To think most men wouldn’t survive a year living the life of an average woman?

Well if we are speaking about jobs of the future, I can think of plenty which AI is replacing as we speak, and which will be entirely defunct soon. Mothers and housewives will always be required 😉

Well not really if the daughters are all going to be economically inactive housewives. Then you’re just producing a load more non-contributors. And children raised by parents who are both on benefits have an increased likelihood of being on benefits themselves as adults. It’s hardly like these will be the doctors and lawyers and teachers of the future.

These larger families are taking on more than their fair share of providing the necessary number of children to slow the impending crisis of an ageing population which growing numbers of adults are contributing to by entirely opting out of their civic responsibility to have children. So yeah, given plenty of adults aren’t pulling their weight at all and boast on about being ‘child free’, thank goodness we still have some selfless enough to dedicate themselves to raising 7 children. They are true grafters.

These larger families are taking on more than their fair share of providing the necessary number of children to slow the impending crisis of an ageing population which growing numbers of adults are contributing to by entirely opting out of their civic responsibility to have children. So yeah, given plenty of adults aren’t pulling their weight at all and boast on about being ‘child free’, thank goodness we still have some selfless enough to dedicate themselves to raising 7 children. They are true grafters.

These larger families are taking on more than their fair share of providing the necessary number of children to slow the impending crisis of an ageing population which growing numbers of adults are contributing to by entirely opting out of their civic responsibility to have children. So yeah, given plenty of adults aren’t pulling their weight at all and boast on about being ‘child free’, thank goodness we still have some selfless enough to dedicate themselves to raising 7 children. They are true grafters.

So there's families where there are 7 children, both parents are unemployed to look after all those kids and aren't earning a penny for their keep?

Good grief! No wonder the country is bankrupt! And you respect that? But don't respect the government subsidising child care so that women can work and prove for their children?

What is actually wrong with you?

Who is providing financially for these families?

I cannot wait for your daughter to grow up and decide for herself she wants to join the growing number of housewives…then she really can begin living her best life! We’re only just getting started 😉

That, I assume, would be us.

I don’t mind funding someone’s ability to have 7 children and both stay at home. I don’t think that’s a pisstake at all.

I cannot wait for your daughter to grow up and decide for herself she wants to join the growing number of housewives…then she really can begin living her best life! We’re only just getting started 😉

Who is providing financially for these families?

On a serious note it's really important for women to actually see these conversations happening on a modern day forum, that is the only reason any of us are really still conversing with the Professional Housewife.

Women need to know that their fairly recently hard won rights, their freedom and their equality is not guaranteed or set in stone and there are many people, sadly women included, that want to take those things away from them. If women become complacent and think this isn't an issue and there's no work left to do because the battle is won, people like the Professional Housewife will carry on unchecked and if it's not kept in check we could find ourselves in the same position a lot of American women are in now where there rights are being rescinded and they are going backwards.

As for my angry ranting posts @ThankYouNigel , you bet I'm angry. As an actual good mother, one that wants my daughter to have a better life than I have had, I will always fight for her rights and for her to know she is never less than a man and should never accept being treated like she is by a husband or society. My life is great now, I've overcome all of the difficulties I faced due to being a woman and came out the other side but I don't want her to have to face those difficulties at all. She deserves equal health care where women's health is researched as much as mens and her pain is taken as seriously as her husband's. She deserves a husband who respects her and doesn't expect her to clean up after him. She deserves to have the right and freedom to pursue her own ambitions. I fight for my daughter and all the other girls who will one day be women and deserve better than women get now. I will never stop fighting for my daughter.

UK- you couldn’t pay me to live in America! I detest their lack of maternity rights and gun culture.

There are genuinely many families on our school run who have 4-7 children of a spread of ages. Sometimes both parents are at home to fully meet the needs of the biggest families, often both on every school run. Everyone is very family friendly here thankfully, asks about each other’s children, looks out for each other’s children- thoroughly decent families. Lovely people.

On a serious note it's really important for women to actually see these conversations happening on a modern day forum, that is the only reason any of us are really still conversing with the Professional Housewife.

Women need to know that their fairly recently hard won rights, their freedom and their equality is not guaranteed or set in stone and there are many people, sadly women included, that want to take those things away from them. If women become complacent and think this isn't an issue and there's no work left to do because the battle is won, people like the Professional Housewife will carry on unchecked and if it's not kept in check we could find ourselves in the same position a lot of American women are in now where there rights are being rescinded and they are going backwards.

As for my angry ranting posts @ThankYouNigel , you bet I'm angry. As an actual good mother, one that wants my daughter to have a better life than I have had, I will always fight for her rights and for her to know she is never less than a man and should never accept being treated like she is by a husband or society. My life is great now, I've overcome all of the difficulties I faced due to being a woman and came out the other side but I don't want her to have to face those difficulties at all. She deserves equal health care where women's health is researched as much as mens and her pain is taken as seriously as her husband's. She deserves a husband who respects her and doesn't expect her to clean up after him. She deserves to have the right and freedom to pursue her own ambitions. I fight for my daughter and all the other girls who will one day be women and deserve better than women get now. I will never stop fighting for my daughter.

UK- you couldn’t pay me to live in America! I detest their lack of maternity rights and gun culture.

There are genuinely many families on our school run who have 4-7 children of a spread of ages. Sometimes both parents are at home to fully meet the needs of the biggest families, often both on every school run. Everyone is very family friendly here thankfully, asks about each other’s children, looks out for each other’s children- thoroughly decent families. Lovely people.

Oh and I bet you are also financially dependent on your DH- if he left tomorrow, I’d bet my house that you couldn’t survive on your own without him on your own earnings as an individual. Most can’t, but like to feel superior for working any token amount of hours. Most of the hours my friends who do work covers a few holidays etc and is a drop in the ocean compared to what their DH’s cover- still financially dependent factually 😂

Well it doesn’t sound like the pp’s ex that you labelled a good man has taken a leaf out of their book. And seven kids? Where do you live? Utah?

I hope to God it was something like:

‘As you’re aware it’s my resident knobheads birthday, please pretend to be interested and come to this place I’ve half heartedly booked for the man I don’t care about. Cheers, miserable wife.’

Otherwise, I’m gonna assume it wasn’t that bad considering she’d clearly planned something for him.

Do you spend much time worrying about other people’s husbands? I didn’t think that would be on the full time wife/mother rota!

He was trying his best for her and she should be grateful 😂

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He sounds like a really good man

But they wouldn’t do it. We put the stress on ourselves. My husband does his side of the family, gifts and cards - no expectation on my. Because that’s how we roll. He collects the kids and drops them off and he steps up. My children have been raised the same. Why do we feel ‘a woman’s load is huge?’

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He sounds like a really good man