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Is your OH a stay at home husband/BF?
sterl1ng
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Just wondering with many career women out there, (including myself) wondered if OH is stay at home husband/BF for the kids and if so how do you feel about that?
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yes, it works for us.0
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Yes, but not through choice! He was made redundant a while ago and not found anything else yet. We don't have kids though, only fur-babies, so the situation is slightly different.
Apart from missing the extra salary, I quite like it. It's nice that I get home and the house is clean and tidy. I haven't hoovered since he's been out of work and I can't say I miss it :rotfl:
The broadband was playing up the other week and it was lovely to not have to worry about being home for the engineer. My parcels are always accepted so I never have to go to the sorting office. The meter man can always get in. The grass is always cut, the windows are always cleaned. Only little things, but they really do help make life that little bit nicer
I'm really going to hate going back to the Sunday-blitz-the-house cleaning madness when he goes back to work
You had me at your proper use of "you're".0 -
Yes, he's a SAHD atm and loves it. But he's always enjoyed cooking more than I do, and we have a cleaner so there's less of the domestic drudgery than there might be.
We hope to have a second LO, and after that I might go PT for a while to spend more time with the children while they're little, in which case he'd go back to work.
We're flexible Mortgage when started: £330,995
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At the moment yes, but not through choice. Hubby was made redundant in February and it is lovely having household jobs done as well as that DIY that was alwayssss put off.
But at currently 6 mths pregnant it is becoming scary that he needs something soon before I start maternity leave or otherwise my maternity leave will only be a few weeks and I will go back to work full time.Mummy to two girls: October 2013 and February 20160 -
Yes. I did SAHM from ages of 0 - 7 years. I went back to work full time Sept 2011 when youngest finished reception. That was always the plan.
However, we didn't plan on OH losing his SE business in Dec 2010, that kept us living for those 7 years. We had a great 8 months where we were both at home a lot, having lots of dates, then I went off to work FT and OH has been at home studying and updating his skills and being SAHD. It's made my return to work so much easier having him around for the school run and cooking (cleaning, not so much )
It took longer than expected, but he's now ready to go back to the world of work 2.5 years later. Kids both in school all day, so he's had a good rest. TBH, I'm glad he has, as his work was crazy (5am - 12am, days 6 days a week)
Looking forward to this next phase where we can plough a fortune into paying off the mortgage! We've lived on 1 salary for nearly 10 years - we can carry on like that for a good while if the end goal is mortgage free!Who made hogs and dogs and frogs?
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Yes my husband is one by choice. He is a qualified scientist but yet does not want a stranger seeing our son grow up so has dedicated his time to staying at home with him. We receive some very odd looks and eye raising when he gets asked "so what is it you do?":mad:Baby Numner 4 due 7th May 2016
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I was until recently, I went back to work four months ago, but I don't think I'll be in work long until I leave again to be at home. I'm only working at the minute as our youngest is ill and to visit him on a more regular basis we had to move house (Mid Wales to Leeds) and needed some spare cash to do so.0
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We don't have children yet but haven't planned for when we do. He earns more than me so makes sense for him to work really, he's also very career minded and although I am too it wasn't really a decision we had to make as to who will stay at home.Married my wonderful husband on 8/9/12 :j0
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Yes, we agreed that he would stay at home after son was born. When son was 7 we talked about him going back but then I found out I was pregnant. Daughter is now 8 and I have a job with a lot of responsibilities and travel so we have agreed he stays at home with them which lets me travel without worrying. Works for us.0
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Yes but not through choice. He lost his job and is struggling to find another one.
However, the house looks great and he makes lovely dinners :hello:
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