I guess I did sound kind of Ward Cleaverish. Men can stay at home too; in fact, my best friend from college's dad stayed at home while his wife did Big Law here in NYC. I just think I have higher standards for the Munchkin Household than the Mr. does, ya know?

My "Mr." is so much pickier than me, lol. He is constantly horrified my comments I make about childcare, cooking, home maintainance, etc. - there's no way he'd dare let me do it all by myself, since I have apparently been judged completely unfit :rolleyes:

Why are you assuming all couples want to have children?

But for some women, they want to stay at home "popping out babies." They work until they have a child, and then they stay at home or work part time. Some women would rather be themselves and stay at home, rather than be someone else and be a career woman.

In the interests of full disclosure, my wife is a career woman, so I can understand that point too.

And that's fine too. It's all about choice.

Same here. I'll probably take some night classes and slowly earn my masters or I'll do some freelance work but that's about it. I'll probably go back to working full time once my children are out of elementary school.

My mother was a teacher so I had the luxury of having her there as soon as I came home from school and she was at home during all my breaks from school. She also took off about 5 years from work after I was born so that she could fully devote her time to raising my sister and me. She made us lunch and dinner everyday, took us to all our dance lessons, went to PTA meetings, etc. I don't take it for granted at all. I'm glad that mother was there to watch me. I was closer to her and she was completely involved in my life which helped to keep me out of trouble. :)

These threads are always retarded, because the level of assumption is through the roof.

Amy, some dudes are probably scared off by your "RAR POWER WOMAN CAREER" status, some are probably scared off by your (comparatively) 'celeb-familiar' lifestyle, and some are probably scared off by your height.

However, some dudes (shinerbock, for instance) just have a different view of what they want from their lifestyle - and honestly, it's not a bad goal, to make enough to give your wife the option to stay at home. It's not implicitly denigrating to women - he's not saying "AND I'LL BEAT THE PISS OUT OF HER IF SHE TALKS BACK" or anything, at least that I know of - it's just a different idea of what is ideal.

It's just that it's not even a discussion - it's a celebration of how our way is best for us (which is probably only partially true), and it never actually goes anywhere. If anything, it should be a reminder of why forcing shit with a significant other is a worthless task - no one really hears other people about this sort of thing. That's why it amazes me when people are contemplating marriage, but fighting over simple ideas like "Should we have kids?"

These kinds of things epitomize compatibility issues.

Yeah I think I'd beat the piss out of my wife if she talks back.

-Rudey
--Now what you cooters?

True. I have a friend just like this! She's the awww-I-wanna-stay-home-with-my-eight-babies-oh-and-honey-the-casserole-is-ready-let-me-bring-you-your-slippers kind of gal. There's nothing wrong with that. I would rather wear tapered leg jeans for a year than live like that, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

I rock hoes.

I beat not only the piss, but also the poop out of her.

-Rudey

I did not mean in my post that every woman was like me. I was pointing out that not all women want to be housewives or want to be with men who have more conservative/traditional views on life and relationships.

No. I'm not scared of a woman making more than me. I could care less. I just know that man better provide for his wife rather you agree with it or not. Marriage is hard. Period, and I wouldn't do it.

Now, I'm not going to get into it with you, because just by the way you've jumped to conclusions by accussing me of being afraid of women making more than me, I'm not going to even waste my time detailing my thoughts to you. I can see it would just anger you.

I agree with you man. That's what I'm talking about. He's got to be the provider.

Dude, someone tell texas princess that. You hit it on the nose. Let a man have a hard time making ends meet while kids are involved and watch that woman start having issues. I'm not saying she shouldn't. A woman is not designed to take that load. It's his job to provide for her. Period.