A serious question I'd like to see the percentage to. My wife currently makes more then I do. I feel bad, and she brings it up alot wanting me to earn more of a living so she doesn't have to work as much as she does now and can be at home more with our son. Even if it's a few bucks more per paycheck (as is the case with me) it's still "more."
yeah. I think alot of it is just resent towards me because Im like mr. mom because I work overnight and watch my son in the daytime while she works. So I'm typically the one to take care of him, take him to the park, clean the house ect
My wife doesn't want to work outside the home so I make sure she doesn't have to. I make the money and she takes care of the home and ensures our son is raised properly. She has a medical degree and when I promised her she wouldn't ever have to work my friends called me a fool based on her earning potential with the CDC. Now years later I chuckle at them.
My wife makes more than I do...that'll change in the next couple years, but for now, she wins. No complaints from me.
Of course that all depend on how much you make. If you are making 20-30k, I doubt you would think it is such a good idea that she stays home. It is easy to say I don't need the extra 100k plus when you have 100k plus already.
He works overnight, doesn't he? Do you want him to pick up a 6-hour shift in the middle of the day and have him completely miss out on his son? From what I can see, this is all just an unfortunate turn of events. The father works at night, and stays at home in the day. The wife works during the day, and rest at night. That's life. If the wife really cares for her son, she'll cherish the time she has with him and feel proud that she's earning money to support his future. As for the OP. I can see where she's complaining, however. You do have a giant gap in the middle of your day. It's much more profitable for you to pick up another part time job, or extend your hours with your current, and put your son in a daycare for a short duration. Then let your wife pick him up afterward. Although I don't think she really should ask you to work more than you are, so that she can be with your son, you really should look toward finding better/more hours so that she could possibly take shorter weeks. I don't really see the sense in her quitting her job. These are all my opinions, everyone sees it in a different way.
You really think this guy should be getting a second job just so that he can afford to pay someone else to raise his own child?
Sounds like your wife has a pretty good deal that usually is only the province of men. You work an unpaid "second shift" doing the cooking, cleaning and child rearing while she is apparently nominally the "breadwinner". If you do find more lucrative employment I hope that she maintains the home and childcare with as much diligence as I assume you do. This isn't going to be popular on a 99% male sports BBS but the "breadwinning" should be shared or if taken on by one partner should be based on who would perform best in that role. Ditto for the "caregiver" role. Archaic "Me Man, You Woman" mindsets are going to go the way of the dinosaur eventually, might as well get ahead of the game.
A woman needs to do two things: 1) Keep my belly full 2) Keep my balls empty making money? That's a man's job.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0iyeUcFKRv4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Nah brah.
