Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!marie
From: marie@harvard.ARPA (Marie Desjardins)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Mother needs no excuse
Message-ID: <169@harvard.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 11:27:28 EST
Article-I.D.: harvard.169
Posted: Tue Nov 27 11:27:28 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 03:08:45 EST
References: <119@osu-eddie.UUCP>
Distribution: net
Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard
Lines: 16

Three cheers!  I have no children (not even married yet) but am looking
forward to the experience eagerly.  My fiance and I have talked about it
and decided that we will have probably 2 (possibly 3) children, that I
will stay home with them when they are very young (until age 3 or so)
while he works, then he will stay home with them until school age (age
6) while I work.  Possibilities of the current housewife/husband could
be to do part-time at-home consulting or courses in night school.

My question is:  has anybody out there done this?  Are there any
real-life househusbands or ex-househusbands out there (or any wives of
househusbands!)?  My experience has been that every time I mention this
plan to anyone (mostly students) they drop their jaw and look
dumbfounded.  It didn't seem so outrageous to us.

	Marie desJardins
	marie@harvard