Do any fem. nurses here have Stay at Home husbands/SOs ?

[Anagray]

I know, i ask tons of questions - but i can't help it. I want to know.

Do any of you have husbands who are staying at home looking after children and u are the breadwinner?

I'm 27, my son is 3 and my husband is 45. He's been working for the same company for 25 years and is tired of working.

I, on another have, have a lot of ambition for working and studying. I've been pretty much staying home with my son for the first 2 years (working only a few hours a week, so I don;t go insane from being SAHM), now i'm ready to go out and take care of my career.

I would really love to have another child before I'm 35, I am also planning on continuing my education after nursing school.

I am hoping i can have another baby and have my husband try being SAH dad.

where we live things are relatively cheap - my dh makes about 50K a year, on that salary we live in a nice development, pretty big house ( still have mortgage payments), both have good cars, able to go on vacations once a year and i don't feel myself stranded for money, but then again, I don't need much to be happy.

anyway, my question is this - Is it realisticly possible for me to switch roles with dh after nursing school? (ps - i will also have loans to pay , about 15 K)

Thanks for any infromation!!

[nursenatalie, ADN, RN]

I work while my husband stays at home with my 11 month old and 5 year old daughter. I am a little puzzled at how anyone could think I am working and letting him sit on his duff. In the morning I come home and he has already gotten the oldest off to school with a full tummy and kept the baby happy through the commute and he takes care of everything including keeping the house quiet so I can sleep. Staying at home with kids is WORK and I am shocked that this is such an issue what does gender have to do with this? I stayed home the first two years with the oldest and there are many days I look at my husband and say it is hard isnt it? I remember and now he knows!

[SciFi Chick]

I am going through a similar situation even though i dont have any kids yet. We have been married for almost a year and i would like to start having kids by the end of this year (im 31). My job is wonderful and i dont mind working the extra shift to make things a little easy on the financial front. My husband is working right now but has agreed to stay home and raise our kids. Boy did this cause some talk among my family and friends! Why did we even have womans lib if we didnt want to share all the responsibilities? I dont see anything wrong with the wife being the breadwinner, i think it makes perfect sense. My husband is caring and wonderful and will be an amazing father. Thanks to this post im feeling a lot better. Im going to do whats right for my family, never listened to society so why start now? I love this website :)