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vegalady
Love my family
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Question for SAHM
Was it your choice alone to stay at home with DC or did you and your husband make the decision together?
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dm24angel
Happiness
Member since 5/05 34581 total posts
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Donna
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Re: Question for SAHM
it was a mutual decision.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:00 AM |
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Diana1215
Living on a prayer!!!
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Diana
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Re: Question for SAHM
mutual
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:00 AM |
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Re: Question for SAHM
together
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:03 AM |
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Marcie
Complete Happiness :)
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LOVE being a Mommy!
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Re: Question for SAHM
I was already out of work for a while so he said continue to be home.
It was more him than me - but I was still happy about it 
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:06 AM |
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Re: Question for SAHM
At first we thought I was going to need to work. Then while I was maternity leave we saw that we could survive on just his salary and he told me he wanted me to stay home because he couldn't handle someone else watching DS. I was excited that I was going to be able to stay home. Not to mention it didn't make sense since half my salary would have went to daycare
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:06 AM |
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Sassyz75
Turning a new page
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Dina
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Re: Question for SAHM
well, I got canned- so neither of us made the decision- ha ha.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:08 AM |
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Elbee
Zanzibar
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Re: Question for SAHM
mutual decision. He pushed it more than me.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:12 AM |
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twobabies
Praying
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Mrs. Honeybee
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Re: Question for SAHM
Posted by Elbee
mutual decision. He pushed it more than me.
same here.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:19 AM |
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chelle
It's a Good Life
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Isn't it obvious?
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Re: Question for SAHM
Mutual decision.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:20 AM |
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KartveliT
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Re: Question for SAHM
Mutual.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:21 AM |
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CunningOne
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Re: Question for SAHM
definitely mutual at the time our son was born.
Before that, DH couldn't understand why I'd want to "give away" my career I worked so hard for (I'm a licensed PE), but once our son was born, he told me staying home was the right decision.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:21 AM |
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Kotka
Mom to two boys :)
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Jola
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Re: Question for SAHM
mutual
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:30 AM |
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cjik
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Re: Question for SAHM
Mutual, though more mine than his. If I had wanted to go back to work, he would have been fine with it, but we both agreed that we could swing it and it would be nice for DS to have a parent around the first year of his life.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:33 AM |
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BellaRock
I am all the Me I will ever Be
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Re: Question for SAHM
Mutual decision.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:35 AM |
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FelAndJon
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Felice (aka LuckyBride2004)
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Re: Question for SAHM
I lost my job in January. 3 weeks prior, I found out I was pregnant. We made a mutual decision that I would stay home until next January then make a decision if I will go back to work.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:39 AM |
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lorimarie
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Re: Question for SAHM
It was mine - I hated my job. It made me absolutely miserable and I said there was no way I could take care of a child, house and work (DH works 6 days a week and sometimes 7).
We then sat and went over things and figured out that we could swing it. It took him a long time to be "ok" with it and now he knows it was the right thing for our family.
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| Posted 5/14/08 10:52 AM |
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skprmiss
Loud is fun!!
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Re: Question for SAHM
we decided together!!
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| Posted 5/14/08 11:00 AM |
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jprimrose
I love my little munchkins!
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Re: Question for SAHM
mutual
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CathyB
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Re: Question for SAHM
Mutual. It was something we'd talked about before we got married when we were talking about kids.
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| Posted 5/14/08 11:11 AM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Re: Question for SAHM
I leaned towards it first, once we had Josh, Leo was totally on board.
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| Posted 5/14/08 1:34 PM |
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maybebaby
LIF Adult
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Maureen
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Re: Question for SAHM
DH was unsure at first b/c of finances. As soon as Johnny was born, he looked at me and said "you're not working". I was very very happy as I really wanted with all my heart to stay at home.
BUT i work from home PT and I babysit too for $$. Without that I would NOT be able to! It took a lot of sacrifice but worth it 10 times over!
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| Posted 5/14/08 1:54 PM |
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DanaRenee
Fitness Junkie!
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Dana
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Re: Question for SAHM
it was up to me, but DH agreed it would be best...so, mutual
Message edited 5/14/2008 1:57:43 PM.
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| Posted 5/14/08 1:57 PM |
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lvdolphins
My Loves!
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Re: Question for SAHM
It was mine at first and after I pointed out to him that my paycheck would just pay for daycare, it was decided that it made no sense for me to go back.
Last summer I worked 2 PT jobs (a very few hours a day) and now I babysit PT as well.
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| Posted 5/14/08 2:17 PM |
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Gatsbygirl
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Re: Question for SAHM
Mutual, but DH was a little more in favor of it.
I had no idea leaving work would make me sad, but I was a mess the last few weeks.
BTW, I am going back in Sept and that was a mutual decision.
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