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"I don't want to support a woman," is what I hear.

Frankly, I think that is a major reason there is currently a record number of single adults in this country who have never married. (My own theory.)

And, plenty of single women I know are fed up with the working world - the Stepford Wives' lives looks pretty good to them.

. . .plenty of single women I know are fed up with the working world - the Stepford Wives' lives looks pretty good to them.

I am certainly fed up with the working world. I long for the days when I was able to stay home with my children, instructing them when they were home and making our world more beautiful when they weren't, gardening and canning and cooking, sewing clothes or curtains, rehabbing our house, and running errands so that everything was perfect when Daddy got home. We would all sit down in the handsome kitchen I had created and enjoy a home-made family dinner before the fireplace. Daddy also got a non-exhausted, cooperative wife who was ready for anything.

. . .plenty of single women I know are fed up with the working world - the Stepford Wives' lives looks pretty good to them.

I am certainly fed up with the working world. I long for the days when I was able to stay home with my children, instructing them when they were home and making our world more beautiful when they weren't, gardening and canning and cooking, sewing clothes or curtains, rehabbing our house, and running errands so that everything was perfect when Daddy got home. We would all sit down in the handsome kitchen I had created and enjoy a home-made family dinner before the fireplace. Daddy also got a non-exhausted, cooperative wife who was ready for anything.

Interesting. I'm a career person and just recently got the opportunity to take care of my brilliant niece and nephew (I'm very biased...I admit it) while their parents were taking care of family business for two weeks. They live in Florida.

My staff at work game me 72 hrs. before I would cave...well they were wrong. Taking care of the house and the kids was a lot of fun....but I missed the decision-making, the memos, the negotiating, putting out fires, etc.

I had everything super organized and timed to the minute. Pick a child up, do homework, pick the other child up, drop one off at swim practice while the other does homework. Come back, check homework, drop second child off at swim practice. Come back make dinner, pick the children up, have dinner, homework, piano practice etc., etc. By the third day I had everything down pat. By the fourth day I missed work.

I consider myself fortunate. Not everybody gets to see if both sides of the fence. In my case I found both sides green, I just preferred one side more than the other.