Club SAHM

[terry]

if i choose to go back to work, itz to save for my own retirement so my children wun be pressurised to support me in old age…by the time they have their own family, im sure the standard of living will be rocket high!


most impt, is be to happy mentally and stay HEALthy!

i rem my grandpa when he had a stroke, frm a strong healthy man to a man crying to me when he couldnt keep the food frm dribbling out of his mouth…so sad…he doted on me the most.

on rebellious teens: the news mentioned hw in 1 poly had a male and 2 female students in the toilet hvg a threesome! gosh!
personally, i noe of a frend’s nephew who was sued for hvg sex with an underaged sch mate. the girl was only 12, he was 15.

[jedamum]

faintz..

the good thing about being sahm is that you can have more opportunity keep tabs on what is going on in your kids life. my 9yo just picked out a book about 'how to talk to girls' in the library just now. he looked flustered and tried to put the book back to the shelf when i asked him if he needed to borrow any books. without knowing the title yet, i told him that he could pick any book. he said he just read it for fun.
luckily it has mostly comics and humour inside, not those serious type. more on how to treat girls in a proper manner.

[Kabby]

jedamum:

ectanz:

A question for all mummies....hv u ever regretted to become SAHM?

i am very happy being a sahm as long as i don't look at my bank statement.

well-said :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[Kabby]

perhaps yup, part time work may be a solution when they are in sec sch. their hours in sch would be longer so we might still be at home when they are back?


would like to strike balance between having savings for a rainy day (which is hard now) and being there for the kids so they turn out alright.

[janet88]

kabalevsky:

jedamum:

[quote=\"ectanz\"]A question for all mummies....hv u ever regretted to become SAHM?

i am very happy being a sahm as long as i don't look at my bank statement.

well-said :rotflmao: :rotflmao:[/quote]I have no regrets being a SAHM...as long as I still have a growing private nest and money to spend each month...WITHOUT hubby growling end of the month.

[Angelight]

I have never regreted being a SAHM too. I don’t miss the office politics and back-stabbing. But I do miss the financial independence and intellectual interactions with colleagues and work associates. But there is always a price to pay for everything in life…

[BeContented]

Angelight:

I have never regreted being a SAHM too. I don't miss the office politics and back-stabbing. But I do miss the financial independence and intellectual interactions with colleagues and work associates. But there is always a price to pay for everything in life...

Agree totally

Now that we are on single income, personally, I would considered myself lucky that I dun have to really account for every single cent spent. Remembered the days when my MIL would hound me over my purchases, nagging over 10-50cents difference :roll: Fortunately DH assured me that time efficiency and convenience would be of higher priority, just spend wisely :boogie: So after 1+ year, MIL gave up asking me how much per KG, is it cheaper than where and where etc :evil: cos my answer is always DUNNO

[MummyThreeStreams]

DH is also quite ‘relaxed’ with money. He would rather pay more for convenience and would grumble whenever I suggest that we can go to a further but cheaper supermarket to buy stuff. I’m learning from him…it’s true, so what if I save $1? By the time I account for the petrol, parking, time, headache trying to gather my three kids, I think I’ll just gladly spend that extra $1…

[janet88]

MummyThreeStreams:

DH is also quite 'relaxed' with money. He would rather pay more for convenience and would grumble whenever I suggest that we can go to a further but cheaper supermarket to buy stuff. I'm learning from him...it's true, so what if I save $1? By the time I account for the petrol, parking, time, headache trying to gather my three kids, I think I'll just gladly spend that extra $1...

Sometimes, it's just not possible to save on the few cents. Which is why hubby would rather we go IMM (3 hours free parking) than to go Bukit Panjang or Bukit Timah Plaza for grocery shopping...more petrol used to go to NTUC, time and looking for parking lot.

[ectanz]

janet_lee88:

MummyThreeStreams:

DH is also quite 'relaxed' with money. He would rather pay more for convenience and would grumble whenever I suggest that we can go to a further but cheaper supermarket to buy stuff. I'm learning from him...it's true, so what if I save $1? By the time I account for the petrol, parking, time, headache trying to gather my three kids, I think I'll just gladly spend that extra $1...

Sometimes, it's just not possible to save on the few cents. Which is why hubby would rather we go IMM (3 hours free parking) than to go Bukit Panjang or Bukit Timah Plaza for grocery shopping...more petrol used to go to NTUC, time and looking for parking lot.

Ya agreed. Previously, we don't purchase milk powder n diapers fr provision shop, only get it fr cold storage or NTUC for my dd1. Ever since we hv dd2 n I became SAHM, we changed our thought.