real men out there

@thatmom2 (126)
United States
January 15, 2007 8:20pm CST
im just curous..r there any men out there who prefer there wife stay at home and take care of the children and the home and not work outside of the home. u know the good old days before men and women competed for the same job.
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4 responses
• Canada
16 Jan 07
That is a good question, and an honest one, but I'd love to know why you titled this "real men." Is my boyfriend, the man who encourages me to be all that I can be, whom I encourage to be all he can be, and who is my partner in everything NOT a real man because he doesn't keep me "imprisoned" in the home? I understand that you might not call this inprisonment, and that's fine. Everything I read and everything I write is just opinion... but is he not a REAL man because he encourages me to spread my wings, and supports me when I do?
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@thatmom2 (126)
• United States
16 Jan 07
i appreciate your response, and i also appreciate your opinion..however my reasons for it to be entitled, bc in my opnion...my curiosity was about the men who felt like this. i have wondered in the new day and age where women and men work side by side doing the exact same job, is considered ok, for a woman to decide to stay in the home? "real men" to me was referring to the men who go out there and work for the home. not expect there wife to pay half, or wait around for her to do everyones job. but even if she did work out of the home, that was her earnings to do with is as she wanted without the pressure. and on a side bar imprisoned = to be in prison, and prison = a building for the confinement of a person accused or convicted of crimes. since no one is speaking of staying at home against there own free will, i guess the word you used would be out of context. but its ok, we all have opnions and u know what they say about that.......smiles
@blueskies (1186)
• United States
16 Jan 07
I think there are a lot of men like that out there. I stay home because I have a child with special needs that often needs me to pick him up from school unexpectedly. Since I'm home, I try to make a nice home for our family. I know hubby appreciates that.
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
16 Jan 07
I was always a stay at home wife and mom. That was until my son was about 15 yrs. old, that was a big mistake. My family started to fall apart. I think the old fashion way is the best if it is possible. I liked to be home, my husband liked me home, and my son liked me home. Sure there was less money, but money isn't everything. But that is only my opinion.
• United States
16 Jan 07
I was married for 5 years and that is the way it was...I liked it and my wife seemed to at first but I think towards the end she began to hate it. Also I think that is why I am divorced now...But would I change from being old fashioned to being modern...Probably not. Kinda hard to, that is the way I was raised.