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blokecentric - could you be a house husband
who stays at home and looks after the kids or would that be weird?
A mate of mine is doing it and getting a bit of stick but I think it would be quite cool
who stays at home and looks after the kids or would that be weird?
A mate of mine is doing it and getting a bit of stick but I think it would be quite cool
I'd love to do this.
Although replace "looking after the kids" with "playing Football Manager and leaving the kids to fend for themselves".
yes
i would love to be.
especially if i lived in a cottage in the countryside and had an Aga.
Aga?
Fixture of rural kitchens
And ace and rustic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGA_cooker
But they take...
about half a day to warm up.
but they're so ace
and i would have 2 dogs, and one of those racks above the kitchen work top with pans on. and flagstone floors with rugs and a garden
~You really want this
don't you
yes
I have weird middle class countryside fantasies. Is that so bad?
no
it's splendid
thanks :)
I'm an half house husband
working only the morning and taking care of the kids and the house the rest of the time...
Nah
Kids piss me off after a short while. So by Monday lunchtime I'd have baked them in a pie or something.
you monster !
I would like to state
that I would have NO PROBLEM with this whatsoever.
Anyone looking for a house husband, let me know. I'm fed up with this 'career' nonsense.
ooh, me!
come tidy my house and make me food please?
and look after your children?
Do you have kids?
See, I'm fine with that
I'd put some music on, do some cleaning, cook some food, watch Deal or No Deal.
Easy peasy.
I could do that
Just when kids get brought into the equation. I'd feel irresponsible if I was looking after the kids and getting drunk while watching Loose Women.
Loose Women
the program or actual weomen?
*Women
A bit of both
Loose Women the programme is actually amazing though. Yes it is.
No it's not.
And it's always on at work :-(
It's amazing!
I love it. You just need to embrace your feminine side. You're so macho all the time, it's not a good look on you Tim.
Haha
It's some of their voices that wind me up, mainly because I can always hear it but I can't see it.
Pocoyo, now there's a good program.
so
come tidy my house and make me food please?
No kids involved, apart from the occasional young ruffians who sit on my roof and throw things at Subway...
Ok
I'm in. Do you earn enough to support us both?
you only eat toast, right?
so... yes.
^^^^ This
It's the kids part of things that worries me. I've never been good with the buggering things.
The Buggering Things?
I don't think you *have* to do that to kids you know. In fact, I think it's kinda discouraged...
Don't bugger them!!
i too would love to do this
its my ideal career!
Aga's are ace, could do manly things like chop wood and things for that too.
just need to find a rich wife to keep me in tea, biscuits and cd money...
AGAs suck a bit though
my friend had one, and they make your house so hot in the summer!
well depends where you are
i've only come across them in old farmhouse type places in scotland where its never hot anyway!
yesss
i need to get married
generally speaking
the number of men who will have the opportunity to do this will be very small. why would women give up their monopoly on the inalienable right to watch daytime TV and complain about the amount of fat in semi-skimmed milk?
To get a job
so they're not wholly reliant on their husband's salary?
i'm
sure most women are perfectly happy to be parasites
See
I'm never sure if you're being serious or not.
i'm serious
i think i loathe women, to be honest. i hate men too, though.
this would be my ideal job
i love cooking, cleaning doesn't bother me too much and i'm good with kids.
who wants to marry me and settle down?
Will you marry me?
no
*cries*
this sounds surprisingly like my life at the moment
i'm watching snooker and consider making fried egg sandwiches
^^^^
See! Loose Women IS ace. Peoples need to be learnin'.
Kind of
By the time I have kids, I aim to be working from home 6am-noon, leaving the afternoons as free as possible to do what I want, including spending time with the kids.
A
friend of mine does part time hours so that he can look after their son whilst his other half does a full day. I could happily do that, I think. I'd put family above work any day of the week. Mrs Judge earns a helluva lot more than me anyway, I think if we got to that position that this is something we'd have to consider
I don't
think so...
totally
i dont see a downside
It's my career path for sure
Find a rich woman, become a kept man.
I am good at cooking and everything.
Well compared to me you're well rich
so yes.
Buy your own hoover, moneybags!
Aga's are incredible.
My Dad has one. I adore it.