Occupation: housewife?

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

I hope I'm not being too repetitive since I haven't read all the responses, but in my mind, being a feminist means having free choice - and that choice includes wanting to be a housewife/SAHM.

That said, I was just talking to my friend, and her SIL, who got married a year ago, and who isn't planning on having kids for 4 more years, is just biding her time working 20 hours a week until the day she CAN get pregnant and have kids.

I think if you really want to be a SAHM or housewife, own it and do it. But it does kind of bother me that she is just working for a few hours a week just to pass time. I don't know why. I feel like if she's really committed to not working (and she doesn't have to - her husband makes a lot of money) she should find something she's really passionate about (maybe volunteering, charity work, even a hobby) rather than treating work as just something to "pass the time." You know?

 

[Jennifer W]

We each have to do what we think is best for us, and for the people we love. I would do pretty much anything rather than be a housewife. I'd also do pretty much anything to defend the right of any other woman to make that choice. I wouldn't like to be a dentist or an astronaut either - doesn't mean I don't think anyone else should be.

Jen

 

[Imdanny]

I have to say, reading this thread has been very interesting. I never realized women could be so mean to one another. Wow.

ETA- Something that amuses me is that Iamdanny has been more respectful towards the SAHW than some of the ladies here. Kudos, Iamdanny.

Thank you.

 

[Ella]

This thread has more than run its course. I think it is time to call it quits.