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Tara83 (815.8 days ago)
I think a luxury would be getting to be a stay at home Mom and being paid for it ;o)

brandyv (815.8 days ago)
I wish I could be a stay at home mom, but my husband doesn`t support it. He did agree to me working part-time instead of full-time though.

hunnybunnysmama (815.9 days ago)
I will stay at home until my child(ren) are school aged. I feel very lucky that I am able to do so even if it does wear on ones sanity. It`s a fine line between luxury & sacrifice for me. One day it feels like one then the next I the other. I couldn`t be happpier with my decision to be a SAHM but that doesn`t mean I have to be one FOREVER.

christinarose (815.9 days ago)
I wouldn`t say luxury. A Lamborghini is luxury lol. Being able to stay home with my babies is a privilege. It`s something my BF and I have earned with work! It`s something I love, and it`s something that both my BF and I work hard to be able to keep doing. I couldn`t do this without his hard work, and he couldn`t work like he does without his family at home!

juels101 (815.9 days ago)
I voted no only because I think `luxury` is the right word for how I feel about it. It is a great privilage for me to be able to do that, and from hearing other stories (in real life not on here) I`m very lucky to have a very supportive husband that has no problem being the sole breadwinner so to say. If I did want to work he would be okay with it, but we are on the same page, that for us, it is the best way to do it.

daisymae (815.9 days ago)
I WISH EVERYDAY THAT I WAS A SAHM! My hubby and I had a huge argument about it yesterday because he wants me to work. We kind of need my salary but I think we could make it without it. I would even be willing to work part time. I am a Kindergarten teachers and sometimes I come home physically and emotionally drained. I have the most challenging class I`ve ever had this year and I feel like I need to give my son 100% because he is my number one priority. I never thought I would want to stay at home. It all changed once I gave birth!

armymom (816 days ago)
Some days I feel `stuck` being at home because if I went to work more than half my check would go to childcare and if I went back into the army then there`s a high chance I would deploy a year at a time just like my DH or work 11 hour days like I did before I had a baby... but most days I feel blessed and lucky to stay home with my little man. I just have those days here and there where I feel worthless and would enjoy a job away from home. I think everybody does.

ibaheir2dathrone (816 days ago)
I would say Blessed not Luxury. My hubby means the world to me. He works hard every day to ensure that I can raise them and not someone else. (He was raised the same way, I wasn`t)

mommiekayla (816 days ago)
I feel very fortunate that I can stay at home with my kids. I was in nursing school before having my daughter and I`ve put that on hold for now, I do plan to finish schooling at SOME point. I`d just like to enjoy their kid years as much as possible..it just goes too fast!!

ladykilla421 (816 days ago)
I think the ability to financially afford to have one parent take on the `stay at home` role is definately a luxury....At the end of the day if me and my hubs could not afford to live off his salary and my measly unemployment I would be going back to work, you do what you have to do!

RobinG (816.1 days ago)
In a way yes but I would say my life is FAR from luxurous. We live pay check to pay check so I can be home so money is tight, sometimes we dont have enough. I choose not to live in luxury (by working a job out of the home that pays well full time) so I can be home if that make sense :)

hopefully3 (816.1 days ago)
i voted yes but i dont know that i would consider it a luxury. i have always wanted to be a sahm and now am finally able to and i feel so greatful and blessed. But its much harder work than i think we get credit for! But i wouldnt change it for the world! If i had to go back to work and spend that time away from my children i would be devastated!

amber325 (816.1 days ago)
I hated going to school. I did one year of College NOT FOR ME! LOL ....I feel it is a wonderful luxury to be able to be with my DD daily and raise her...I would hate to think of a nanny or daycare lady being called `mommy`. Also around me there is always a TON of scary storys where the child is hurt/killed at daycare by the owners bit bull or treadmill or blind cords WAY TO SCARY so I am THANKFULL to have such a hard working hubby to support us.

kimmarie (816.1 days ago)
I don`t know that I would consider it a luxury but perhaps a great privledge. I am a full time working single mommy and I would have given anything to be a sahm. But since that is not in my cards ~ I guess that I can be greatful for a healthy happy family and that I have a very well paying job with more overtime than you can imagine (that I can work from to do). So I am blessed.

EandTsmum (816.2 days ago)
Hell yes!!!! I`d hate to have to put my boys in childcare and am thankful every single day that I am able to be a SAHM. There are times when I can`t go on a spending spree but that`s a sacrifice I`m willing to make. Definitely a luxury for me but we wouldn`t have it any other way.



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