AAkasha -> RE: Would you give up your career for submission? (12/19/2007 9:34:46 AM)
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ORIGINAL: hardbodysub In the short term, I have financial obligations that require me to continue working. In the long term, I would be willing to pause or give up a career for the right woman, however, with caveats. I don't think I could do nothing but stay at home and do menial chores. I have an advanced degree, am working toward another, and I require a great deal of intellectual stimulation. I also feel the need to do some good for the world, and I'm not talking about volunteer work that just about anybody could do, but using my intellectual and professional skills to help identify and solve problems. I'd feel like a traitor to the human race to have such abilities and not attempt to use them in some way for the greater good. If those issues could be resolved, I'd be willing to give up a career, relocate, you name it. There's a misconception that staying at home means just menial chores. It's funny, that original post was a year and a half ago. My husband was and still is a 'stay at home husband' and I haven't change my view points on it. His time is extremely full with the activities related to running the household and keeping things smooth, and it's not just about chores - it's everything from the mail to the social calendar to shopping and home improvements, taking care of animals and cars, and also supporting me from an administrative standpoint in my career. I'm a workaholic so I need that kind of support system - he is basically an executive assistant at the same time. He manages my travel schedule, upgrades my gadgets, screens my calls, and does research and some writing for me. The biggest thing, though, is that by having one person manage the household domestic duties full time (without working), you free up your already limited quality time. Our weekends are now our weekends -- not us running around catching up on chores as a couple. We can have a sit down dinner every night, one that he prepared started in the afternoon, if we want. The quality time we spend together is so much better. That's important to be, because I have an unpredictable and unforgiving sex/kink drive, and when I work hard, I want to play hard - even if that means 48 hours he will be incapacitated. Imagine if the chores were too piled up to free up that time? I wouldn't be a happy camper. He volunteers part time as his schedule allows. He keeps himself very educated and up to speed as it relates to his background and career, so he's not slacking in his skills. Recently he started moving a hobby of his to part time work (for very little money, he just wants the experience) and even though it's only 12 hours a week, it put a visible ripple in our day-to-day life and I nearly nixed it. He enjoys it, though, so we made some adjustments, but we both know he won't be working part time permanently, because I have a "busy season" in my career and he'll have to go back to being available 24/7. Akasha
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