Dustybug Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm non-income producing. We live without some things other people wouldn't, but it's impotant. :iagree:Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm a SAHM who produces no income. I tried babysitting a little one last school year, but I had to give it up b/c of my own little one's special needs & the attention she requires, not to mention homeschooling duties as well. So, nope, I don't make any money, but I do try to save it.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_JWM Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Just another lazy, no-incomer here! ;) ;) ;) We live in a very reasonable city. Only one of my homeschooling friends works for money, and honestly, I'm pretty much only friends with other homeschoolers, so I think I have a disproportionate number of non-income-producing friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paintedlady Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 No income from me right now, although I was tutoring 2 days a week for the last couple years. For the last 12+ years I've worked full time for only a small handful of years but have mostly been at home. The time I worked was absolutely necessary, but I quit working again as soon as I could. We have a business now that dh runs and I help support him in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garddwr Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Another 100% mother/wife/homemaker here. I actually really, really like the term homemaker on its own terms--my role is to create and maintain a home for my family. I prefer to list "mother" as my occupation on official forms, though, I think it looks very nice on our tax return:tongue_smilie: We used to live on the West Coast and non-working moms were definitely a rare bread, except in the military community (partly because it is so hard to work a career around a spouse's transfers, deployments, etc.). Cost of living made it really, really hard to get by on one income, but a few of us managed. Now we live closer to the middle of the country and there are a lot more families living off of a single income. It's nice to not be the only mom home during the day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERue Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I have actually had no career other than being sahm. We were 19 and 20 when we got married, and started with our family a year later. I've had some part time positions here and there, but I've mostly stayed home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureMoms Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I don't produce an income and haven't since I was about 6months pregnant with DD (we moved then and I never got a job). However I don't really feel like the odd one out here, since there seem to be a LOT of SAHM's around. I do think there may be fewer when my kids get older and we're spending more time with families with school-aged kids, but right now I'd say 80-90% of the moms around me are SAHM's. I live in upstate NY in a very reasonably priced town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 Thanks to all for your replies. I feel less alone now! I won't try to respond individually to everyone. I do appreciate the comments, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopytwo Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Marbel, I'm about 3 hours northwest of you. I have always been a SAHM and have not worked since I got married. I finished college in December and got married December 30. DH and I both knew we wanted me to be a SAHM. We decided it would be a good idea for me to not work from the beginning because we didn't want to get used to a second income. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalynnrmc Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 :seeya: I'm a sahm and produce no income. Because of dire current circumstances which will likely continue for the next 2-3 years while my husband is going to nursing school, we are looking at having me finally do something with my massage therapy schooling on a temporary, part-time, by-my-own-rules basis. And I'm also looking at trying to generate at least a little WAHM income online, but we'll see how quickly that blossoms. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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