[WV Mountain Mama]

My husband is the head of our family, but ask him how repressed I am. Then stand back and cover your ears, he has a really loud laugh.

[vbmoneyspender]

I've never understood this idea that women are repressed in marriage. Anyone who says that has never spent anytime married women, let alone married women. Most women have strong wills and can be quite relentless in achieving their goals.

[WV Mountain Mama]

By the way, let's do the math. How much does it cost to have a live in nanny, now add in a house keeper to do the laundry twice a week, clean the house 3 times a week (we are talking about top to bottom cleaning, not just one room), and a full time chef. Let's use an approximate cost of $800/week. The cost of childcare alone in the daycare I worked for would be $400/week for my children for a 6 am to 6 pm day.

800 x 52=41600. Now let's factor in taxes, how much would I have to make in order to afford this? Not to mention how much my children are getting from having me at home, which is incalculable.

[RobbyS]

My wife is from West Virginia, too. Yeah, repressed all right ;-)

[cgk]

My husband is the head of our family, but ask him how repressed I am. Then stand back and cover your ears, he has a really loud laugh.

You too? :)

I should send this author my "impressive" SAT scores. I proudly use my intelligence, opportunity and education to raise my child. I consider it quite selfish if you have the financial ability, to NOT stay home with your children if you are going to bring them into the world. In the interest of disclosure, being a stay-at-home mom was thrust upon me by MS, but I feel quite lucky for the opportunity. Glass full view :)

[OregonRancher]

Ma'am,
My wife would run her over, and then back up to make sure. She respectfully likes the doors opened for her...

[Malacoda]

Seriously. My husband tells people that if he tried to repress me, I'd kill him and make it look like an accident. And that I'd look darn good in black.

I've got two graduate degrees, I've had a career (and still manage to keep my hand in by teaching a course or two at night), but it's on hold while I take care of my priorities -- MY CHILDREN.

Why does this equal "going back to the repression and silence" to some of these hags?