I want my wife to be happy. If she decides she wants to be a stay at home mom, then we will do our best to adjust our budget to support that. If she wants to continue on with her career then I support that too. Who knows, I might try getting a new job that allows me to work form home so I can watch the kids. Life is full of ups and downs, so most of us don't have the kind of time you do to worry about how great it was a century when women stayed at home. It's too late to reminisce about that.