I am not trying to sound facisious. I am just asking an honest question. Why do you want to stay at home with the kids? Is it because that's what you have seen for the majority of the time, women staying at home with the kids? Why not you work and your husband stay at home with the kids? I am not trying to flame or offend you or mock your decision. I just am wondering and very curious.

ETA: For everyone, women are usually looked down upon when they choose to work instead of stay home with the kids. It's kind of like they're shorting their kids if they choose to work outside the home. Whereas, if I man stays home with the kids, people view it as if he's a wimp because he "can't" find a job that pays more than his wife's or chose to "let his wife be the leader of the house". I feel that a marriage is 50/50 and no one is the leader of the home. I also feel that a man or a woman can stay at home with the kids. I would just like to see more men stay at home and women not looked down upon for working outside the home when she has kids. I also wish to see more women feel like they don't HAVE to have children or be married to be a functioning person in this country. Honestly, I don't want to have kids nor get married (that's of cours my own personal decision). I also would like to see more people not look down on people, especially women, that decide not to have kids or be married. I have heard "Oh, you'll be that old lady that's lonely, bitter, and has 100 cats." No, I won't be because #1 I am allergic to cats so that'd be hell on earth for me and my allergies. #2 What am I going to be bitter about? Not ever being married? No I won't because that's my own decision and I have very good reasons for it. #3 Lonely is only in the eyes of the beholder. I have maintained very good friendships and those friends will be with me for a good long while. I also have my family. Also, I might be married one day but I might not. I am not setting my life goals on being married.