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Men of Reddit, what are your thoughts on women making the money and being a stay at home dad?
Men of Reddit, what are your thoughts on women making the money and being a stay at home dad?
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I would love to
I am all in.
I mean besides the fact we both hate children. Cool more power to her.
Living on one income. I don’t care who stays home, sign me up
who wouldn’t want that tho fr
That would be awesome
My dream.
My fiance wants me to he her trophy husband.
Instead of being a father, I crush myself in a hydraulic press until there is nothing left of me except my arm and CPU. I will prevent kids from happening in the next rodeo.
Yes please. Being able to spend more time with my future children would be amazing
I must be the black sheep here but it would honestly drive me crazy being home all day and I guess arguments can be made that you can leave the house
Did it for a year during the great recession in the US. If anything, you see the setups everywhere that just assume only the mom spends time with their kids
If only. I would do it in a heart beat, but im better at negotiating salary and condition. My girlfriend is not assertive enough and affraid about laying it all on the line.
Thats why, despite being similar in background and having the same education, i make 40% more than her
Where do I sign up? Do I get an allowance?
Dont care about
Daughter gets married in a week and they are planning on him staying home when they have kids. I’d hope there is no more stigma. I survived being a single working dad with her. No excuse (outside of breast feeding) a man can’t do the work. I think most me know it’s more work and more exhausting than going to work :-).
If she ever becomes as successful of a writer as she dreams of being, I’ll happily do that.
hmu.
Sign me up
Sure, why not. I don’t even have kids, so even better!
If both are okay with it, i dont see problem
My dad is a stay home and I had an awesome childhood. I wouldn’t mind doing it for my kids
I don’t see a problem
My dream job. I’d be an awesome house husband
Bills paid and everybody fed? Who give a shit.
I’d my wife made enough to financially justify me saying home to run the house, then sign me up
Women care about money a whole lot. So I’d generally just be surprised if a woman was even willing to be in a relationship with someone who made less than her.
My second thought though is just how impressive it is to make enough money for one person to support a family off a single income. In this economy, that really isn’t easy at all.
This is me right now, my Mrs earns ALOT as a self employed beautician and I took voluntary redundancy around 12 months ago. I’m the house bitch and she works all day and night.
It was good at first but now I’m just fucking bored
Pitched this very idea to my wife. She laughed.
I’d be more than happy to try! But after seeing everything my mom does around the house I’m not sure how long I’d last
sounds good until/unless i got bored with it
I became a SAHD when our daughter was 3yo. To make a long story short, I got laid off & my wife made enough $$ to pay the bills.
Best decision, both personally and as a family. One big bonus is that we don’t have to juggle 2 different vacation policies & schedules. There are so many more benefits, and it definitely works for us, though I know it does not work for everybody.
So long as I contribute in a meaningful manner, fuck yeah. Gotta stay useful and take care of the family. Especially if she wants a career.
MS forced me out of my career, so now I’m a stay at home papa. I have a 2 month old granddaughter that I watch 2-3 days a week. Rest of the time I cook for my wife, take her coffee at work, etc. Its glorious.
Depends if the couple has kids, or has one or more kids with special needs…if so, then whether you’re a stay at home dad or mom, no doubt that’ll be even harder to do than working a job…