Hey Parsey,
It is true - the only women raising their own kids are rich enough to be able to do so. But your idea that they all hit the malls and tanning salons after the kids are grown is widly unrealistic for the women I know in that position.
They usually run all the volunteer activities in their communities. They hold the keys to every house where the mom's work (in case the kid gets locked out) and are the "emergency" mom for every kid whose mom works. They serve as emergency contacts for the eldery with children not available. They volunteer in the schools, hospitals, for the poor, etc.
It does not pay at all; but it is a worthy role. That view of rich women being tanning salon, mall shopping bunnies is a hollyweird production. There are those, but most women have more self respect than that. Don't marry a woman with no self respect, parsie.
"It is true - the only women raising their own kids are rich enough to be able to do so"
Hmmm....I didn't manage to stay at home until my husband received some payraises...true.
But we are hardly "rich"
When I figured in what I spent on gas, daycare, wardrobe, parking, lunches....I wasn't making much a profit anyway.
There's nothing wrong with tanning booths or malls. Nothing wrong with women having fun. I just mentioned there are lots of women who want to be housewives, so they tend to seek out wealthier type husbands. And outlaws.
parsy, who really isn't a misogenist.