FeistyCorn7

Power Couples?

I grew up with a stay at home mom but I have plenty of friends who grew up with “power couple” parents. If anything, the kids with working moms were better prepared for school and were more... polished? And I know plenty of fuck ups whose retarded moms stayed at home and/or whose parents ended up in nasty ass divorces with their “helpless” moms cleaning out their dads.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with nannies and having help. You grow to love them in a different way and they give you another perspective as you grow. It’s not like kids with nannies automatically assume that their parents don’t love them, and it’s rare for both parents to be completely absent all the time unless they never wanted kids in the first place. I feel like the argument against nannies and career women is usually made from bitter people who can’t afford them

I won’t settle for someone who doesn’t have a career. Not a job, a career. Maybe she’ll make the decision to stay at home for a few years but I don’t want to bankroll the seamless and reality show watching habits of an intellectually lazy partner for the rest of my life. I’ve seen firsthand the type of woman who doesn’t want to be challenged, what happens to the men who marry them, and how their kids turn out. Fuck that noise. This isn’t the 1980s

And if you think you can maintain your lifestyle in Bangalore/Mumbai once you have kids on a single income, think again, especially when your friends have paired off with those dreaded career girls.

6mo ago

LowTeapot

Porter6mo

Times are different now. Kids raised in Delhi/Mumbai don’t give a shit if you didn’t make it to their events, they give a shit if you don’t buy them the new iPhone every year or make them take the Metro/Local instead of ordering an Uber for them like their friends’ “power couple” parents.

Trust me, I’ve seen it firsthand with my useless excuse for a sister. Wasted my parents’ money on a shitty expensive degree she didn’t use before making them pay again for a shitty masters degree she didn’t use. They paid her rent and vacation bills through her 20s because she made shit in her “career” (lol) until she tricked my Brother in Law into marrying her.

They had to move to the Greater Noida because she is both unemployable and has no desire to work, only post photos of her unruly spawn on Instagram. He has to wake up at 5am everyday to commute into the city and doesn’t get home until late.

I’m sure she whines or cries or bitches when he does, because that is the kind of bitchy she is. He makes decent money too, so I’m sure he daydreams about what life would’ve been like if he wasn’t living in hell. Fuuuuck that kind of life, I’d rather die alone

majboormajdoor

Stealth6mo

Resonate with this story. Have seen females in extended family and circles having no ambition or struggle. They are out of touch of how hard it is to make money toiling at 10-14hr jobs with commutes, office politics and a silent stress of primary responsibility to provide food on the plate.

TrimPlywood9

PWC6mo

What was her degree and what shift did she make

Pretty

Flipkart6mo

Power Couple can also be where one partner earning & other taking care of home. Onus of making a polished kid doesn’t come only on mother, it is responsibility of both parents initially and then it is on individual (grown up kid) itself. Calling homemaker moms as retarded itself is a sick mentality, you never know whether being homemaker was a choice or an unwanted sacrifice. Being grateful to parents is mandatory as both of them do a lot of sacrifices for their kid(s). If parents have empowered their child to earn money by providing education, then I feel they have done their job rather than making luxury available in their kid’s hands. Homemakers are also challenged everyday in their tasks. For career women, workplace (home too in many cases) is their battleground and for homemakers, it is home. So, Power Couple can be:

Where both are earning
Either of partner earning
At the end, it must be choice rather than enforcement.

RimuruTempest

Accenture6mo

'Homemaker' is just a fancy term used by unemployed married women. An unemployed married man will not be called a 'homemaker'.

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth6mo

You don't call them so. People who make home home are homemaker, irrespective of gender

lime

Student6mo

Why the hate? "Retarded Moms"? Looking after the house and children is a big job in itself, try doing it for once. Have some respect for the women that do that daily.

I grew up with the so-called "Power Couple", it was HELL! Everyday was a rush growing up in my family. My mum and dad were always exhausted and even though my dad helped my mum out a lot with dishes and other housework, the house was always a mess. I would've loved the calmness growing up, I still remember the mornings before school when everyone's just running around trying to get it together. Not to speak about how on the job conflicts affected my parents at home. You think getting a maid and a cook solves it all, but you still need someone to look after them. It's not as easy.

Maybe the stay at home experience wasn't as merry as I assume it to be, and I do love that my mum works but that takes a toll in itself, might not be as apparent.

lime

Student6mo

And as for divorces, even a working spouse could clean you out in a divorce.

NinjaStorm

Google6mo

@lime 💯

Kamlesh

Stealth6mo

Grass is always greener on the other side buddy. I grew up with nannies but I would have preferred my parents any day.

Both my parents today regret that they didn't spend enough time with us, and now they can't even if they wanted to, because the children are always away for jobs in different cities. No amount of money can be traded in for time lost. We didn't even need a lot, but my parents pushed themselves too hard just to achieve better living standards when we were fine with what we had.

I didn't appreciate my parents enough until the last few years tbh, used to carry a lot of unresolved feelings. Thankfully we are in a much better relationship with each other now.

GrimBeard75

Stealth6mo

This is so wholesome ❤️ I've always had a good relationship with my parents (SAHM) and I still make an effort to always try and visit them once every 4 month from Bengaluru to Delhi. Always worth it ❤️

Stillgrowing

Stealth6mo

My mom is a home-maker. Your statement generalises a lot of things and is insulting for home-makers. I have friends who have left their jobs just to focus on their children.
The amount of time and dedication spent by home-makers on their children is tremendous. Nannies can’t do it. And nannies nowadays are even more shittier than ever. In terms of children, what matters the most is the friend circle in which he/she grows up. It doesn’t matter if the child studies in a high class school or in a govt. school. All that matters would be his/her friend circle and to a good amount his/her teachers as well. Most of the career discussion would happen with peers. So good peers matters.

Home-makers have to look after the whole family and do a lot of chores. It’s a personal choice and to degrade them is not justifiable at all!

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