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From: madrid@auvax
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Reply to Michael Ellis
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Date: Fri, 9-Sep-83 14:23:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  9 14:23:07 1983
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You say "If only I could meet a woman who made enough money to
support a family on alternate years...."
    
Well, here's one.  My husband hasn't worked since last December (not
by choice, unfortunately.)
 
Things were pretty tight while I was a student/research assistant,
but have become relatively comfortable since I began working full-time.

I'm glad and proud that circumstances have allowed me to have a significant
role in the family economy.  I'm happy that my income is not considered
"pin money", and that I can have a very concrete way of expressing my
gratitude to him for the years that his income enabled me to be a student.

I'm happy, too, that circumstances have enabled him to be a very 
actively involved parent.  All three of us have benefitted.

A significant question, of course, is how much is "... enough money to
support a family"? My job pays considerably less than his did.  But
it pays considerably more than those of many women I know who are also
supporting families.  If you're talking TV-style middle-class family
then you're referring to an entirely different game than that of a lot
of people I know.

I find it hard to believe that I might be the only woman in Netland
supporting a family.  Are there others?
 
                                            R.
                                            auvax!madrid