agapebaby,
The reason why I want to be a sahm is so that I can spend more time with them, and give them nutritional homecooked food and bakes. I don't like the idea of them eating at my inlaws daily cos she adds MSG and sugar (not all the time though). And for bread/cakes outside, they use chemicals and some cakes are just too sweet. If I can bake all these myself, I can modify the recipe to suit our taste.
I always try to cook 1 pot meals (pizza, lasagna, baked rice/pasta, claypot rice, chicken rice, char siew rice, porridge etc..), seldom 3 dishes + 1 soup kind. Also, I invested in a very good set of AMC pots and that helped me save time too.
When I was a FTWM, I felt the same way too. Always not enough time for them cos we have our own agenda eg wkend outing, going bk to parents, essential shopping. Also, not forgetting our dog, need to bathe and cut his nails once a week, blah blah blah..
Money not enough - I have a friend, earning $1.8k gross and he's supporting a 4rm HDB, 2 children (1 in childcare) and a non-working wife. I don't know how they survive but they did. I always use them as an example and tell myself, since he can do it, I can do it too.
Many years ago, I see my fellow colleagues quiting their job to be a sahm. I was laughing inside me, laughing at how silly they are. Having obtained a degree, why stay at home?? But I must say, I have to swallow my words now
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