QUOTE(Drian @ May 12 2015, 01:56 PM)
You can do it , but you must be aware of the consequences.
No 1 is financial, do you think you can forgo the luxury that you are used to?
Most women nowadays are pampered with holidays, overseas travel, luxury bags, shopping , facial so if you cut
all these would you be complaining all the time?
No 2 happens gradually but generally happens to non working women.
As they grow older because they lack social and mental simulation , they have a more "aunty" attitude. Their mindset become more narrow like what you see in those mother in law in tvb drama. You may think you are not like that but
you do not know what 20 years without work can do to your attitude and mindset.
thumbs up to the point. God creates eve with mother loving characteristic. So we only thinks about the family and the kids.
i always stuck up daily on what to cook for my husband and my son to get better nutrition. my husband is carnivorous, and likes spicy, so everyday i had to change my menu and upgrade my cooking skills. my mind and soul is always thinking about family, even my solid is at work. i cant concentrate fully, that's why i could and always access to LYN forum, searching for gardening skills, browsing recipe, and release boredom at work. is very free time, not free, but i place the importance at second priority.
it do once flash up my mind, thinking like, what's the point of me getting up early morning to work, just to present up my attendance and get paid monthly with peanuts. i do no performance, no improvement, even my management never keep track on me, and ignoring... i do spent my effort try to makes greatest event and activity for the company, pay full attention to make a perfection presentation slide, but call up meeting no one attend, even have no management support. so i always spend empty soul in the office and left my son with others.
I do once discuss with my spouse that i want to resign and do some homebusiness to support a little, meanwhile i could do my interesting hobby and nurtue my naughty monstar. the response is like negative, "no, business difficult to do", not even your sales could make same pay as yours ..." i'm thinking like i waste my life working. looking at the ticking clock always spot and count, ah, 3 more hour to go, oh 1 more hour for tea break, yeah 30 minutes left!..... everyday and it has been a year already.
thanks to your point that, when a mom not working, slowly will developed the mental illness, which i could see now as my mother for example. however, i lost my social freedom when i get my baby born. i ask my husband help to take care for baby, but he say no, let him sleep first then only i can go drink with friends. my only colleagues as close friends getting lost contact, always ask for chat out, always say no, because need to care baby....