We can laugh at the article now but really it wasn't a bad mind set at all. I think these women were smarter then we give them credit. When I had to get up early every morning and get the household running and out the door and then work 8 or more hours at my job, come home, take care of house best I could. Even with DH's help it was stressful not getting everything done, making sure we had healthy meals, spending time with the kids and finding time just for me was impossible. I would have given up my career in a heartbeat to be able to stay home and be a housewife and mom. I felt I had to have a career when I was younger to not be the old fashioned wife expecting her husband to be head of household in all matters. After the reality set in of actually 'having it all' and trying to be supermom, the old fashioned housewife sounded like a dream to me. After I quit my job I couldn't believe what I had been missing all those years. Once you start bringing in two incomes, it's almost impossible to not have two incomes. Young women need to think about that before having a family.
Last edited by BellaBoo; 03-21-2012 at 09:19 AM.