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Stay home wife

I have beem married for two years now, and i been feeling very troubled recently, I have been reading many christain books about the role of a woman, her place in the home, and that her role is a companion, a homemaker and a mother. The Man's role is a provider, a leader and protector. I battle with this, because I now feel un happy working, where as i should be at home, taking care things, and my husband. He wants me to work and have this amazing career, and I feel I can be successful, in a secular job but as I read these books and what Gods says a womans role is, my desire is to be at home. Especially when we do decide to start a family, i would want nothing better than to be 100% involved in my childrens lives, and be there for them. I worry though of leaving eveything on my husbands shoulders, especailly all the finances.I dont want him to become bitter towards me for making the decision and not considering him, he is wonderful and very supportive, but I wonder what his reaction will be if i discuss this with him, i just want to be obbediant to God, and be a loving wife and home maker, but i do worry about our finances if i do decide to stay home?
Advice will be greatly appreciated.

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by: Karen

You are describing an issue that many, many Christian women face. I don't think there is a one size, fits all answer to this one. Each marriage is different and each set of financial circumstances is different.

Some families have to have two incomes just to survive. Other families can survive on one income.

And there is a whole variety of situations in between. There are lots of Christian women who just work part time to supply some income yet still stay home with their families a good part of the time. Of course, there are those who work part time just to keep their sanity as well. :)

And then there are those like me, who work from home. I'm evidence that you can earn income and still have the flexibility that working from home gives you. You can take any hobby or interest and turn it into a profitable at home income. If you want more info on how to do this, you can check out the tab on the left that says, build a site. It tells you how I did it.

The best thing is always to sit and discuss the situation with your husband and make a plan that you both can live with. These are the times in a marriage when it takes lots of talking and lots of compromise. Just don't let the issue fester.

Blessings,

Karen

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