Househusbands

I was reading an article on househusbands in one of the parenting magazines and after reading the article, I turned to The Husband and asked him ,”Would you be a house husband?” Without even spending a moment to think about it, he said ,”No”.

I decided to rephrase the question and I asked him, “If we have all the money in the world and you really don’t have to work anymore, would you be a househusband?” and he said ,”No. I would still want to go out to work.” 

I decided to rephrase the question again and I asked him, “Don’t you want to be a househusband and spend as much time with us?” and the answer was, “Er, well, yes, but I still want to work.” I find his answers rather perplexing because between the two of us, he is the more “domesticated” one and he really enjoys doing housework and taking care of The Daughter.

Now, I still haven’t figured out why my husband insists on working and not being a househusband. Maybe he feels that a man is defined by his profession. I’m not sure. I will find that out in another conversation but I really salute all those men who chose to be househusbands because I think it must be a very tough decision that they had to make and what more, with society not being used to accepting men as househusbands, the social stigma doesn’t make it any easier.  -martini