Do husbands prefer thier wives to stay home or to work?

We are talking about the 21st century where most women are no longer satisfied to end up as housewives. Women today are highly educated and being just housewives is a waste of their years of college attendance. I have been in the employment world before but I quit prematurely when I don't have maids to look after my growing kids. It was a sacrifice but I kind of enjoy life as a homemaker and consider it as a satisfactory profession without $ but seeing my children succeed in life is well worth my sacrifices to relinquish a well paid job for the sake of my children.

Well, I'm the houseman at home, which means I clean, do shopping, all the daily chores. For the rest I keep myself busy with some online work. My wife works, because she wants to and really likes her job. But it's up to anyone how to fill in their married lives.

Well, I am not yet married as of yet but if ever I become a husband, I would prefer my wife to stay at home. Me and my siblings were brought up with our mother as a housewife. From that, I see that children are well taken care of and given ample attention with the mother at home. It can be a make or break, but as I see it, I feel that having a parent to guide their children and see their growing up years will produce better results. If my salary at that point can support my family, I would rather have my wife stay at home. But of course there will be problems with the woman wanting to work also. Well, I guess that's a different topic to be discussed.

I am married and my husband does not want me to work for a company as an employee. When I told him I want to work, he told me to think of a business and be an employer either. Now we have our own business and I am very happy with it. Aside from that, I also work at home with my lot and other writing sites. I am not always outside for the business. We only come to visit every week to check if everything is on track. When I have kids, I am sure that I will spend time with them as much as I can. MY husband does not want me to be an employer because it will take most of my time for the house and him. I understand him and took the risk of handling our own business..

There are those husbands who prefer that their wives be at home while they do the work of earning money for the family. Some on the other hand, allow their wives to work also in order to supplement the family income. Nothing is wrong with this as long as their relationship is not strained and that their family responsibilities will remain balance with their work. Because of the hard economic situation, many couples are forced to take this kind of arrangement where both parents work, while their children are left at somebody's care.

If the husband is really earning bigtime, then there is no need for the wife to have a work. But since today, we are in the practical world and we are on crisis nowadays, it would be really a great help for the husband that his wife have a work too. But then, for me, the wife does not really need to work if I am coping well with my finances.

my husband is working as a seaman, modesty aside, he could provide the family with all our needs. but i still prefer to work, it is because i want to have my own income too, and this is where i am happy. i love my kids and the time spent with them are really priceless. my husband ask me once to stop working and just take care of the kids at home, but i refuse, i told him i could do both. i am glad that he understand me with it, and let me work. i am connected with the national government and regular with my job. with the present situation here in the Philippines, i am so blessed with it. there are a lot of jobless graduates, and here i am, enjoying my work.

in china, most of wives prefer to work outside, one reason: for some family,just only one salary from their husbands couldn't bear all of the bills, the second,some wives have their dreams, hope one day it would be come ture,the third,some wives thought that if they stay home and take care of the kids, they are afraid that there is no topic to consult with their husband,they don't know what was happened around,for a long time, she will feel nervous and lost their confident. moreover, most of their husband will suport them, no matter what their prefer to do. Tks!

Times have changed, nowadays wives really have to work to help the husbands support the needs of their family. Unlike those times when wives stays at home to take care of the children and husband. How i wish it still applicable to present times but with the change in the lifestyle and cost of basic needs have gone high, couples could hardly make ends meet. Of course it would be another story if you happen to marry a rich guy who can solely afford the needs of his family , but for the average earner it would be good if both are earning. If this is the setting i would expect that they would also help each other in the household work. It would be too tiring and unfair if the wife works outside the house and still do all the work inside the house. I have observed also that nowadays, more men stays in the house to take care of the kids while the wife earns the living. In this set up i would say that husband should not take advantage. There are men that spends their wife's money in useless things. Some men are proud and happy being a burden to their wife.

I agree with what you said, whether we like it or not, it is really hard to earn money these days so it would be a big help if both parents work. But then they should still spend quality time with the kids..

I am not a man, but being a female and about to get marry I think i can share my point of view about this, I think husbands can like what ever they want but it is a decision of the woman to decide if that is the right decision for her. These are times when having college education can make the difference between a good life or not, unless the husband is millionaire, which rarely happens families have to think, do we have enough money to put our children in college later on? Money is not everything in life, but it does make a difference when unexpected situations come in life, also I grew up with a mother that work for a corporation, and my mother never miss any concert, game, she used to help me with my homework, and she also knew all my teachers in school. It is about balance in life, and work helps everybody to have a purpose in life, everybody should have a life outside of the marriage, it is part of the identity of the human being.

I no longer have childen at home. I have almost always worked outside the home before they came, and since the nest emptied I've had my own home business. I really enjoyed being home when I had the children there, and, in fact, I taught them at home for the last three years they were there. Since both my children were my foster children first, they needed a lot of individual attention they nad not been used to getting. We had enough problems raising them as it was, but I think it would have been worse if they'd been on their own after school and I had not had the extra time to help them with school work, drive them to activities, etc. If I had a choice, I would not only stay home with them again, but I would start homeschooling from the beginning. My husband fully supported my staying home with the children, and if I had not been able to stay home with them, we probably would not have adopted them.

Being a mother, a wife and a career woman is not that easy. In case I would be fortunate enough to get marry someday,in God's will. I would choose to work still. These days wherein the essential commodities are getting higher, I think it is just reasonable enough for the husband and the wife to work together to meet their family's needs. :-)

Everyone should decide for them selves what to do. I don't like the idea of the wife, staying home all day doing house work and talking only with the next door wife.

My wife works and prefers to have a career of her own. I am self-employed and work at home so can make most of the meals etc. My father though was different to me and liked my mother to stay at home. There were four of us kids though and looking after us was consdired to be her job. But women didn't go out to work in those days. I remember all my friends mothers were at home when we visited each other's houses after school. Things seemed simpler then, we had TVs but there were no videos, computers or cellphones. Today, I feel we have so much, yet have lost a lot too in a way, but who would want to go back to the old days! I would like my youth back, but that's about it, if I'm honest. _Derek

Most men would prefer a woman work. Nothing better than having a wife work hard, so you don't have to. For me, I would rather my wife stay at home. As a child, my mother was working. So I did not see my father or mother. I was always envious of kids who had parents at home. So I would want my children to have someone at home. If I have children, I want them to have a real family, not an empty house with both parents at work.

Considering the temptations and the load of work at home, I think most husbands would like their wives to stay home and take care of the children and the house. However, some husbands may be forced to allow their wives to work if their incomes are not enough to sustain the family's needs. It all depends on how much the husband is earning really. But if they can afford to let their wives stay home, I think they would rather have them at home.

I think it depends on the preferences of the husband. Some husband wont allow their wives to work, just like my uncle, he wanted my aunt to be in the house. Some also wants their wife to work in order to supply their needs. Every man has its own reasons.

I prefer women to work and be independent. I like them to have their own pocket money, so we can go together on vacations or buy whatever we like without restrictions. It's definitively the way I like women to be. I hate those who stay at home all the day doing housework. If we needed a housework maker, we just would hire a servant.

nowadays,the world has change. in order to provide for family i think i'll let my wive to work. it will be a good example for my kids.