I have always wanted to be a home maker. I thought I would totaly enjoy just being at home, taking care of home, garden, plants, animals, children ... and my husband, of course...:D. I even wanted to home-school my children as I'm a teacher and acquaited with Waldorf style of education... Well, as I have always been curious, hard-working, interested in different things, I would have also probably tried to work something from home ... Nothing came of it because I dedicated half of my adult life to a wrong man and have been single for another half... I have to make my living now, have always been independent, yet I'm still a home-maker at heart -- I enjoy being at home when I can and enjoy my plants, animals, and home spirit -- even if in a very simple way....and I sometimes work from home ....
I think being a home maker, if taken seriously, is nothing to be ashamed of, because it is a full job and a very soulful one.... the world needs them ... (It's a different story, of course, if "home making" is just an excuse for laziness and dependancy ...)
galrads: Why should she be uncomfortable being a home maker?
It's a personal choice Gal, if one feels they have achieved what they wanted from life by being stay at home mom or just a wife, well, that is it... Nobody should force them out of their desired path... I am not a feminist in the modern sense of the word and I don't want to compete with a man who does or can do more and better... I am where I want to be, a professional and a good mother and housekeeper... I can give something to the world by doing my job and I am happy it's highly appreciated...
Apr 14, 2019 9:51 AM CST Whats your take on women who are comfortable being a home maker?
dillydallyBehind the hills and Burns ..., Strathclyde, Scotland UK57 Threads2,697 Posts
dillydallyBehind the hills and Burns ..., Strathclyde, Scotland UK2,697 posts
My mam was a Homemaker for 30 odd year's , my da worked but didnt want my mam to , year's later they split and she's now working , full time too and loving it . She liked both parts of her life I think , but all I knew back then was mam's at home, da's at work , no questions . My 2 nana's were housewives too .
dillydally: My mam was a Homemaker for 30 odd year's , my da worked but didnt want my mam to , year's later they split and she's now working , full time too and loving it . She liked both parts of her life I think , but all I knew back then was mam's at home, da's at work , no questions . My 2 nana's were housewives too .
dillydally: My mam was a Homemaker for 30 odd year's , my da worked but didnt want my mam to , year's later they split and she's now working , full time too and loving it . She liked both parts of her life I think , but all I knew back then was mam's at home, da's at work , no questions . My 2 nana's were housewives too .
Hi ya Dilly, my parents worked but my grandmothers were house people, they were my mothers really, and i got an old fashioned upbringing and didn't want for anything, my mother was only seventeen when i was born. So she couldn't really cope. Viva la Grandmere
Apr 14, 2019 10:32 AM CST Whats your take on women who are comfortable being a home maker?
dillydallyBehind the hills and Burns ..., Strathclyde, Scotland UK57 Threads2,697 Posts
dillydallyBehind the hills and Burns ..., Strathclyde, Scotland UK2,697 posts
aries1234: Hi ya Dilly, my parents worked but my grandmothers were house people, they were my mothers really, and i got an old fashioned upbringing and didn't want for anything, my mother was only seventeen when i was born. So she couldn't really cope. Viva la Grandmere
Seventeen , that was me , but different times , hats off to your mam for putting up with you at that age lol
Im not a housewife per say but I stay at home a lot , so I'm not sure what I am , but I'm a nana now so ....... yeah this puzzles me
my take is that they are lucky. when i was young, i never wanted to get married. but i would daydream about how cool it would be to meet a man, that loved me so much, he would support me and i would get to stay at home and keep the house clean, shopping, cooking, making art, laundry, ...and lovin' ....while he provided for us and kept us safe. i think this came from growing up with a single mom who worked afternoons and evenings.
but there's a real world, and it didn't turn out that way.
so while i think they are lucky, i also think there are lots of ways to be lucky and blessed. play the cards you are dealt.
jono7: my take is that they are lucky. when i was young, i never wanted to get married. but i would daydream about how cool it would be to meet a man, that loved me so much, he would support me and i would get to stay at home and keep the house clean, shopping, cooking, making art, laundry, ...and lovin' ....while he provided for us and kept us safe. i think this came from growing up with a single mom who worked afternoons and evenings.
but there's a real world, and it didn't turn out that way.
so while i think they are lucky, i also think there are lots of ways to be lucky and blessed. play the cards you are dealt.
BB_snickers: There's still time. I'm sure he is out there.
those were the daydreams of a young girl. i believe i am exactly where i am supposed to be, and i wouldn't trade it. i know you are the Gift in my life. thank you.
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And the washing machine. What good are traditional values without traditional methods from the past..