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[ksuer06]

OK, I replied to Cemar before reading the entire thread. So I have a few things to add here. I agree with Cemar that women try to do too much. I am one of those women. I will admit it any day of the week. But, I think that society has portrayed that a woman needs to work full-time, raise kids, keep the house cleaned, dinner on the table, laundry done, and still be sexy in bed. Then ready to go the next morning with a smile on her face.

I "cut" my hours back at work, from 45/50 to 35. I came back on with a "part-time" status, only to find myself working too much. I have a high-demand job, and it's only MY fault that I work more than intended. I built up my job so that only I can do it, and loved it 7 years ago, but going to work while on maternity leave - sucks. So I'm slowly in the process of training someone to help learn my job so that she can help me. I did that to myself.

I feel that women stay too busy - and it's their own fault. We tend to try and be the perfect wife and the perfect mom to those on the outside looking in. A lot of people try to live their lives keeping up with the Jonses, and SAHM are definitely not given the right amount of gratitude. But, we, as women, have done that to ourselves. My hubby wants nothing more than for me to stay at home w/ our 5 mo old son. But we can't financially afford it (too bad I'm not married to an lawyer on this board!). Our house is up for sale, to move into a smaller home so that I may actually have the chance, but as we all know - the housing market just sucks right now.

So in a way, I agree w/ Cemar's statment that it just might be women's lib. Not 100% the only reason, blah blah blah, but that could be an issue. It's a very good observation on his part. And I believe that if you asked any man: "would you rather have a happy marriage or a big screen", most of them would opt for the first. A happy wife is a happy home (for the most part ).