going back to work after having babies.

I earn more than Hubby does - substantially more. But it doesn't bother him. Hubby has autism and so there are limits on what he can do. He works as a night security guard. I teach post-secondary. Hubby has always been incredibly supportive of my career. He proudly attended my master's degree convocation.

My goodness, I wish my DH resented me working and bringing in money. ?. Apart from maternity leave I have NEVER been without work and I have done a plethora of jobs over the last 35 years.

All men are different but I think today they still expect a well kept house, food on the table, clean and tidy kids, sex on tap and a partner earning a wage too.

No idea who wrote this but it's given me the best laugh I've had all day!

All men are different but I think today they still expect a well kept house, food on the table, clean and tidy kids, sex on tap and a partner earning a wage too
Me too
I was quite surprised, though, when DH and I got married, that he didn't clean the oven every week. And if I left my shoes out to be cleaned, they were still dirty the next day!
My dear Dad did.

DH does do his fair share.
And cleans my shoes now.

Me too I meant I was laughing too ???

I have a hard working husband who did well in the early years. However due to job changes and getting older and finding himself in lower paid work he has realised now that my ‘ little job’ which has now gone full time is helping enormously and keeping us going. He doesn’t say much neither do I but he knows I’m doing my bit and will have to for a long time to come! Loved this thread.

My husband was happy for me to work part time and have pin money as long as I still cooked and cleaned etc. He would not lift a finger. Now he has found out I have a bit of savings he has gone mad and says I have ripped him off and stolen his money. He now will not pay for any repairs unless we have a big row about it. One of the windows is not working properly but he says it opens and closes so he isn't doing anything about it until it breaks completely. If I don't like it pay for it myself

ChrisO - what's in it for you?

I’d say things have drastically changed hence nurseries full of babies/ toddlers grans and grandpas doing there fair share of child care all in the name of both parents working. In my area with my friends neighbours and own family predominately both parents work full time.

My own experience: before we got married, I told DH-to be that I would never be a housewife, and that I wanted a career. He was fine with this. When he/we decided to try for a baby, he volunteered to be a house husband. For us it worked brilliantly, (apart from the Victorian attitudes of several other mothers at that time). He looked after the home and our babies. I worked, paid the bills and made sure we earned enough to keep the home and family together.

Having time off for our second baby was a challenge as there was no money coming in during my time off. So I had to go back to work within weeks of her birth. But he brought her to see me every lunch time so I did not feel left out smile

Now we have both just retired, and I am the one who is struggling to work out how the washing machine works, to remember to change the sheets etc. Between us we work things out - as a team. So to answer the OP question - he has certainly never resented me working, and whatever money my career has brought belongs to us both, jointly. It is our money - not mine or his. I just happen to be the one who earned it whilst he looked after me.

My husband was quite a bit older (early 1970s) and very well established professionally so I am glad I was able to bring the children up myself whilst keeping a toe in my insecure arts job. When I did work, one local wife said “Will your husband let you?”?
A great father, bless him, he still believed in women’s work and the meal on the table every night...

Early 1960 and recently married, I was offered an ideal job and many opportunities to progress and travel overseas on organisational affairs. And when I came up against a solid brick wall of jealous resentment. Whatever arrangements needed to be made, it was always down to me, and if struggling with a solution the response “well you do not have to work”. One day my boss said to me “you know you have a long way to go in this organisation, but you have to get rid of the encumbrance”. I thought I had hidden the difficulties well, but with his remark knew he had understood the problem. I did not get rid of the encumbrance and after 45 years, I still cannot forgive my late husband for standing in the way of my professional life.

Sparkling
" I came up against a solid brick wall of jealous resentment."
This is similar to my experience. 1960s.
Eventually we divorced and both remarried.
My present husband was only too glad that I was working and bringing in a regular wage, as his business had many ups and downs. Both retired now.

My ex husband was notoriously mean so he was only too happy to get me back to work as soon as possible. To be fair I loved my job, we were both nurses so he worked Mon -Fri and I worked weekends. Shared chores and child care.

I went back to work as a Midwife when my first child was 10 months old in 1977 .Mortgages were sky high .My in laws expected me to stay at home and according to my father in law women only went to work for pin money .I was fuming as I earnt more than his son for the rest of my life .He wouldn’t even heat a can of soup up and expected his wife to rush home at lunchtime from work to get him food .He never changed with the times .He even said why do you want a girl to go to university they will only get married and stay at home .Luckily she has got a mega well paid job Helpful husband who does over half the chores and 2lovely children soon to be joined by a puppy