Ladies, would you prefer being a housewife or a working wife/mother? (Page 2)

[alibabi]

i would rather be a house wife but i’m currently in college to be an RN so looks like that’ll never happen :((

[Kiran04]

Why wouldn't that happen? Is the college going to put a gun to your head and make you work?

[The-Three]

^ Because the majority of men can't afford to have a housewife. It's naive to not prepare yourself a job and assume a guy will come around and save you

[Kiran04]

@The-Three The majority of which men. Millennials? Well yea, the majority of any of them aren't capable of quality earning power, male and female alike. They're a lost generation through no fault of their own. The majority of generation Z and prior are perfectly capable.

[The-Three]

lol you're getting generations mixed up. Generation Z is kids born after 2000s.

[Astoriana]

I think I would be bored as a housewife. My house would also be a total tip because if I don’t have anything to do but clean, I couldn’t be bothered. I have so much time to do it that I wouldn’t do it.

[Kiran04]

So, raising the kids and taking care of them doesn't take any time or effort? What planet are you from?

[Astoriana]

@Kiran04 I didn’t say that. I said I would be bored doing that. There’s a difference.

Plus, I didn’t spend 100K on an engineering education and two degrees to waste it wiping asses.

[Kiran04]

100k? I have two engineering degrees and didn't rack up that kind of bill. And wiping asses lasts what, two to two and a half years tops? But w/e. If you that's what you think raising kids is then you're better off not having any.

[Astoriana]

@Kiran04 thanks for your approval.

[Gufyy]

My engineering degree is FREE lol

[The-Three]

Jesus fucking christ Kiran if you're so triggered about it then why don't YOU be the house husband? Some people do not like it, I would get bored really easy

[Astoriana]

@The-Three right, and something being time consuming doesn’t necessarily make it interesting. For example: data entry. Extremely time consuming. EXTREMELY boring.

[Mimi1721]

When I have kids I will be a stay at home mom provided my husband is making enough to provide for our family. If not I'd obviously work but hopefully I won't have to.

[Blister]

Being a housewife I would feel like a leech on my husband and wouldn't be able to get anything without his help, having my own spending money is really nice aswell

[Kiran04]

So... raising the kids, taking care of them, and providing a place of comfort doesn't contribute to a relationship? Dear god, your poor future husband. Are you just gonna leave him to microwave TV dinners when he gets home?

[The-Three]

^ Relax man. She means she would have to be dependent on him on buying anything. I understand 100% what she meant you ain't got to get so triggered

[Kiran04]

@The-Three Why is it always about money? The most meaningful contributions to a marriage and a family don't have price tags on them. Family is about putting the family ahead of yourself. You can either be independent, or you can be a good family member. The family is dependent on all members, and all members are dependent on it. If one is selfish because she wants to be a strong, independent womyn, then the family will fail. Power is in the devotion required to keep a family together, not in selfishly shielding yourself in case it fails.

[The-Three]

Then you be a househusband and let the women work if you want to so bad.

[bubble_tea]

Housewife. I don't want my children to be raised by strangers.

[Kiran04]

Boom. This woman gets it.

[heckinheckman]

I want to work and will probably need to work but I will prioritize my family and quit in a heart beat if it was necessary. I am going to school next year for elementary education so it will hopefully work well with future kids.

[Kiran04]

Smart choice.

[Anonymous]

Uh it's debatable if they both do equal work lol

And I'd rather work. I respect financial contributions, or at least the effort.

If a woman has only the ambition to be a housewife, I might not be attracted to that. I'm attracted to women with bigger dreams than that.

[fauna642]

I find it hilarious that the whole point of this app is to share opinions and you guys are telling her that her opinion is wrong because your opinions ate facts.

[fauna642]

Whoops, meant to put on redreddyred horribly misinformed thread.

[Glass_Cat]

I’d like to be home but also have a job. Maybe working while at home to do both.

[Hidden_P]

I would prefer to be a housewife.

My ideal would be working from home flexibly.

[fredrick89]

I would try to be freelance or working from home, so if she choose to be housewife, I can help her maintaining home and take care of children, and if she choose another one I still at least raise the kids, being there when they need me without her being worried when she's far away from home

[kk123help]

Well I would go to work as a mechanical engineer and if I ever get married I would expect him to work until I get pregnant then I would quit my job and stay home to take care of my child

[Kiran04]

Sounds reasonable.

[Nahid1234]

I prefer her to be a stay at home wife, but can volunteer or do something in the community for not to get bored, but once kids our born I want her home raising the kids full time properly.

[Nahid1234]

Wow.

[Merilc]

I don't know yet because I am 13 but right now I think I will want to be working as a choreographer and not work every day so i still can spend time with family.

[Akari]

Right now I'm focusing on being a working woman, but I envision myself in a late future being a housewife

[Kiran04]

Late future? How late? You do realize women's fertility dive bombs at a certain age, and that age ain't 45.

[Akari]

I don't mean having kids late, I mean being a stay home mom in a late future, I want to explore the options the world has to offer

[Kiran04]

Why does everyone think you can only explore the world as a youngin? That just ain't true. Both of my parents are retired. They can do w/e the fuck they want as they made plenty of money when they were working. Mom stayed at home to take care of us when we were young. They travel all the time. The couple across the street are older than my parents and they're at home even less than my parents are. The wife stayed at home to take care of the kids when they were young. They got all that done when they were young and had the stamina for it. Now they travel non-stop and live like kings and queens. Everyone acts like being old means your life is suddenly over. No, being old means you get to enjoy the fruits of your labor as long as you planned out and put your ducks in order when you were young. If you squander your youthful years pretending you can adventure, THAT'S when being old means your life is over.

[Akari]

And that's what I'll figure out on my own. Your parents made that arrangement work, I'll make my arrangement and make it work as well.
And I didn't express that being old is bad as I don't think so, I see my granny, my uncle grandpas, my parents, my uncles, parents of friends etc living their life just fine

[vishna]

I'd prefer working and making my own money. I can't wait to have kids and take care of them :) but after they are of a certain age, I will return to work

[Comesaveme]

To work definitely. I hate how nowadays women work their asses in college to get a degree only to marry someone who 'prefers' her to stay at home and take care of the kids.

[HappyWheels]

Well as I want kids I would like their mother to look after them while I'm at work. Women are hands down better than men when it comes to this. I don't mind her working before there are kids and after they are old enough.

[BaileyisDarcy]

Working. I think unless i found myself a job i can do frok home (even just selling my pours) i would go crazy as a housewife.

Id have to be a working mother.

[Anonymous]

If I have kids, I'd prefer to be a housewife. I grew up with my mother being one and it was nice. If I don't have kids, a working wife.

[The-Three]

I wouldn't want to be a housewife. Would be way too boring for me personally and I would hate the work involved with it.

Plus I do not want to ask my man for money. I want my own money to spend.

[Raymond_Reddington]

I'm gonna be a stay at home dad so she should be a working mother. Funny. At first women were forced to stay home while the man worked but I have a feeling that's about to be the other way around.

[mutedaisy]

I work very long hours now, in 2019 I will be a house wife. Fuck being a full time working mom. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I can totally see having a part time job.

[ScarletAngelic]

Neither. I don't want to get married and I don't want kids. I want to just live with a girlfriend and have us both work and care for the house.

If I had to choose one then working, definitely.

[Anonymous]

I actually really like the idea of being the breadwinner and having my husband be an at home dad doing the house work during the day. Like I'd still cook at night and all but I guess I really like the idea because that's how my parents are.

[Pluto4prez]

No strong preference either way, but I like the thought of building a household on two incomes for more money to spend on better vacations.

[strangytie]

I want to work so we can live like all my parents/step parents do. But I’m always worried my ADHD will cost me jobs.

[dragonfly6516]

I like working, and I get depressed if I sit around doing nothing productive for too long. Don't want kids.

[gwail]

I don't think I would want a career. But a part time job. Cuz I really love kids and like spending time with them

[Sloane2398]

I would like to stay with my kids until they can go to school at age 4. Then I would go back to work. You have the best of both worlds.

[ryancg]

I'm not a lady, but I'll throw in my two cents anyway. I prefer a working wife to a housewife. We can both provide income and we can both take care of the household duties.

[bless294]

Work, I have the potential to get a scholarship to a good school and get a good education, and I will.

[Want2Know2]

If I had a career I loved, I'd work and be a mom otherwise, keep me home and I'll volunteer to enough places to keep me busy.

[23779639]

I work with kids already, I’d like to be a housewife until my kids are old enough for school. But i wanna work until I have kids.

[aconfusedgirlie]

I’d want to be a house wife when my kids are young, but once they reach fourth or fifth grade I’d want to go back to work.

[TacosRAwesome]

Considering so far I don't have a real career I'll stick to housewife.

[johnboymuscles]

I'd love to come home to you everyday😍

[TacosRAwesome]

@johnboymuscles nah I'm good :)

[johnboymuscles]

My heart os breaking 😭

[TacosRAwesome]

@johnboymuscles awww you'll meet a great girl

[johnboymuscles]

Im saving my soul for you

[TacosRAwesome]

@johnboymuscles don't I lost mine ages ago.

[johnboymuscles]

I know. I have it in pocket you can come and collect it. Im keeping it safe 😜

[skykid1992]

I prefer if we both worked and take care of the kids. Plus you can always hire a babysitter with all the extra $$$ your making. by the way the only thing hard about being a housewife is cooking and taking care of the kids.

[pudgen]

I'm super rich, so it's her decision to be whatever she want.

[Afrochick]

ohh la la <3

[BraveHeart97]

Doesn't matter to me. I admire a woman who is passionate about her career while having time to take care of the kids. If she wants to be a housewife, that's fine too as long as she's not lazing around lol.

[HarleyRider21]

My girlfriend and I have discussed this before. In the event we have children in the future, we established that she would return to work once the
kid (s) were old enough to teach them that nothing good comes from slacking off.

[Anonymous]

my mom works from home, so, she's a housewife AND a worker

[GenericGirlFace]

That's how it is for my dad! He works from home and handles the housework during the day

[MzAsh]

I️ respect women who choose either but I’d much rather be a working wife with no kids.

[MissDyno]

I prefer being a working mom with a flexible schedule so I can have as much time with my future kids as I can.

[Zendrya]

I plan on being a stay at home mom and running my own government approved daycare

[Cthullhu]

Working. It's good to have a powerful girl, and it gives purpose which will make her happy

[Anonymous]

I searched it the closest thing I found was apple care support and I didn't see anything about 5% and it's $11per hr 😕 if you think you can provide a great life for you and your "musician" girlfriend ok🤣

[yaons]

Well if you work 8 hours a day for 5 days you get $440 do that for a month so 4 weeks you get $1760. That is not too bad for a job you do from home so. So if they other person has a good paying job you can live a great life. If you dont you might wanna look at what your spending a month and where you can save some money.

[Opinion Owner]

Tax's will take a lot of that and rent is usually about $800-$1000 a month utilities I'ma assume u guys will use scarcely $250, food for 2 people $200 if u don't eat out that's about 1450 already I'm going to assume u want cable and wifi that's another $250 so $1700 already but ur going to wanna eat out and go out too right😬😬😬 u might not be able to afford it though but hey maybe u don't want to live in a nice safe neighborhood to save money and you get a place that's $400-600 instead that will save u $600 and to use on entertainment per month $200 and her music supplies per month maybe $50 if she only does digital stuff and if she does use instruments but nothing breaks and ohhh I forgot phone bills I'ma have to take about $200 from that unless you get Cricket wireless they have $30 plans so 2 for $60 ... $11 a hr is great for 2 people if u live very scarcely and don't do anything

[yaons]

LOL i dont know were you life but i can tell this, I can live in a good neighbourhood, go out for diner, have cable and wifi and everything else you made a list off for that money a month. So yeah i live scarcely. Ow wait i dont, because, i know how to manage my money.

[Omar5881]

Tbh a housewife a deal breaker for me I prefer a working woman

[Omar5881]

There's nothing wrong with being a housewife but it's just I see as degrading like if the house work is distributed between the man and the women they both will be happy and more productive but women whether they like it or not they will hate themselves after spending time as a housewife, from my experience women actually " love " to work like A LOT of women would give everything they have for work unlike a lot of men

[babyjen]

I would rather work and not need to depend on my partner

[hellokitty96_18]

I’d prefer to be a housewife but I’d have to be married to someone that really loves me

[Aphrodite87]

I like to make my own money I don’t wanna live off of other unless I won the lotto.

[BatmansWife]

I'd prefer to be a working wife/mother. I like earning my money.

[toast177]

I am a working mother I have a job and I also care for my son as well and as soon as I have the baby I'll be home caring for the baby and cannot work

[_bunny_]

I could do both I was raised like a boy to be completely honest so I'd prefer work

[katsandbats]

I will never be a housewife. I want to work and i want to do what i love which is not cleaning up after a lazy husband and dirty children.

[Slimey2]

I would like to be a working wife as
#1 i hate tidying
#2 I want to be a gastroenterologist

[Imafreespirit]

I definetely want to be a working mother. I don’t wanna depend economically from the person I’m with

[snowshy]

Never in a million years - I'd rather be at work with a regular job

[Anonymous]

I want to be educated and have a career but also I want to be serious when I’m a mother. I want to stay home until they’re Kindergarten-1st grade level. Then I’ll work again.

[Claire2017]

Working. Divorce rate is 60% now so she's better off having a career when it falls apart.

[Kiran04]

Who's she? Are you talking about women that aren't you? That's a bit weird.

[Claire2017]

Any woman in a marriage is who I'm talking about

[Kiran04]

80% of all divorces are initiated by the wife, so she could just not initiate divorce. That works too, you know.

[Claire2017]

It's not as simple as that. Unlike most of the respondents here I have first hand experience with this

[Kiran04]

No, it isn't that simple, but it's also not as complex as you make it out to be. Besides, women benefit from alimony at an exponentially disproportionate rate compared to men, so even if she didn't work she'd still get a sizable piece of the pie.

[Claire2017]

It's far more complex than either of us make it out to be actually. When you've had the experience we'll have an educated discussion.

[DovahMuuliik]

I'd prefer to be a working wife/mother. That way my partner and I are contributing equally.