General Discussion

It is readily apparent in my neck of the woods - South Texas. More and more young women are choosing to be stay-at-home moms and have sometimes six and seven kids. Many choose to homeschool, which I am NOT a fan of. Many have a little side hustle in the home baking cookies or something. That works for about six months, and then they realize it's not all lollipops and rainbows and they aren't making the money they thought they were going to make. Because every other woman is doing the same damn thing!

All of that is their choice. Granted.

But it is a BAD choice.

One of the most notable things is that these women, while unemployed, are not paying into social security even. Much less a retirement account. So unless the dominant male is going to work and put away millions, how in the heck will they ever be able to retire? I realize most aren't thinking about retirement. But it gets here faster than anyone expects. I guess if you have six or seven kids, you expect that they will take care of you in your older years. Bet that's what Jim and Michelle Duggar were thinking at one point, and look how things have turned out for them. LOL The young women in South Texas don't have a reality show with residuals either.

These young people don't contemplate that one spouse might get sick. One might die. One might decide to leave. Most likely the husband who has more contact with the outside world and isn't tired and distraught after a long day of feeding, bathing and teaching a bunch of kids. Then where would the entire family be? The woman with no work experience will be standing in line trying to get the aid that they before so loudly insisted shouldn't be available.

Again, just a bad idea. It's history repeating itself trying to make women dependent on men. It's bullshit.