SAHMs- just curious...

[scrappinMickey]

SAHM for almost 12 years now. Love it!!! Sometimes help out at my dh's office, but would rather be with the boys at home! Oldest will be starting high school next year and youngest will be in 2nd.

 

[llij]

SAHM for 10 years here. (Although, I did do some consulting for my old job for 3 years after I quit.) Funny thing is that I was planning on going back to work in 2006, but along came baby so I don't expect to be working for another 7 years or so.

 

[mickeyfan2]

A few questions (No flames meant at SAHMs)

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

 

[damo]

A few questions (No flames meant at SAHMs)

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

My answers:
1: I will continue to be a SAHM. I will just volunteer a lot more. The amount of money that I'd make would be a pittance compared to DH's salary, so it isn't really important.
2. I have a University degree in Mathematics
3. Never a waste, in my opinion, to stay home with your children. I easily made enough money to cover my tuition.
4. My daughter is in second year university. She wants to someday be a SAHM but wants to have a career first.
5. DH could never be a SAHD, he'd go insane. We had always planned on my staying home as soon as the kids arrived.

 

[4greatboys]

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

My youngest is only 3 so we are looking at about 20 more years til he gets to college. By then I will be 60 so Im not sure if I wll go back or not.

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

Mine was pretty much just for a paycheck. I didnt go to college but I was a supervisor of my dept with other chances of advancement so not really a dead end job either.

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

N/A

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

I have no daughters but I prrobably would encourage her to go to college.

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

Not feasible here. Dh makes better money than I ever did with some pretty good benefits so we never considered it.

 

[llij]

A few questions (No flames meant at SAHMs)

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

I'll answer your questions, although I'm sure others will probably have different answers.

1 - I was planning on going back to work this year as a teacher (I would have finished my M.Ed), so I wasn't planning on waiting until they were in college.
2 - My job I had before required a college degree as I was director of marketing for a non-profit. When I teach, that requires a degree and the reason why I am working on my Masters.
3 - I don't think having my college degree was a waste of education at all. I will always have my degree. Not sure if my income covered the cost of my college though.
4 - I would encourage my children to go to college as I learned so much from school and it was a great "life experience" for me.
5 - It was never a consideration that my DH stay home as his income was so much better than mine. Non-profits didn't pay a lot and the same goes for teacher's salaries. We could survive off of my husband's income alone, but not mine.

I hope this helps.

 

[kldmom2000]

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

*I'm hoping to find something I enjoy doing when I do go back. My DH is self-employed and LOVES his job-right now I love what I do as a SAHM. I may work part time or per diem once both girls are in school and then yes, I will go back full time when they're in college (or sooner)*

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

*A job that needed an education*

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

*I'm glad I got my degree since "I" paid for it and I did it while working full time-so I was proud of that accomplishment~but I'm disappointed I chose a field that I would not care to pursue further... I'd have to go back again for another degree!!! *


4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

*Most definitely*

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

*nope-never!!!!

 

[transparant]

I've been a SAHM since July 23rd 1990 Almost 16 years and 5 more kids later. Wouldn't trade it for the world

 

[CherCrazy]

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force? I was full time SAHM for a long time, but needed the $$ so I went back to work part-time. Kids got to be nearing college age, then hubby got sick, so it was time for me to go to college myself to finish my degree before they began college.

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck? Training yes, expertise yes, college optional

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition? N/A

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college? Absolutely. She is going now. I never want her to be dependent upon a MAN for her lifestyle.

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD? Too traditional. It would drive me nuts .. and anyway he always made more money than me....until now that is

 

[luvflorida]

A few questions (No flames meant at SAHMs)

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

1. Our youngest will enter college in 2008. I may, or may not, go back to work, but if I do, it won't be as a teacher. I'm thinking maybe something with animals. Sea World would be a nice place to work maybe!

2. I was an elementary school teacher and I have a BS in Elementary Education and many college credits beyond that.

3. I don't think getting a college education can be considered a waste. And I taught for fifteen years, so yes, I definitely got back more than I paid in tuition.

4. My oldest daughter graduated from college this past May and is now attending graduate school. My youngest daughter will also attend college after high school.

5. Never! Husband is a workaholic and loves his career! I feel very fortunate that he has always been able to easily support all of us, and that he loves his work!

 

[Steffi]

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

I hope to be ready to join the workforce when DD goes to college! I've been thinking a lot lately about going to college so that a decent career will be a possibility for me when the time comes. As of now, I've been out of the workforce so long, I don't think I could land a decent job without furthering my education.

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

Mine was a "paycheck" kind of job.

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

N/A, but I can't imagine considering an education a waste, whether or not it's being applied to a career.

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

My DD is only 11 and I'm already encouraging her to go to college when the time comes.

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

If I had been the spouse with a promising career and DH had had the "just a paycheck" job, I would have loved for him to be a SAHD.

 

[JVL1018]

A few questions (No flames meant at SAHMs)

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

1. I am going back to work..unless my husband makes enough money where I don't have to(I have a number in my head) if so than I will just consider myself retired.

2. No college degree needed

3 n/a

4. She already knows she is going, as does my son!! They've seen their Dad work so hard to go to school part time and graduate that they have told US they are going to college right after high school and not waiting like Daddy did. I think it's great!
Times are different now, I think that by the time my kids are college age, not having a college degree will be like not having a HD diploma now. Just not done. If they want to be a carpenter or a hairdresser or something -then trade school after HS is an acceptable alternative.

5. No way-he's the one with the college degree and the money making job. LOL

 

[crazy4disney01]

I've been a SAHM for 4 years and have a 4 y/o DD.

1.) I'll probally join the workforce when my youngest starts kindergarten because of my profession.

2.) I've had paycheck jobs and became a teacher which requires a degree, so both.

3.) No -I never think education is a waste because it will always be there for me, and I didn't earn enough to payback my tuition.

4.) YES!! because education is so important!!

5.) No, he can earn more with his degree than I can.

 

[Cruisin]

I have been a SAHM since November of 1983

We do own our own business where I have kept the books for the past few years but that it is mainly done during school hours and only a few hours a week.

My "kids" are 22 and 18 and I still like to be at home when they are home. I think they like to have me around too. They are both college students now.

I figure that the day will soon come that they will be gone (my son is planning on leaving after graduation in April/May). There will be plenty of time to work (or not ) when they are gone.

I will never regret the time that I have spent at home with my kids. It was time well spent for me.

 

[zulaya]

1. Been a SAHM for 10 years. I liked the flexibility of being my own boss so I started my own business. So I do adminstrative stuff while they are at school and work some evenings.

2. I had a job as a consultant in the state's pollution control agency. My education was in Geological and Environmental Engineering. You did need a degree. Fate was with me. Funding was cut, I was most junior and was laid off when 6 months pregnant with my first child. Took the staying home decision right out of my hands, which made things easier.

3. Education is good, whether you use your degree or not. I was trained to think analytically and to make streamlined and efficient decisions. I can honestly say that that training is carried in my everyday life, business and home.

4. DD9 is talking about college. She is so intelligent, it's scary. The kids gonna be a great success.

5. DH can hack being a SAHD for the few days a year I am gone on business. He is a great dad and if push came to shove and I was making a boatload of money, he would probably have stayed home. But he never had a burning desire to do so, he made more money and we are all happy the way things are.

 

[buddy&wooz]

Hey, I finally get a good thread going and I come back to find it hijacked (just kidding!)

But I'm happy to see there are at least a few women out there who are long-time SAHMs like me!

Sure. I'll answer your questions mickeyfan2

A few questions (No flames meant at SAHMs)

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

1. I'm sure I'll be back in the workforce well before that, in fact I'm creeping back in slowly now.

2. I have a degree and they were jobs that required one, but never really "career" jobs, nothing I was excited about doing.

3. Definitely don't feel like I wasted my degree. I'm grateful to have it and use things I learned in college all the time.

4. No daughters but I encourage all my kids to go to college and would feel no differently about a daughter, just as I was encouraged to go by my parents.

5. I could never earn enough to allow my husband to stay home and keep our lifestyle. It's not something we ever considered.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I've been a SAHM for over 18 years (my DD turned 18yo one week ago). I haven't held a job outside of the house in that time, but have done part-time home daycare.

 

[mickeyfan2]

Hey, I finally get a good thread going and I come back to find it hijacked (just kidding!)

Sorry to hijack your thread.

I have always wondered about these questions. Since we never had kids, I was never a SAHM. But my job is such that I can and do take 6 months off every few years. I find that at the end of 6 months I need to get back to work. By then the house is completely organized and I am running out of things to do. But I am not a carrier type of person. I do hold a college degree and it has paid off many times over.

 

[MNmom2]

I've been a SAHM since April '97. I do have a teeny teeny tiny pt job (max of 10 hours/week, but usually about 10 ijn an entire month. LOL) I can do it from HOME and if I do have to go in I can bring my dks with me or I wait until dh is home to be with them. It's a family friendly environment and way relaxed. The teeny bit of $$ I earn goes into a separate account and is for 'extras'.....like Disney!!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

A few questions (No flames meant at SAHMs)

1) Once your youngest is in college, will you continue to be a SAHWife or join the work force?

2) For the SAHMs who had a job before, were they jobs that needed a college education or just a job to get a paycheck?

3) If you have a college degree and became a SAHM did you think it was a waste to get the college degree? Did you earn enough to get back the money you paid in tuition?

4) Will you encourage your daughters to go to college?

5) Did you ever consider working and making you DH be a SAHD?

1. I'm deciding now what to do in the future. My youngest just started kindergarten so for the first time in 18 years I don't have a little one at home. If I go back to work I won't wait until he's in college, but I would want a job that I can be home in the afternoons when the kids are home.

2. Mine was a paycheck job. I was in college, too, but did not graduate

3. I do not think that a college degree is a waste and as a matter of fact, the one thing that I regret is not getting that degree before having kids, even if I wasn't going to use the degree. I've made getting a job that much harder on myself.

4. My DD is in college

5. I was never interested in a high enough paying career that would have paid the mortgage in order for my DH to be a SAHD. That's part of the reason I did not finish my education before having children, which was not the smartest move I ever made (it was short sighted). I was first of all en education major and then a social work major, so it would have been hard to support a family with either of those careers.