What would you do?
If your man provided for you and the family eg. Paid the rent/mortgage, all the bills, food shop, children's things/activities, and gave you some money to pay for your needs, would you choose to go out to work or would you be a stay at home mum?
Specifically to mums with children under the age of 5.
Before having children, my partner told me it would be totally up to me if I wanted to return to work after having children but I didn't have to if I didn't want to/wasn't ready. I went back after maternity leave but I missed my child and quit my job to stay home. My partner takes care of everything financially so I am currently a SAHM until further notice.
I'm just curious to know what other mums would choose?
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I was told the same thing and I think after both kids are in school full time then I might do something on the side for extra funds or just to get out but idk if I'll go back to full time unless it's needed. We enjoy 1 of us being available for the kids.
Work part time. My fiance pays for everything anyway, then whatever I make is just a nice extra. I love what I do and I felt like I was going insane not being able to do it
I have that same opportunity but still work. You never know what future brings and having a personal economical safety makes that I could provide for my kids even if life stops being so nice to me one day. We could split with my husband or he also could die (that's a sad though but it definitely could happen). In any case I won't be in an economic struggle
I’m a SAHM. I don’t miss working. Financially it made more sense for me to stay home otherwise I’d have been spending my entire salary to never see our daughter except for an hour or two each evening, and weekends. Work will always be there, but she will never be this small again. And I’m only doing this once.
Will likely start working again once she starts school but maybe not full time so I can still be present.
I’m currently a SAHM indefinitely and for me I don’t plan on working outside of the home till my kids are out of school and even then it would be part time to go straight into savings. I happily babysit on occasion but not weekly anymore I just like focusing on my own kids rn.
go to work, after few years you will feel lonely and frustrated seeing other mums working and will loose confidence to go back to work. you need to be happy in the end of day
I had the choice and chose to stay home. I don’t regret it at all. I have an education and a career to fall back on if things ever changed.
My daughter is too young right night and I’m pregnant with another baby but when they are school age I’ll probably work part time for the social aspect of things and a lil more extra change plus I enjoy working as long as it’s not high pressure
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