Sometimes
it's easy to predict which posts will strike a nerve here on the
'Derby, but other times it's not so obvious. I was pretty surprised,
for example, at the comments that poured in responding to my post,
"Would You Respect A "Stay-At-Home Wife?"
Readers were divided in
their opinions about this trend. haylmerri wrote, "My sister-in-law is
a stay at home wife. I totally judge her. Why did
she go to all the trouble of earning a degree just so she can sit at
home all day long?" Representing the other side, lilacorchid pointed
out, "Just because someone doesn't earn money for their day's
accomplishments
at home doesn't mean they are not contributing to society in some way
or working hard at what they do."
But the comment that really
got to me was diera's, who observed, "If I were going to pursue that
path, I'd want my husband to have a TON
of life insurance and to have signed some kind of pre-nup guaranteeing
me support, because were he to die or divorce me after I'd spent twenty
years exploring my creative outlets and baking cookies, I'd be SOL
where earning capacity is concerned." Because this is a big question,
whether you're a stay-at-home wife or stay-at-home mom.
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