Re: 10 Things Never to Say to a Stay-at-Home Mom Archived Message
Posted by flowerchild on March 10, 2011, 2:22 pm, in reply to "Re: 10 Things Never to Say to a Stay-at-Home Mom"
There are sacrifices to be made either way. It's a matter of personal circumstance and choice. While I stayed home with my 2 kids, my sis-in-law who also had 2 kids worked full time. I was able to spend more time with my kids while they were growing up, but she and her family could afford to take a vacation every year. Our vacations were a camping trip at Carlyle every couple of years. They had nicer cars and a nicer house. So in the evenings while she was doing housework and spending time with her kids, my husband and I were working on our old fixer upper house, or my husband would do jobs for friends and family to make a little extra money. I can't say that either one of us is any happier than the other in the long run. They probably have more money saved for retirement, but we're doing okay.
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