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Old 11-16-2004, 08:51 PM
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This man was probably in his 60's or so, and IIRC, he said he was still practicing. I doubt he meant to offend me (hence my restraint) - in his generation the two-income family was rather less common - but I'm not of his generation, I'm of a generation where the two-income family is the rule, not the exception.

I object to the term "housewife" because of its implications that if a family chooses to be a one-income family, it must be the woman who stays home, and her entire life should center around the house. I prefer the term "homemaker" or "stay-at-home mom".

I'm glad we get to make choices these days. Many women are in a position to choose whether to have a full-time career, work part-time and spend some time with the kids, or be a full-time wife and mother. And if a man wants to stay home with the kids while his wife makes the big bucks, that's fine too! I just wish people who grew up when this wasn't the case would recognize that times have changed.
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