Back in the late 1970’s early 1980’s, I went to my local Chevrolet dealership to buy a car. The salesman told me to come back with my husband. Several years later, I gave them the benefit of the doubt, thinking it was the particular salesman. All. 4 salesmen ignored me, so I left. Several years later they sent me advertisements in the mail. After the 2nd one I placed it in the mailbox asking them to remove me from their mailing list and why.
There's plenty of people on this site who want your experience to be the constant in life, that the husband should be in control and the source of everything for the family, and thinking that the wife isn't cut out for things like finances outside of groceries that you'll cook every meal of every day for the family. There was a comment above describing fond feelings for a time when if a woman was "fugly" and couldn't land a husband of her own to take care of her, then she had no choice but to be a teacher or nurse. I'm surprised you got 5 upvotes and no down votes for such a story around here honestly...
That is all well and good, but what if it turns out your husband is lazy or drops dead? Who will support the family? Men are more often then not lazy oafs these days, content to let the wife raise the children, cook, clean, take care of the house and yard, and work full time. This leads one to wonder, why marry at all because they don’t have a helpmate? Back in the 1960’s and 1980’s most occupations available to women were nurses, teachers or secretaries. Society has worked to tell men they are not needed.
Back in the late 1970’s early 1980’s, I went to my local Chevrolet dealership to buy a car. The salesman told me to come back with my husband. Several years later, I gave them the benefit of the doubt, thinking it was the particular salesman. All. 4 salesmen ignored me, so I left. Several years later they sent me advertisements in the mail. After the 2nd one I placed it in the mailbox asking them to remove me from their mailing list and why.
There's plenty of people on this site who want your experience to be the constant in life, that the husband should be in control and the source of everything for the family, and thinking that the wife isn't cut out for things like finances outside of groceries that you'll cook every meal of every day for the family. There was a comment above describing fond feelings for a time when if a woman was "fugly" and couldn't land a husband of her own to take care of her, then she had no choice but to be a teacher or nurse. I'm surprised you got 5 upvotes and no down votes for such a story around here honestly...
That is all well and good, but what if it turns out your husband is lazy or drops dead? Who will support the family? Men are more often then not lazy oafs these days, content to let the wife raise the children, cook, clean, take care of the house and yard, and work full time. This leads one to wonder, why marry at all because they don’t have a helpmate? Back in the 1960’s and 1980’s most occupations available to women were nurses, teachers or secretaries. Society has worked to tell men they are not needed.