tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post7456733186297142361..comments2024-03-28T22:48:30.666-07:00Comments on Home Living: The Silly Controversy On Staying HomeLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-23828083165513721042012-04-24T19:29:37.811-07:002012-04-24T19:29:37.811-07:00Amen, Aussie friend. In fact, when my daughter mar...Amen, Aussie friend. In fact, when my daughter marries later this year they will be staying at his parents until they have enough of a down payment saved for a house or townhouse. My daughter actually let her young man know that if he had any expectation of her being a career woman he needed to let her know now, because that would be a deal-breaker for her. So there are some young ladies out Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009819584864535929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-87976330062070870442012-04-24T01:44:49.879-07:002012-04-24T01:44:49.879-07:00Commenter at 2:36pm, the Eastern Seaboard of Austr...Commenter at 2:36pm, the Eastern Seaboard of Australia has some of the most ridiculous house prices in the world; higher than paris or London, and for modest homeunits (apartments) or pokey shabbily built tract housing. This produces a second incidious effect; the split of families as young marrieds and even older marrieds have to move interstate or inter-region to find housing, thus fracturing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-8928308702592516692012-04-20T14:36:06.075-07:002012-04-20T14:36:06.075-07:00First, may I preface my statements with the hope t...First, may I preface my statements with the hope that you will read them for their intent, which is to have an honest and charitable discussion. I am a lady who stays home, but we were able to buy our house before the prices became so inflated. I did a study for my blog awhile back on the cost and standard of living, and on salaries. I looked at what salaries were about 50 years ago (when I Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009819584864535929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-40731821960328474432012-04-19T06:38:25.982-07:002012-04-19T06:38:25.982-07:00Lydia,
I have nominated you for a Versatile Blogg...Lydia,<br /><br />I have nominated you for a Versatile Blogger award. The details and button are at my blog www.generationalwomanhood.wordpress.com<br /><br />I hope to send lots more ladies your way to be blessed!<br />blessings,<br /><br />Jilljill farrishttp://www.generationalwomanhood.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-32400885457853189762012-04-18T14:24:40.760-07:002012-04-18T14:24:40.760-07:00I do agree that the feminist movement has created ...I do agree that the feminist movement has created a climate that makes women believe it's impossible to stay home on one income.<br /><br />It clearly is NOT impossible..unless, of course, so much debt and reliance on a certain lifestyle has been created with an inability to see a way out.<br /><br />Yes, the backlash would be tremendous if the media said that. The gov't and media can Rightthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11448900188921522323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-76817360918418634672012-04-18T11:02:26.744-07:002012-04-18T11:02:26.744-07:00Many women work because the economy was created to...Many women work because the economy was created to make it impossible for them to be home.<br /><br />That being said, I do wonder what would happen if the same media and govt voices said that women at work were neglecting the family. Imagine the backlash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-54221009630437301522012-04-18T10:53:46.849-07:002012-04-18T10:53:46.849-07:00Amen, Lydia!
Politicians who are women are by and...Amen, Lydia!<br /><br />Politicians who are women are by and large liberal, and therefore push the hardest for the feminist agenda.<br /><br />We've now seen our tax dollars funneled into programs such as the NEA, the Teacher's Association, unions, Planned Parenthood, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. When people "donate" to "good causes" they must be very Rightthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11448900188921522323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-91713017950037224292012-04-18T10:00:15.735-07:002012-04-18T10:00:15.735-07:00Possibly another reason for media to push the outs...Possibly another reason for media to push the outside-the-home work for women is so that taxes may be extracted for running numerous gov't programs, and also much of the media is female and they are indeed as you say, loud.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-475755081979193262012-04-18T06:02:37.843-07:002012-04-18T06:02:37.843-07:00I'm a working lady, but I have friends whose &...I'm a working lady, but I have friends whose "work" situations are all over the spectrum, from totally stay-at-home to part-time to teaching yoga an hour here and there to full-time. They all "work", if you define work as laboring at a task instead of limiting it to receiving a paycheck. I've seen how living on one income may be different from my situation, but a lotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-25813964051590871762012-04-17T19:56:43.925-07:002012-04-17T19:56:43.925-07:00I so love the last anon comment, about homemakers ...I so love the last anon comment, about homemakers not being able to win!<br /><br />In my homemaking "career" I have been asked and told the following:<br /><br />"When are you going back to school?"<br /><br />"What do you do all day?" (mostly before we had a lot of kids..as if staying home with none, or with one is a bore)<br /><br />"Don't you need more Rightthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11448900188921522323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-53396867093525607012012-04-16T15:07:06.690-07:002012-04-16T15:07:06.690-07:00I certainly agree! What is sad is to see feminists...I certainly agree! What is sad is to see feminists control the men and convince many of them in the workplace that their wives ought to be working outside the home. They then go home and stir up the controversy with their own wives.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-81576256336578613642012-04-16T14:44:11.079-07:002012-04-16T14:44:11.079-07:00It seems homemakers cannot win. If we say it is en...It seems homemakers cannot win. If we say it is enjoyable to be home, we are spoiled and don't understand what real work is. If we point out all the drudgery involved to prove what hard work we really do, people say how awful we have it and that we should go to work outside the home. <br /><br />I think the advice you have given in the past, to just go about your business and do what is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-58338795042045029262012-04-16T11:39:03.754-07:002012-04-16T11:39:03.754-07:00As an unmarried, working woman (a good man never c...As an unmarried, working woman (a good man never came along), I do all I can to support my homeschooling friends. Virtually all of the families have more modest incomes. The mindset that you much be rich to stay at home and homeschool your children doesn't apply here. They all make what would be considered significant financial sacrifices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-26037608292899345112012-04-16T08:59:33.984-07:002012-04-16T08:59:33.984-07:00Lately, yard sales and garage sales have had secti...Lately, yard sales and garage sales have had sections or boxes with the sign "free" on them, where you can get free children's clothing.<br /><br />Goodwill often has tag sales, meaning, the color of the tag will indicate that the price is 99cents or some drastic discount.<br /><br />My parents never worried that children were expensive. People always were willing to help with a newLydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-71844657349580022862012-04-16T08:56:42.890-07:002012-04-16T08:56:42.890-07:00I like Gerie's comment...I have learned I need...I like Gerie's comment...I have learned I need to admonish my 46 year old daughter from time to time...and that on the advice of our dear Lady Lydia. Bless her!<br /> <br />Now this topic that has hit the news based on a comment by a liberal feminist...that Anne Romney "has never worked a day in her life"...really dropped my jaw. No...not for money has she worked, but to raise the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-44589033323830444172012-04-16T08:30:24.793-07:002012-04-16T08:30:24.793-07:00Hi Lydia,
This may be a little off topic, but I wr...Hi Lydia,<br />This may be a little off topic, but I wrote a post about disciplining our children that I thought your readers might be blessed by. God has shown me that we are responsible to continually teach them and admonish them, even into adulthood. We are not off the hook until the day we die.<br />God Bless Everybody,<br />Gerie<br /><br />http://exposingthedarknessandtellingthetruth Geriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11695416926254358310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-31836259053788364542012-04-16T05:45:51.411-07:002012-04-16T05:45:51.411-07:00I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I ke...I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I keep hearing co- workers say how expensive children are after they eat out for breakfast and lunch everyday.<br />I don't have any children, but the more I learn about nutrition I regret my past of getting into debt and wish I was home to shop at more stores for the freshest items. I was at a yard sale with a friend who was able to get all the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-21655326596530822132012-04-15T22:20:22.002-07:002012-04-15T22:20:22.002-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Finding Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882774610725490491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-10302029590673039832012-04-15T21:04:42.574-07:002012-04-15T21:04:42.574-07:00Hmmmm, Andrea, you are making Idaho sound very app...Hmmmm, Andrea, you are making Idaho sound very appealing!Blessed Homemakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900030206325400486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-35355623078686570672012-04-15T16:59:28.460-07:002012-04-15T16:59:28.460-07:00Wow! I think I want to move to Idaho! LOL! I am ti...Wow! I think I want to move to Idaho! LOL! I am tired of defending myself and my choice to be home. Now that my youngest is 18 yrs.old I am being asked if I'm going to work now.I live in the Bible-belt in Texas.I am used to not fitting in, as christians we are not suppose to.<br /><br /> LindaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500855705967316748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-63539883810062211002012-04-15T10:46:21.926-07:002012-04-15T10:46:21.926-07:00Yes, it has never been a luxury to stay home. Some...Yes, it has never been a luxury to stay home. Sometimes it took sacrifice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-51225991754198009092012-04-15T08:05:08.141-07:002012-04-15T08:05:08.141-07:00Oh, and in case no one has ever visited Idaho, you...Oh, and in case no one has ever visited Idaho, you are in for a treat..Southern Idaho, and even central Idaho is a COMPLETELY different landscape than up north.<br /><br />Southern Idaho is very much a high desert, while up North is a completely different topography, weather pattern, etc. <br /><br />Just a tidbit..for those of you who have been to southern Idaho, you may enjoy visiting North Rightthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11448900188921522323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-87503977396627923682012-04-15T08:01:13.675-07:002012-04-15T08:01:13.675-07:00North Idaho wife, mother, and homemaker by sacrifi...North Idaho wife, mother, and homemaker by sacrificial choice chiming in here!<br /><br />I don't understand what is "luxurious" about finding worth in caring for soon to be seven children all day, supporting a husband, cooking and baking from scratch, homeschooling, cleaning toilets, budgeting for family needs, organizing, etc. <br /><br />It's a funny paradox, because career Rightthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11448900188921522323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-27867759067803373182012-04-15T07:24:23.096-07:002012-04-15T07:24:23.096-07:00Excellent point, friend.Excellent point, friend.Far Above Rubieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090466984173332753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-52384665296300189152012-04-15T06:11:20.239-07:002012-04-15T06:11:20.239-07:00Sadly, not just in the US - here in the UK the Gov...Sadly, not just in the US - here in the UK the Government are trying to bring out a new "credit" to top up the income of low-earners to what they consider an acceptable level. The conditions of claiming this so-called benefit are that both the father and mother have to work full time. This means the end of the stay at home mother, the end of homeschooling the end of a whole way of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com