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I've been a house husband now for over a year,for our 2 sons aged 4 and a half,and 18months,while my wife works.There is nothing to it,easiest job I've ever had.I wished more dads would take this up,as I don't know any locally
and its difficult being friends with mums.

The Riff-Raff Element wrote:
I have lost count of the number of times assorted mothers of the girls' friends have phoned me or popped by "just to make sure that everything is OK." I even got invited out to lunch yesterday - which was very agreeable, sipping chilled wine in the sunshine while someone slaved over a hot BBQ, but it was fairly clear that the primary intent was do make sure the girls got at least one hot meal while they were under my care.

One way to stop the unannounced visits and nosy invitations might be to "misread" the other mothers' intentions. If they thought that you thought they were trying to flirt with you, they might be less eager to butt in.

Be careful how you turn them down though, your wife will probably get word of it somehow. Done right it could make you a hero in her eyes ;)

ENIGMA wrote:I've been a house husband now for over a year,for our 2 sons aged 4 and a half,and 18months,while my wife works.There is nothing to it,easiest job I've ever had.

oooooooo steady on you´ll make enemies .

Seriously though, I´m so glad you find it enjoyable.

My hubby would love to stay at home....how he would cope I dunno Saffie would be perfectly fine but the house mmmmm not sure. He doesn't do 2 things at once let alone 3 or 4 soo I think it's time I went out for a whole day, I want Mark to be able to cope and without me letting him cope he's not gonna be able to do it and I think that would be sad she is his daughter too and she is such a daddy's girl. If I'm here he relies on me and I can't help myself helping him

LOL, my husband and I 'share' being a stay at home parent. I go off to work for around 10 days every 2 months, and he does the same, the rest of the time we both work from home and juggle.

I have to say that when I am away the kids get brilliantly cared for, so I do get to go away knowing that the kids are getting stellar treatment, but I also have to resign myself to 2 or 3 solid days of 'catch-up' housework when I return!

[quote="tim&fatima"]So I gave up my job. now the wife works Mon-Fri, and I just work sat-sun. and it was the best thing we did.
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Well, now you're both on here you can leave each other notes. ww