Like your wife, Joe, my daughter was a professional person ... having worked as a Speech & Language Therapist for 15 years. Her husband is a Physics teacher but, for a couple of years after training, the only job he could find was in 'supply'. Then - when he DID obtain a permanent post - his wage was considerably less than Fiona's.Originally Posted by joebloggs
... well how many of you guys are willing to stay at home 24/7 and look after your own child, surely they need a father figure to discipline them ? ohyour all the hunters and bread winners..
what year are we in
And so they decided that - if and when they had kids - Fiona would be the breadwinner ... with Dean staying at home to look after them.
As it transpired, however, they had been married more than 10 years before their first child came along- by which time Dean's salary matched Fiona's - and she gave up work immediately,
to devote herself to full-time motherhood.
Sure, they're a lot less affluent than they'd grown accustomed to - having since had to forego such luxuries as foreigh holidays and sell one of their two cars. But they wouldn't have it any other way, given the choice!
Besides, Fiona's mother-in-law lives quite close to them and would be only too pleased to "babysit" for them during the day ... but Fiona herself, is a firm believer in it being the parents' responsibility to look after their offspring - until the latter are school age at least!
im happy reading all the replies here
