On 2016-06-18 2:56 PM, Gary wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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>
> Yes. Husband staying at home many years ago would have been frowned
> upon. People would think he is a lazy bum without knowing any details
> of the situation. Rumors fly and are rarely the truth of the
> situation.


Yep indeed. I graduated from university in 1974. It took a while to
find a job and the pressure was on for me to be gainfully employed. At
the same time female graduates had the option to work or be a
"housewife", which later evolved into "not working outside of the house"
and no one thought any the less of the women for staying home.

My former neighbour was a jack of all trades and his wife was a family
councilor who made really good money. After he got hurt a few too many
times she wanted him to retire, though he was only 55. She went out and
made money and spent it on materials for home projects, and he stayed
home and worked on the house. He redid the bathrooms, the granny suite,
the kitchen, moved a set of stairs, rebuild an anglestone retaining
wall, installed hardwood flooring, turned an outdoor veranda into a a
Florida room and then into a real room. He did really good work. The
sold the house and moved about a year and a half ago, bought a fixer
upper and fixed it up and sold it for a profit, and now he is working on
their dream house. I heard a few people comment on his lack of
employment and the suggestion that he was lazy, but he was always busy,
and they had no shortage of money.