[annieokie]

You are correct in that analogy, of costing more, or reaping very little. I surmised that for myself way back.

At that time we had to wear very Dress clothes, hose, nice heels, very costly, then add auto, gas, parking fees, baby sitter. Things have changed a little in those areas, with all the sloppy dress codes these days.

No offense to the REAL MEN on this thread, but there are so few of you anymore. Stay at home dad's, (if there is a dad in the home at all). I am not speaking of those who have recently lost a job and really want to work, hard times hits all of us at one time or another, hang in there and pray.

I am talking about those cowardly men who are just plain LAZY, and force their women to work. Then again I blame the stupid women who marry or shack up with such ilk.

[TSgt]

I am talking about those cowardly men who are just plain LAZY, and force their women to work. Then again I blame the stupid women who marry or shack up with such ilk.Cowardly lazy men?

Most of the stay-at-home mothers I know are far from "super mom" and often lay around watching DVD's all day with their children. I only put in a minimum of 50 hours a week and my wife works her paltry 40, sometimes a little more. I do most of the cooking, cleaning and laundry. I didn't force her to work, she enjoys her profession. I blame stupid women who are dumb enough to be completely subordinate and inferior to their husband. I married an intelligent human not a submissive mindless drone.

[wbill]

all the sloppy dress codes these days.

:-) I'm in a golf shirt, jeans, and sneakers. Of course, my company keeps me locked away in the basement with the rest of the other engineers, and doesn't let me out very often. LOL! If I was in front of customers everyday, it would be a different story.

I'd love to be a stay at home Dad. It's just much easier to get by on the salary that I command, rather than on what my wife would command.

In fact, there's a guy I work with whose wife is a doc. He recently made a comment that "she made far, far more than he did". I asked him "So what the @#$#$@ are you doing here? I'd quit in a NY minute, if I could." No answer. I suppose that work is one measure of success, and there's lots of pressure to "be successful".

I'm glad that my wife measures success by how great our kids are, and not by where she sits on a corporate ladder.