Posted on 09/11/2006 10:39:33 AM PDT by FreeManDC
We all had jobs in the sixites and seventies, even as kids--paper routes, service industry, camp counselors, swim teachers. This was all long before we graduated from high school.
If a child wanted something above just the normal food, drink, basic clothing, back then they too had to work for it. Everyone in my family is a great success because we were raised to work hard if we wanted something and to expect no hand outs.
Kept us out of trouble (well all except me, who was the baby and very spoiled and as mentioned in an earlier post shuttled anywhere to be kept out of my Mother's hair). Boy did they end up paying for that neglect and spoiling (as did I) in the end. They usually do. God does have a sense of humor.
ANNE BANCROFT'D!
LOL!
Smooch.......
I'm a guy in his late 50's who's been the sole breadwinner for his entire adult life. Now widowed and looking.
Does that work for you?
I reread your post and realized what you were responding to.
That said, I could not disagree with you more. And your caricature of women who do not work outside the home is insulting to them.
My wife in particular is the most intelligent woman I know but she does not waste it on a pointless career/job. She uses it there, but only inasmuch as you use your feet and legs to walk. She sees it only as a (part time) source of income. And the perks we both enjoy because of where she works are worth more than the money she makes - without actually divulging the industry.
Wife, three kids,dog,log cabin in country, 40acre duck club,40 acres of timber for deer hunting,
2 trucks and a mini can for the little lady all on less than 60,000 a year. Happy household after 20 yrs of marriage.
Get back in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans....
LOL..That will do it...Like another poster said we live for the most part so addicted to consumer products we have to be a 2 income family.
I came from a family of 6, 4 kids Mom and dad, we had 1 Phone!! Yikes.
And thier was no Call Waiting! none of my friends were able to reach me most of the time, I asked my mom for Christmas if I could have a phone? she said when you get a job to pay the monthly fees I will buy you the phone!
So at 16 I had a phone...Now a family of 6 everyone has a phone of thier own.
No objection to that ... I just object to the notion that a "career woman" cannot have these qualities.
Good for you!
Maybe the key is *Country Mountain Living*!
I could make exactly the same statement about my wife.
After my oldest was born in 1987, my wife decided to stay home and raise our children. Now my oldest son is a freshman at Notre Dame, and he and his brother are among the most intelligent, kind, and decent young men you will ever meet. And that's no accident - they were taught well by a loving, at home, mother.
Exactly...But how mnay kids do you see mowing the lawns? everyone has a gardener or a riding lawnmower.
I don't think kids have chores anymore...
My mother's friend has all 3 of her sons living with her ages 32, 36 and 38 none are married 2 have a good job and just recently my mother said when are you going to start charging them rent for crying out loud!
Not really its just seperating the wants from the needs. My kids get everthing they need and only some of what they want. Same for my wife and same for me----well unless I need a new shotgun or something lol.
>>And that's no accident - they were taught well by a loving, at home, mother.<<
Precicely!
You bring up a good point of discussion. I personally don't know all the specifics of her situation, but I can say that she does fight for Godly values with her time, in addition to being a wife and raising a family. I think there is a big difference between self seeking wives and mothers and ones who work to do God's will. As serving God should be the highest priority in any Godly relationship.
Husband and wife submit together to God's will, not the worldly husband's will, but the husband's will as it is led by God. This is the Godly husband a wife submits to. Thus women choose very carefully. Look for a Godly man. (This in my opinion is why it is an especially heavy role to be a true Godly husband and many men are rightly a bit nervous about carrying out this role rightly. Mistakes can and will be made at times and wives need to be forgiving as well.)
If God gave Michelle a fighting spirit and the great ability to articulate herself to a larger audience then just her family and she submits and asks daily for God's leading, while fulfilling her wifely and motherly duty, she has set a great example for her children and is circling the wagons around God and his values, rather then, shattering His will and vision.
But this is between her husband, herself and God. God didn't make us to be cookie cutter dolls. Not husbands, not wives. He brought them together to do His will. This is the crux of marriage and the piece that most everyone in this day and age misses. JMO. Other thoughts?
I would not condone a course of action that would lead to Michelle Malking not blogging, anyway.
I did ... no regrets here.
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