Fortune 500 did a story on stay at home husbands and other men that give up full time or part time work to have a family and support their wifes. I have to say that it is kind of strange and hard for people to understand why/how a person can do that and the comments and the missed opertunites are hard to deal with at times but so far I think its worth it. I look at all the other people that wish the could be in the place to even have the chance to decide, stay home or keep working and I feel very very luck I could get to that point in my young life.
here is a funny quote but true from the article..
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The problem is, these guys are stepping into no man's land. Literally. The sorority of soccer moms can be every bit as formidable and exclusionary as the good ol' boys network at work. "I never get invited over to coffee," says Sueltz. "Forget about it. It isn't going to happen." The men get funny looks at Safeway at 10 a.m. Their presence is a disconnect at the PTA. At the playground they hear lots of unsolicited advice. Robert Fitts, the archaeologist, recalls one mother admonishing him because his son wasn't wearing a sweater. "Some of it is truly good-natured, and some of it is very snippy," he says. It has an undercurrent of "Who do you think you are?... You don't belong here." One at-home man finally figured out why his male neighbors treated him with such suspicion. "They thought I was going to steal their wives," he says."
Or for a ranch view... men are treated as a fox in the hen house. I worry about this later on, with a little baby its not so big of a deal.
6.20.2005
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