A career wife or a stay at home wife. I think there are benefits to both, but I just want to know where most men stand on that issue nowadays.
2007-03-23 06:37:32 · 37 answers · asked by amanda b 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I prefer my wife be happy at what she is doing.
If she is happy at home fine with me.
If she is happy with a career that's fine with me too.
2007-03-23 06:40:58 · answer #1 · answered by jimmideon49 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My wife did a part time career and up through high school of both boys she was a full time mother and wife as well. That seemed to be a good combination. SHe is a dental hygienist.
If we would have decided to life on my salary alone that would have been fine with me, but we wanted to spend more money so did it this way.
Under ideal conditions I would want for my wife a combination plan, with stay at home mom during first 15 years of child's life and then ease into 75% time career after that.
My career would always be the primary career assuming I was healthy and able to perform well enough in the career world.
2007-03-23 06:55:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it all depends on the economic situation of the couple.If he makes enough money well then the stay at home wife to take care of the kids fits the situation. But if they are not that good economically speaking well then a career wife will fit that couple. I really dont care if it were just a choice and I make the money and she feels like she needs to have a job to make herself feel better well more power to her.
2007-03-23 06:46:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it was JUST me and my wife I expected her to work. Not so much for the money (although it helped) but so that we could view each other as equals. Both working, both contributing, both having and equal say in our relationship.
Once we decided to start a family my wife quit her job and was a stay at home wife for six months before we became pregnant. Since our twin girls were born last year she's remained a stay at home wife and mother to our girls. Which is the way we BOTH want it. Luckil I make more than enough to support all of us happily and comfortably. And if we couldn't afford it, I would sell my house and move into a one-bedroom apartment before I'd force her to get a job and pay $2000 a month for somebody else to raise our children for us.
2007-03-23 06:43:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a preference . My wife has been both a stay at home mother and a career mother. Right now she's a career mother and is very happy. Come to think of it. I do have a preference. I prefer a happy wife!
2007-03-23 06:43:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there are no kids at home, she'd better be working on a career to bring in some money, same as me. I have little respect for stay-at-home-wives; what the hell do they do all day?
If there are children in the home, then it depends. Unless any are too young to start school, she'd better have a job (part-time at least), same as me. However, there's more room for discussion if kids are not yet in school. Part of it is considering finances; does she earn more at her job than any day care charges? But I could be convinced if she wanted to be more involved in raising our kids. I have more respect for stay-at-home-moms, but I also wonder what they do all day, because I've never known any.
I've always made almost twice as much as my girlfriend, but I don't know that I'd be able to support both of us if she didn't work at all. Of course, we don't have any kids so that's not an issue right now.
2007-03-23 06:52:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay at home, definitely. I wish I could afford to have my wife at home. It is traditional, but I think that the reason people that got married in the 50's stayed married for 40 or 50 years is because guys are happy when they come home from work and there's a hot meal on the table, the house is clean and their socks are folded. If a guy is happy, he can make his wife happy.
2007-03-23 07:26:48 · answer #7 · answered by eviltruitt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband says he likes that I am a working mother and wife, as he has lots of respect for me. He said his ex was an at home mom, the house was dirty, she didn't clean or cook, he did homework with the kids when he came home from a long day of work,and she just sucked money out of him. She also had numerous sexual affairs while he was at work. I couldn't believe my ears when he told me the stories. I think men prefer woman to share in the responsibilities, so they don't have to carry someone. I would like to hear what other men think too?
2007-03-23 06:47:30 · answer #8 · answered by Maria A. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that most men prefer a career woman. They can discuss issues more on the same level. But they also want to woman to be homely and take good care of them and the house.
2007-03-23 06:41:04 · answer #9 · answered by Stareyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While the children are still young and need close intervention and attention from their mother, a stay-at-home mother is preferred. When the children get older, out of school and/or moved away from home, then a working wife can be the preferred.
2007-03-23 06:41:41 · answer #10 · answered by Kerry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Career wife.
2007-03-23 08:48:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋