Would you still work if....

MammaBear81 · April 2013

You were independently wealthy?

(I wanted to make a clicky poll but apparently TB hates me today)

I know there are mom's like me that would quit work to SAH in a heartbeat if we could just make ends meet, but there are a lot of mama's that LOVE their careers, and I'm wondering if you guys would still work if money was not a factor. Would you stay FT, go PT, maybe volunteer? Let's discuss!

Ecy · April 2013

This is a tough one for me. I wouldn't work my exact same position as a FT high school teacher. However, I do love working with kids and would still want to work some. I think I would have been a SAH for the first 2 years and then would go back to work PT

cmoats1 · April 2013

Ooohhhh. I would definitely work part-time but not doing my current job. I would want to go back to what I did way back in college, teaching swim lessons. It was fun!

I agree a good work-home balance would be nice.

jcath · April 2013

If $ were no object I would quit my job in a heartbeat, stay home but have the kids in morning preschool and try my hand at writing.

That said even with both of us working - we are hardly making ends meet

RoxyLynn · April 2013

Actually, being independently would allow me to keep my job! I love what I do and I believe it's important, but the pay is so low (no raises for the past 5 years, none foreseen for at least the next 2) that I have to leave the minute I find somethin

financialdiva · April 2013

I would not work.

I would volunteer if I ever felt the need to do something.

Brit's Luna154 · April 2013

I would work, but I would probably do something different and I would probably aim for ~20 hours per week. I like what I do, but I wouldn't mind living somewhere else, so I would probably move away from here and thus do a different job, but maybe a simila

kcox123 · April 2013

I would. I am a lobbyist which is what I worked to be (poli/sci major) because i love working in government/politics and I represent my alma mater as their in-house lobbyist. So it's like getting paid for advocating for my own family. Plus it's full-ti

jenn_darrin1515 · April 2013

jcath:

If $ were no object I would quit my job in a heartbeat, stay home but have the kids in morning preschool and try my

MrsSDgirl · April 2013

In a New York minute! (I only wish...)

Netty_3 · April 2013

I think my ideal situation would be SAH and be a fitness instructor/trainer...maybe even donate that instruction time to Women's shelters or something. I think I would definitely need something else...and if I was a fitness instructor/trainer (I actually

lukalover · April 2013

I would work and let DH SAH. His job is kind of soul-crushing and he would love to stay home with DD. My job is stressful but creative and interesting with lots of PTO. I would plan to retire early, around 50, and if it ever got too stressful it wou

hoping4sticky · April 2013

Not at my current job. I do have dreams of one day setting up a kick charity - I even know how I want to run/fund it, so I would do that. I would probably wait until the kids were in school to start though.

While I say that staying at home is

jiffy-pop · April 2013

If I had tons of money and didn't have to work, I wouldn't be working the job I am now but I would find something that I loved doing and could work and still spend lots of time with the kids. I used to think I wanted to be a SAHM but since coming off o

semdkm · April 2013

At this job, in this career, NOPE NOPE NOPE a million times over. I would, though, want to find something that allowed me to use my skills and keep me interested--just have no idea what that would be. I daydream about being able to volunteer p

jlaOK · April 2013

I would like to say that I would still work because I alread work PT and really do love my job and my company, but I probably wouldn't work.

ccam · April 2013

I would quit my current job in a heartbeat! I would go back to school to do something I would love part time.

katieh1017 · April 2013

Yes, I would quit my job. As much as I like what I do, I don't have that strong of a desire to stay doing it if I didn't have to.

itsmevkb · April 2013

How wealthy am I? If I could hire a full-time house keeper and cook then I would definitely keep working. Even if I ever stopped working I would need to be doing something else. I've always loved teaching so maybe I would become a tut

jennyelf · April 2013

lukalover:
I would work and let DH SAH. His job is kind of soul-crushing and he would love to stay home with DD. My job

sugarland726 · April 2013

I would work part time and just for fun, like at a bridal salon. I did that in college and loved it.

Ms5586 · April 2013

I would probably go PT and/or volunteer. I need to be out with adults who can talk with more than 2 word sentences

Nita14701 · April 2013

If $ were not an issue, I would quit and stay at home with my LO in a heartbeat.

KL777 · April 2013

I SAH the first 3 years. If DH and I were independently wealthy, I would've SAH one additional year and then started working part-time in my field (15 hours a week). I enjoy my field, I just want to make sure that I have the proper family/work

jnealet · April 2013

I would have to do something but I don't know what, I'm not cut out to be a SAHM.

michaelaskedlauren · April 2013

Id quit and switch to freelance, this way I could make my own hours. Im not cut out to be a FT SAHM, I need some kind of outside stimulation. This way I could also keep my kickass nanny.

mexicolombiana · April 2013

HELL TO THE MOTHER EFFING NO.

I wouldn't work. I would raise my kids, travel the world, volunteer everywhere, take classes for FUN, read books, and be the happiest person on earth. THE END.

thespianlawyer · April 2013

I would quit my current job and go back to acting/dancing and teaching dance, with a view to opening a dance studio eventually (I need more intellectual stimulation than playing the "dumb blonde" over and over). We'd probably even submit DD for mode

christinak22 · April 2013

I would quit my job, yes! I have a long commute and would love to find something very PT close to home. I'm thinking 4 hours, 3 days/week. Just enough to not start despising my kids from being around them too much

I would strongly encourage DH to go ba

mrs. remy · April 2013

Heck no. There are about a metric ton of other things I could think of to occupy my time. I would volunteer, I would write, I would garden, I would work out, I would travel, I would cook......I would foster animals, really, the list goes on and on.

Mitchellovesnemo · April 2013

I think I would stay home until they started school, then find another job that was something that I liked to do not had to do for $. Or maybe tried to volunteer @ the kids school.

dizzycooks · April 2013

In a heartbeat. DH would quit too. Maybe we would both find something part time for fun. He would love to teach skiing and I might like working a few hours at a coffee shop. Definitely spend as much time as I could with our girl t

SunAndRain · April 2013

We can afford for me not to work but I want to continue working because I appreciate what the extra income adds to our quality of life and because I need some sort of structure to my day and to feel like I'm mentally challenged by something more than r

brauchtm · April 2013

My ideal would be working part time 2-3 days a week in my current field. I love what I do - and I love that it fulfills a different part of me than being a mom does. But, it is tough to do it full time. Our game plan, when the kids get m

shannm · April 2013

If wealthy means WEALTHY, then no, I wouldn't work. I have fallen out of love with my current line of work and I am totally over feeling like I owe myself to stick with it.

We would foster, I would volunteer, and I would finish all my todo l

IBackBevo · April 2013

I would if I were truly independently wealthy and never had to worry about money or working again.

But, honestly, even though we could afford for me to stay home, part of the reason I stay in the workforce is because I fear that once I left

mrskelly731 · April 2013

I would work part time and volunteer as well. When DD gets in school I'd help out in classrooms and stuff like that. In my dreams.... I tried the SAHM thing until DD was 10 months old. I need to work at least part time without goin

orchid2007 · April 2013

If we were independently wealthy (or won the Lotto) I would quit working for sure and never look back.

If we were not independently wealthy but well off enough that working was an option and not a necessity, I would probably work part time.

orchid2007 · April 2013

mexicolombiana:
HELL TO THE MOTHER EFFING NO.
I wouldn't work. I would raise my kids, travel the world, volunteer

bearfootz · April 2013

Once the kids are in school I would probably find a job that I enjoy and not worry about the pay. That, or I'd like to think that I'd get involved more in volunteer work for a local charity. I don't like just staying home though.