Pro's and Con's of Being a Housewife

The Pro’s and Con’s of Housewife Life:

By: Casey Eisenberg

 

            I today found out that it is very possible that I will be becoming a stay at home soon to be wife. Me and Ty are not yet married but there has been talk of becoming engaged this year. He recently told me that he doesn’t think I should be working in the field getting possibly injured (I have already suffered one injury at the job we have now.) Which means that while he is working 6 days a week I will be at home and/or working small jobs.

            The hardest part of being a stay at home wife or housewife is I will lose out on the income that I have coming in now. This means that I won’t have my car, or be able to help with bills, won’t be able to shop, etc. This is hard. I don’t want to be home and make hubby pay for everything! But I also know that I cannot get a real job, we move around so often and it would just be much too hard to keep up and then, it almost is not worth going in and applying because by the time I got the job we would likely be packing up and leaving town again for another job. That doesn’t mean that there is no way to make money. I came up with a few ideas for things that I can do while we are still moving around often possibly.

            Another con is that while living in the RV there is only so much you can do. I can completely clean the house, organize, etc. and still have 6-8 hours before hubby gets home. This means either a lot of sitting around or going out all over town and wasting gas and money.

            Another con is whenever I want something I would have to ask Ty for it and I do NOT want to make that a habit! I do not what so ever like asking anyone for handouts no matter what the reason may be. I was raised in a way that no matter what I wanted 9/10 of the time I needed to save up my own money and get it myself. I think this is an amazing skill that everyone needs to learn don’t get me wrong.

            One major pro of being home is I can in a way take care of hubby in a way that he has never been taken care of before. I can cook, clean, maintain, do laundry, etc. so that on his one day off he can just relax and have a day off or we can go and do fun stuff together. I would love to be able to do this for him. He works so hard and so long every day that I know it would make him happy to be able to just relax and have time for him to himself. He could also come home to a clean and happy house, no need to go to the store, etc.

            On more pro is I know a few places that I can work when I am in town and just when I have time/the opportunity. My parents, a horse ranch that I used to work on, and possibly some family friends employing me to do the cleaning, and misc. other jobs. Which means when I am in Colorado I will have income. But it means that I also need to be careful and save as much as possible so when we do go out of town I will still be able to afford my bills, groceries, and laundry