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I wonder what stay-at-home wives do all day as much as I wonder what retirees do all day.

Posted by Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348) Apr 6 '11, 09:34

If they're a mom then that fills in a lot.

But if you're just married and don't have a side job or anything? There's only so much you can clean...

(My aunt is a childless stay-at-home wife and does nothing but clean, cook, and nap all day. When I stay with them it's like having my own servant. This can't be normal)

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I have a boss who writes me a "honey do list" every couple of days...some days are easy, some days are hard... -- nm - BAD Apr 6, 09:54
my father and his wife have been retired for 15 years. They are crazy busy, are never bored and rarely , if ever watches tv during the day. -- nm - decline Apr 6, 09:43 7
- But what do they *do* all day? Seriously, I'm curious. - Hotkiss Apr 6, 09:45 6
  - Read lots of books, video games. What do you do in your non-working hours? - musubi Apr 6, 09:52
  - dad plays golf every day, they help out at the church, take trips, work on their house, etc.. -- nm - decline Apr 6, 09:49
  - my mother is 70. she is super busy. she volunteers at the hospital (for over 20 years), she travels (Peru in September is next), she helps run a - Andie Apr 6, 09:49
  - when I was unemployed I had tons to do. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:49
  - Mom works out, rides horses, volunteers, visits friends, reads, travels--good lord, I never talk about work outside of work. -- nm - Amy Apr 6, 09:48
  - my retired parents basically do the following: - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:47
My retired mom seems to have a pretty full life. -- nm - Amy Apr 6, 09:41
I see that the first sentence of the IM means that I have no experience on which to base an opinion. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 09:40
i could easily fill every single minute of every single day without working...nm - x Apr 6, 09:40
I have an aunt who basically buys stuff between the hours of 8 and 4:00. -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 09:39
If I were stay-at-home, without kids, I'd be reading a lot of books and playing a lot of video games. (nm) - musubi Apr 6, 09:37 5
- this is code for porning, right? -- nm - zork Apr 6, 09:39 2
  - I make time for that, regardless of stay-at-homing. Duh. (nm) - musubi Apr 6, 09:41
  - I believe so. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 6, 09:39
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  - Oh yeah. I'd totally dust off that inch of dust on my clubs and hit the links. - musubi Apr 6, 09:41
1) there are stay-at-home dads too. 2) how old can the kids be, do we think, before that's not a valid excuse? - amanda jones, transitarian Apr 6, 09:36 17
- I'd find it weird if my hypothetical wife never did anything, but I wouldn't mind if she didn't work (assuming it's not causing financial hardship). -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 09:46
- why "should" anyone get a job if they don't have to? -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:38 15
  - job is the wrong word, maybe. I would consider volunteering a job. -- nm - amanda jones, transitarian Apr 6, 09:45 2
    - ah, I intrepreted it as having some sort of paid work. - znufrii Apr 6, 09:54
    - heck, I consider extreme couponing a job. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:48
  - I agree. If you don't need it, don't want it, and can make it work, more power to you. (nm) - musubi Apr 6, 09:44
  - Volunteer work. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 09:41 1
    - sure, doubtless you'll need to find ways to occupy your time - znufrii Apr 6, 09:43
  - That's what I think too. Plenty of people out there need jobs, no reason for me to take one I don't need. I'd be gardening, doing dog training, etc. -- nm - mara Apr 6, 09:39 8
    - seriously. I would stop working this minute if I could. -- nm - decline Apr 6, 09:44
    - I can't envision a desire for a perpetual vacation. -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 6, 09:41 5
      - no disrespect but I look at your life as one big long vacation - Epiphany Apr 6, 09:47 3
        
        I can't tell if this is a diss or compliment -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 6, 09:52
        
        right now, yes. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:51
        
        *nods* -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:48
      - That may be because of the concept you have of "vacation," or maybe the fact that you equate not having a job with it. -- nm - mara Apr 6, 09:45
    - sure, it's increasingly a household luxury to *not* need both parents to work, but if you can avoid it, more power to you. -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:40
thats why God invented the Hobby - DaneMacDuke Apr 6, 09:36
F the dorrman. -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 09:36
I'd read a lot, write for 2-4 hours a day, and go to the gym every day. - ceregon Apr 6, 09:36
Watch the Price is Right and read steamy love novels. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 6, 09:36
clip coupons. -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:34

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