice of the heart and it is not a job or career... You choose to love and be a wife ... You don't need to work if you can afford to live on your husbands salary and income alone but you can be a great homemaker. That just takes time and work around the house.
2007-01-19 02:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Hewitt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not any more than being a husband is a job/career. Raising kids, on the other hand, is certainly a full time job (and this is equally true if a man does it).
Oh, and this isn't what you asked, but I certainly hope your marriage works out for you. If it doesn't, you won't have any way to support yourself.
2007-01-19 11:38:08 · answer #6 · answered by Helen W. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a wife is DEFINATELY a job! Lets break it down~ by the time your husband hired an Accountant to manage the money and do the bills, a Maid to clean the house, a Cook to cook for him, took his clothes to the cleaners for Laundry, and not to mention hiring a Prostitute to fulfill his sexual urges= he'd be bankrupt before too long! So YES being a wife is a real job!!
2007-01-19 05:34:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being a wife is being a partner. Being a home maker is a job/career.
2007-01-19 02:07:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you have kids?? Then being a wife is considered a job.
2007-01-19 02:00:09 · answer #9 · answered by Virginia Gal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well sometimes you can find a man that will support you, but be prepared for all the crap they throw your way... when you are a stay at home mom or wife with no income some men will throw that in your face and you have to beg for anything you want because most marriages now days cant survive on just one income...so if you are expecting roses and candlelight dinners and expensive things..well you will have to find you a millionaire...
2007-01-19 02:29:37 · answer #10 · answered by luvutaz1 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋