Convince wife of redundancy. How? URGENT!!!

shhhhh! she might hear you

I mention No one
Not No 1
Now youve blown your cover.
Ian

Get a bigger camp oven, or a smaller muffin tray.

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With the greatest of respect Mrs Shanegu6 you are worrying way too much about the great job and great money. I was in an almost identical situation 2 years ago but i had 3 kids, 2 in school and 1 at home, yes i had the mortgage, yes we are a one income family and yes we were worried if we would be able to survive ..... the answer is yes. The decision to take a voluntary redundancy was very difficult to swallow at the time but once it was made i knew i had done the right thing. The only mistake we made was not to go around Aus when i left that job, so we are planning on going before the end of this year. Trust me the world will not stop when you leave your job. Taking a voluntary redundancy is not a sign of weakness or a poor attitude it is just taking an opportunity and finally you are not a valuable employee because of your tenure in your job, it is because of your experience and expertise, you need to back yourself and take the redundancy and when you get back from your trip send your bloody husband to work and you can have a rest! :)

Mrs Shanegu6 again...

Uncle - is that oven any good? Anyone used it before? Do you have to have the coleman cooker for it to work? I'm a bit addicted to baking ;-) I'm sure Mr Shanegu6 wouldn't mind if I packed the muffin tins and baking trays (not more bloody weight)!!!!

blueriderwa - hmmmm got me thinking again...

Hi Mrs Shane,
we have one and have found it very good. Took it with us last year travelling across WA, Jodie did nice scones, cakes and very yummy potato bake in it.
Just sat it on top of our $20 gas stove most of the time. And it doesn't take much trouble to get to around 180 deg. Packs up quite small too.

cheers Unc

Ask any doctor or nurse.

No one ever dies saying "I wish I had spent more time at work"

That is sensational, you're 100% right, I've never heard anyone say that once.

This unfortunately isn't achievable for many families these days- especially young ones with mortgages. It's sad but true, and I wish it wasn't the case, but both parents working is often one of those necessary evils these days!

Amy, I could not agree with you more. Money was made too easily borrowed in the past which in turn pushed the price of houses up to the stage where two incomes were required to pay off the debt.

Ray

My wife is from a refugee family, who came to Australia (in 1957) with the clothes on their backs donated by the Red Cross. Her parents worked at least 2 jobs 7 days per week to ensure that their children obtained the standard of education (and living) that would take them out of the jobs that they had been forced to work in.

Both children are tertiary educated working in employment which uses their education. They grew up in an environment where their mother always worked (radically different than the Australia I grew up in at the same time). This has not adversely affected my wife or brother in law

My wife has worked since graduation except for a couple of years following the arrival of our 2 children. When she returned to work, I took long service leave on half pay and leave without pay to stay at home with the youngest

Loved the time home with my kids and it was a special time, but… I could feel my brain turning to mush

Coming from a work environment which was reasonably high pressure which required you to constantly use a number of different skills in changing environments to be at home with a 4 and 2 year old was…different.

When my wife made comments about her life as a stay at home mum, I once tended to roll my eyes. 6 months of full time child care was enough to change my mind.

Australia has changed dramatically in the last 50 years. Personally, I think for the better.

When 50% of the population has more freedom to choose what they want to do has got to be an improvement

Did you stay at home with your kids(if you have any)? Why not?

Why is it the woman’s role?