Do You Like Being A Housewife Or Would You Prefer To Work?

Hi Janey, If given the chance to still receive the same amount of earnings that i am having right now-- i will choose being a wife. I've been working for such a long time and less time (although quality time) was devoted for my family. i want to spend the remaining days of life being a domesticated wife. i want to be a full time mom and wife...hands on in everything they need. i want to make up for all the missed time that i was not with them due to work. i am a social worker by profession and more of my time is spent for work. my family understands my career but i know they've been wanting to be with me more time.

Hi janey Im just at home all day, took care of my three year old son, doing cleaning stuff. actually, I myself want to work, but my husband prefer me to be at home. But i am enjoying being with my son all day. No, for us there's no such thing.. " your money is yours, mine is mine " his money is yours as well., besides his the one who doesn't allow you to work., if that's the case.. I rather work than to spend all day long with nothing.Good luck.

hi janey,i prefer both well being a housewife is too boring..i have a 2 kids and both of them goes to school and if ever im alone at home i fell so bored as if i wasted my time s now i have a partime job..thats makes feel good

I have nixed feelings to. For me ny daughter is grown up and I lost ny job and I wat to work I just can;t seem to find anything at the moment. I love to cook sometimes. I hat cold cold weather! So I would prefer to work close to hame so I wouldn't be out in it for long. HEE HEE My husband is working two jobs now and I really want to help him, I just wish I could find something soon. I ran out of money just from looking for a job you know gas and all the interviews I am so tired of crap places I could puke. My husband does help out with cooking and cleaning too but I really don't want him to because I feel like he alraedy does enough!I am going to have to find sometning to supplement his income.

We do have children, so I made the decision to be a stay-at-home/housewife because of the children. However, if we didn't have children I would much rather be a working woman. Before I was a mother I really enjoyed my career, but now that I am a mother I enjoy fully embracing that. I think if I was simply a housewife I would personally be bored out of my mind. As a matter of fact, I think that when my son starts school, I am going to at least get a part time job.

I figure you have to find joy in whatever you are doing. Currently I am a housewife that takes care of 2 kids and personally it is a ton more challenging than working full-time since there is no vacation, sick or personal days.

The days when women can be"housewives" are really over. Do you know that the poorest people in the Western World living in poverty are elderly women, and we are all going to be elderly some day. These days every person, man or woman must have the skills and ability to provide for themselves if need be and provide for their old age. The problem is when people have been unemployed for a while it is difficult to get back into the work force. However, there are ways to achieve this. For instance there are courses to upgrade skills, learn new skills or change career paths. There are other ways to gain experience. By volunteering in a soup kitchen, get experience in culinary practices. By volunteering in a hospital gift shop get experience in customer service, retail and operating computerized cash registers. This is an excellent way to gain self confidence since there is is not that horrible pressure to learn fast in a paid job. By volunteering at a food bank one can gain experience in shipping and receiveing goods, serving customers or learning to do data entry into a computer. By volunteering in a public art gallery or a local museum one can gain experience in leading groups, speaking to groups and helping to manage crowds. By volunterring at a library one can gain computer experience and customer service experience. There are many more places that I have not mentioned. You can build an impressive resumê before you start to apply for paid jobs and you can feel really good about yourself. Remember also, work expands according to the time available. So if you were out of the house 2, 3, 4 or 5 days a week the work would still get done. I grant you maybe the sheets would not be pressed but who cares they are rumpled in 2 minutes flat anyway. If you earned some cash you could also buy a dishwasher, a steam cleaner, a rice cooker, a vegetable steamer, a sandwich maker, a breadmaker, an electric food processor large or small, a blender, a clothes dryer or any other appliance that your heart desired. You would also be able to function as a full adult and not as a dependant. From my own experience I am telling you if I had not worked all my life I would not have been able to send both my kids to university and keep my own home after my husband passed away. Now I am retired and get a pension. I am not rich but I can pay my own bills, afford the internet and at least one nice trip a year. So, my dear girl work on your future, work on being able to stand on your own two feet. The saddest thing in my extended family is that one of my cousins in his early forties will not "allow" his wife to work outside the home. She is in her thirties, they have no children, but he is a control freak. She has no money of her own so this way he can lord over her. When she is 65 she will have no pension of her own, at least not one that she can live on, he may be ill or disabled or gone and there is a possibility that she will join the ranks of poverty stricken old ladies. So sad, but right now she does not have the nerve to stand up to him.

I was working before from the age of 17 years till the age of 55 years. It was hectic to look after the kids, kitchen and office. I use to crave for leaving the job as I did not have any rest or relaxation those days. I took voluntary retirement and I am at home since 6 years. Now I miss those days. I feel I am not productive and wasting time. Though I cook good stuff always and my husband and daughter enjoy (two children are married) and my husband also helps me in cooking, my mind always craves for going to office since I am used to it.

until 5 years ago i'd always worked and took care of the house and kids,if i wasn't ill i'd still be doing that,but i am,so i have to make do with being a housewife,which sometimes is incredibly boring

I love taking care of the house and being a house wife, but when times are hard I want to be able to help, my fiance makes plenty of money sometime and not as much other times so I would like to be able to help when he needs it.

Yes of course,I am a plain house wife,since i got married.I enjoyed being a house wife.What i've done every day is to take care of my husband and children.Prepared foods for my family and to do my house hold chores.By the way,I can relax if i want to. i can work here in mylot during my vacant time.I can do all i want in the house.For me,being a house wife is not easy,but the important is you love your home,your family and most of all, you're happy of what you do.Good luck!

Well speaking from my current situation, i need to work, i do have a job, but i'm waiting on a call to go, so i've been about 4 weeks now with no income, while my boyfriend has a full time job, he have offered to give me money, but i say no, i'm a very independent person, i need to work to keep my sanity, i loving being with my boyfriend, but i'm not truly happy till i have my own money, and my responsibility, and so on. So i def would not be satisfied being a housewife, i would get depressed.

Your hubby is awesome! I'd love to marry a husband who doesn't mind to help his wife with housework. I'm not married yet, but I think us women should go to work instead of stay at home and being a housewife. Why? First reason is because you can have more freedome to make independant financial choises. What if your husband have an affair and leave you [with the kids], and you don't even have a job to live by yourself. Second, more money is always better. You guys can save for your kids, and if one of you loses the job then other person can keep the family moving. I always think that, when you have a job, you get to meet more people, more confident, and is more valued by friends and relative.

Hi, Well i would to work, so that i can give better comforts for my son & i can also lead comfortable life. Ofcourse, if my hubby's earnings was good i would hv become housewife.

I chose not to go out to work right from the day I got married, for one simple reason that I lack the stamina to manage running out on a daily schedule and coping with housework too.In India we rely a lot on freshly prepared food and somehow major housework is done by the female[it is taken for granted] even if she goes out to work.I was born in an affluent family and was not career oriented despite being a post graduate.However, I have only one son, and had a bit of spare time and motivation to do something. At one stage in life I took up some independent productive activity on my own and liked it.This branched out in a big way and I am quite happy about it.I also feel that it is better to have some financial independence [some pocket money which we can spend without worrying too much];moreover I also feel that women need some productive activity of their own [first priority would go to children and house] to occupy their spare time and this would not only give them some extra money but would also give them immense self satisfaction

i would prefer being a housewife if there were sufficient funds. i am a stay at home mother but i work babysitting, do the bookkeeping for my husband's business and do online work to supplement our income and it still is not enough. i hate working outside the home but i am going to have to go back to that at some point when my son is older. right now he needs me to be here so this is why i do what i do.

My husband prefers that I stay home. It's for the children. If I were like you, without child, I would rather be out working. The time will be taken and you won't have time to feel bored, except maybe tired and frustrated if the job is not of your interest. The main reason would be having money of your own. You won't have to scrimp or forgo things that you like, besides being able to assist your love. You also get to dress up and maintain being attractive if you get a job that lets/requires you to ( housewife too can dress provided your hubby has the finance, which mostly is difficult cos there's only one earner in the household and many spenders ). But of course being a housewife is somewhat free and easy. You are the so-called "boss". To be honest, without children, being a housewife seems more tempting than working cos you have all the time to do as you like ( except no money ) but when there are children, you don't get the time to do as you like and feel even poorer as a housewife. So, when you still can, do earn more and save up for the time when you need to stay home for the children. The savings will come handy( remember to keep some savings as a secret back route that only you know, not even your hubby ). Nobody can say what's in-stored in the future so having a trump card is always beneficial.

Hi janey: I am a housewife without being a wife, meaning I'm single. Living alone gives me a lot of freedom and there are times I can be without doing some of the day to day chores one is expected to do without someone nagging me about it. I'm also not one who loves to do housework; but I do it because it has to be done. I am definitely not one of those really energetic housewives who loves to put on music and dance with the broom! However, I go for work daily and I like that although commuting can be a nightmare. the money does help me get a little help and I much prefer it that way.

I have been in the work force. I have also been a stay at home mom. Both jobs are great. If I ha the choice, I would prefer to stay home. I seemed to get a lot more accomplished wwhedn I was with my family.

I would like to be a good housewife because I can mould my children the way I want, I can guide them the correct way and even fulfill their reqiurement of love which a mother should give to her children, under worse conditions I would work also..