I am a Psychology major in the Detroit Metro area. I have a 4 chapter exam tomorrow night and decided that if I kept on studying tonight it would probably do more harm than good, lol.
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I am a Psychology major in the Detroit Metro area. I have a 4 chapter exam tomorrow night and decided that if I kept on studying tonight it would probably do more harm than good, lol.
Hey I got relatives in royal oak. Right here see ( I'm pointing at my hand held up in the air) lmao
lol Yeah, I'm a little bit north of there. Royal Oak is a cool little town though.
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I'm a fulltime stay home dad officially. I do some contracting on the side for pocket change.
Finance and Market double here. I never want to go back to school though I almost did a couple of years ago to get my teaching certification. Decided to volunteer for son#3's half day kindergarten one day a week - yea, that cured me.
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I have spent entirely too much time with surgeons the past three years. They took money from me to the tune of 6 figures. OUCH!
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Yowch! Do folks think that way about stay-at-home moms too? Are they just living off a sugar daddy?
Personally, my husband and I have a bit of a truce. He knows I'm more career-oriented than he is and expects to be the stay-at-home dad even though he could easily out earn me in a few years. While I'll make decent money, I'm definitely not a sugar momma.
I think it more or less comes down to priorities. This isn't the 1950s and men can be just as awesome at being a stay-at-home parent as a woman can be. To be completely fair, my husband would be far better at it than I would be.
In our case we both worked until son#1 was 19 months old. We hated how far we were from our families and that our son didn't know them. 8 hrs from DH's family and 5 from mine. DH is much more marketable than I am - so when a job opportunity came up that would put us 4 hours from both and was a great position we jumped at it. I became a sahm with that move. Trying to find a job and reliable daycare in a small town was very difficult. We took the opportunity to buy a house we could afford on his salary alone. Had son #2. Moved again. Had son #3. Moved again.
DH would actually have been the better stay at home parent. He keeps house better. He's more organized. But his degree and the fact that he's smarter than s--t! means he could make way more money.
One of my dad's best friends was a stay at home dad - for the same reason I was. So I grew up knowing one - and my dad is 69, so his friend was an unusual.
I now know many sahds. With the current economy I expect that it will become less unusual. Day care is very expensive. My neighbor was in construction. He picks up side work when he can. But the rest of the time he's the one getting kiddo#1 on the bus and taking care of their 3 yr old. If he can get a job he's got another neighbor who helps out with cheap temp daycare. Best of both worlds all around.
I'm sure AfterGlow didn't realize his/her words could be taken as a slur. It's a changing world. Like automatically assuming that when someone writes about their wife - that the writer is male. Today it could be a male or female. I'm a firm believer in doing what works for your family. It takes a lot of trust and team work. In the long run the kids don't care who put them on the bus or fed them breakfast. They just care that it happened.
DH would actually have been the better stay at home parent. He keeps house better. He's more organized. But his degree and the fact that he's smarter than s--t! means he could make way more money.
One of my dad's best friends was a stay at home dad - for the same reason I was. So I grew up knowing one - and my dad is 69, so his friend was an unusual.
I now know many sahds. With the current economy I expect that it will become less unusual. Day care is very expensive. My neighbor was in construction. He picks up side work when he can. But the rest of the time he's the one getting kiddo#1 on the bus and taking care of their 3 yr old. If he can get a job he's got another neighbor who helps out with cheap temp daycare. Best of both worlds all around.
I'm sure AfterGlow didn't realize his/her words could be taken as a slur. It's a changing world. Like automatically assuming that when someone writes about their wife - that the writer is male. Today it could be a male or female. I'm a firm believer in doing what works for your family. It takes a lot of trust and team work. In the long run the kids don't care who put them on the bus or fed them breakfast. They just care that it happened.
Whats funny about our situation is my mom stayed home for about 70% of my childhood that I remember. She took the periodic night shift as a private duty nurse which didn't effect us kids since we went to school in the day while she slept and later she became the school nurse, so her hours were ours. When DH & I came to our decision I was nervous about telling my parents!
They paid for half of my college and let me live at home rent free while going to school. I was afraid they'd be disappointed in me and think I'd wasted my education and their money. It was a real sacrifice for them. Instead they were awesome! My dad was quick to point out you can never waste an education. You may not use everything you "learned" in your day to day life, but you've learned how to learn - and THAT is what going to school is really suppose to be about!
They paid for half of my college and let me live at home rent free while going to school. I was afraid they'd be disappointed in me and think I'd wasted my education and their money. It was a real sacrifice for them. Instead they were awesome! My dad was quick to point out you can never waste an education. You may not use everything you "learned" in your day to day life, but you've learned how to learn - and THAT is what going to school is really suppose to be about!
Lol, I meant nothing by this. I would fully accept the idea of being a stay-at-home dad when I eventually have kids if it made the most sense for my family (or future family...)
I know, I know, you're all saying: Dark, seriously, don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel! lol
Have I mentioned yet that I lean towards brutally honest? lol
Have I mentioned yet that I lean towards brutally honest? lol
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