Has goals, a career, and helps provide, or a women who is a stay at home person who cooks and cleans, and maybe you know with the kids. I just always wondered what men really want but you can't expect us to do it all. Pick one please
2007-04-04 07:15:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I have talked to many men about this, and to be honest, it depends on the man. Some men want a woman that is career driven and will help support the family with him. Others want their wives to stay at home to look after the children, keep the house clean and have a hot meal ready for them when they get home. It all depends on what their outlook on life is. Just like some women want to stay home, and other women have panic attacks just at the thought of such a life. It depends on the individual man. Sometimes the way he was brought up will have a lot to do with it as well.
2007-04-04 07:21:41 · answer #1 · answered by Kendra 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Years ago when I took family photos I recall having this noisy family of unruly little boys and girls all dressed in hand me downs with hair disheveled. They had such smiles they lite up the room and laughter just swhirled around them like leaves around an autumn tree. Mom and dad sat and they gathered around and after a few photos they all departed ….my very next photo session was with a 30 something couple and their ONLY son. They were dressed in the finest satins, and silks and furs. The little boy wore a very well made maroon sport jacket that I can still remember today. Wow did they look perfect. Dad was a very successful attorney and also an in demand public speaker and mom was a leading doctor and author who said she was soon to be doing her own radio program on weekends. They were rightfully proud people, smart and clearly money was not an issue. But I never could get that little 6 year old to smile. Not even once. I tried everything for well over an hour until dad said that he had to leave for an appointment and mom said ..not to worry ..no other photographer could ever get her son to smile either.
That was the first time and last time I was ever unable to get a child to smile.
Not sure which family put their child number one but I have my suspicions.
This is not about what mom or dad wants. When you become a parent, a child needs to know they are NUMBER ONE, even if the family has to struggle financially. Love is the only thing in life that never seems to come with a price tag.
Guess that would be one vote for ,"Stay at home mom", huh?
2007-04-05 21:29:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stay at home would be best for the kids. People seem to not look at children as the prority anymore. They're one of the side things to consider. And people wonder why divorce rates are so high and why war continues, and poverty, etc. People raise your children and raise them well. They don't always listen to everything, but do your best with them if you want to make the world a better place, or simply do it because you care about them.
2007-04-04 14:22:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would prefer she stay at home.Cook,clean,etc...But unfortanetly we live in a new age.Women are becoming a bigger force in the workplace.
My wife stayed at home until our kid started school.Our choice.Now she is a very successful businesswomen and I am proud of her.
So either way.I say support whatever decision you 2 decide is best for your situation.
Remember tho.If she is working that means you will have to help more around the house.Which isnt all bad,just something I have always hated to do.
2007-04-04 14:31:10 · answer #4 · answered by kenneth h 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I kind of like the stay at home wife so she can take care of the home which is a very hard job to do . It makes my job easier knowing that i can come home and relax because all the home business was finished .The only problem with that is in today's economy it takes 2 paychecks to make ends meat
2007-04-04 14:37:27 · answer #5 · answered by dad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay at home but I would give breaks in between so that she did not feel so enclosed in the world of home, kids, etc.
I would bring in a sitter and maid on Fridays and buy her a four hour session at a spa that would include lunch. Then Friday night, she and I would go to dinner without the kids. This is how we do it.
2007-04-04 14:40:29 · answer #6 · answered by Rick D 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding I want her to be super woman......Okay reality check. I want her to do what makes her happy, I would prefer her to be happy but make decisions based on what is the best for our family situation. If she works then chores need to be divided between us. I cook she cleans, she cooks I clean or better yet we help each other like a true partnership.
2007-04-04 14:30:09 · answer #7 · answered by Alan W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would prefer a happy wife
My wife has been both a stay home wife and a career woman.
She stayed at home until each of our three kids were school age and then restarted her marketing career.
She's now Director of Marketing for a local cable channel and could not be happier.
2007-04-04 14:27:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
my fiance says he wants me to cook, clean, help with the kids, and work. But he also says that he cooks, cleans, helps with the kids and works. I still top him though because I go to school too. Although he takes care of 2 kids that arent biologically his. Who knows he says 50 50 is the way to be.
2007-04-04 14:20:41 · answer #9 · answered by chunkysmom3502 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A woman with goals and a career. The household and children are shared responsibilities.
2007-04-04 14:34:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋