See? It's not choices that place a parent out in the workplace, it's the inability to survive without both parents working. Uh huh.
I don't know how we survive, been home with the kids for 15 years now, son/dil have a parent at home for 1.5 years now. I guess we aren't surviving.
I don't mind at all if someone says they can't afford it, who am I to argue. But DON'T EVEN start whining about no one can afford not to have 2 working, cause i know it's not true. If you're in NYC, move.
I guarantee that people who say this have LOTS of nice expensive amenities. You notice no single moms ever claim they can't survive without 2 parents working!
This is not exclusive to 2-income homes. A family very close to us makes do - barely - on a single, modest income. The mom stays home with their two young kids. Baby #3 is on the way. They wring their hands and fuss. Woe is us, we can't afford xyz. Woe is us, we have to decide between registering the car or buying food. They give me such dirty looks when I point out that the real choice is between buying food or buying cable service (with packages), buying high-speed internet, eating out several times a month, crawling the mall, buying the latest toys for the kids, keeping the thermostat at 70 in the summer and so on.
I do know a thing or two about being a single mom... (per my post #164)
thank your lucky stars you don't
Ever hear of the saying "There but for the Grace of God go I"?