Dec 07 2007
Stay at Home Husband
For about 150 years of the United States history and much longer for the rest of the world, housewives were a common place occurrence. Men went to work and women stayed home to tend to the house. Well times have changed and the trend has changed.
Most families must have two incomes to survive even though staying at home could benefit one of them. However, the families that can afford it is not like days of old. Now you are starting to see more and more husbands staying home. Most with kids and some without.
There are many reason for a spouse of either sex to stay home. For me, it was a tough decision. It was the stigma of not working a regular job that was standing in my way. We looked at many factors to determine the final decision. Basically it came down to she was making more and we were both stressed because I really was not happy in my job (most days she loves hers).
We had family obligation that could be handled better if one or the other was home. We looked at how much my job was worth when you removed all the other expenses and we came to teh determination that I would be a stay at home husband for now.
I will write a future post describing the factors we looked at. However, I am here to tell you, it can be done and it can improve your way of life. The freedom to be there to do the things that never seemed possible to do due to time is worth a lot in itself. Money is important and everyone wants more but at what cost to your sanity and health?
In just the week I have been home, I have accomplish more at home than I was every able to do before. My stress level has dropped and I am able to devote more time to writing and working on the Internet.
For anyone, male or female are thinking of staying home instead of working a regular job, consider all the factors and do not let your fear of the opinion of others sway you from doing what is best for your family.
I am here to say, I am proud to call myself a stay at home husband and if and when I decide to return to a regular job, it will be on my terms.
