Testimonies: The highs and lows of being a housewife 27 Articles

by Charlene N.

My choice to be a stay-at-home mom was not an easy one. After five years of graduate school, scrimping and doing without, my husband got his first good-paying job. We were looking forward to finally paying off bills, buy...read more

by maddie rose

Being a Housewife is Becoming the Lost Art: Being a housewife, a full time homemaker, a stay at home mom and in some cases, you are crudely listed as unemployed, either way, is not as popular of a job these days, as ...read more

by Laurel Santiago

I have worn many hats in my lifetime. Some of them fit, and some did not. The one that has fit me the best is that of a housewife. After having been a musician, waitress, telemarketer, insurance agent, and even a Mary K...read more

by Pam Thompson

This morning I sat in my lime green bathroom (the quietest room in the house) and was reading this weeks U.S. News and World Report. My sweetie had wanted me to see how well Georgia Tech ranked in the list of engineering s...read more

by Kim Dutelle

Last fall, when I put my youngest of four on the bus for his first day of kindergarten, I didn't walk away with tears in my eyes or the overwhelming feeling of emptiness so many people told me I'd experience. I stood ther...read more

by Christina Rivas

Most of the women I know constantly tell me how lucky I am to be a housewife/stay at home mom. I must admit that I do agree, I am extremely lucky that my husband makes enough money for me to be able to stay at home with ou...read more

by Kate Johns

We moved from our hometown that was a big city, with a small town feel, to a smaller town that has a really small town feel. We moved because my husband finally got the job he dreamed of for a long time, with all the probl...read more

by Fida Abbott

I was ever to be a full time housewife for around 4 years. There were pluses and minuses of being FT housewife. What are they? Pluses: - Before I had baby, I had a lot of time to enhance my creativity, like trying many...read more

by Christine Ashley

I have spent many years as a housewife, raising a family. I am thankful each day to have the opportunity to stay home, to be there when my daughter comes home, and to be able to make a happy home. The feelings of being a h...read more

by Adessa Alleyne

THE PLIGHT OF A NEW HOUSEWIFE We have all heard of the struggles that our forbearers went through so that we could all get to vote, enter the workplace and take advantage of the many other benefits that woman now enjoy....read more

by Linda L Kinyon

Having been both a housewife and a working mother at various times in my life I think I can honestly look at being a housewife as one of life's more challenging tasks. When a woman is working out of the home she knows...read more

by Debbie Jensen

Housewife.... Being a housewife is both wonderful and sometimes in my mind a little demeaning. The crazy thing is I love it, and i wouldn't trade it for the world. Yes my days are restless and busy and it never ends. My...read more

by Louweeze

Our first role models were, or are, our mothers. I watched mine cook, clean, fold, and wipe up. I watched her tend the gardens. I watched her look out the front window until dad's car was out of sight each day. What I ...read more

by Eboni Manning

I sometimes wonder why some working women assume that the life of a housewife is easy. I also wonder why some housewives believe that career women are not family oriented. Both working women and housewives, whether they ha...read more

by Kenya Mcdaniel

There are many highs and lows of being a housewife. .I have faced many challenges over the past three years. This has made me realize it's not the easiest job to do.But can be one of the most rewarding. Let's star...read more

by Rosa James

My entry into housewivery came as soon as I got married. I moved to Canada the day after our wedding and because I was not a citizen and had no work permit, I could not work. So I started out married life organizing the ...read more

by Kim Sharpe

I sometimes think that housewives are under appreciated. So many people actually wonder what it is that we do with ourselves all day. They don't have a clue how demanding it can be to take care of a family and a house and...read more

by Dani Mccall

I had a realization today, I realized the true meaning of life (my life). My life may seem to many people as unfulfilled and boring , even to me at times. I have been asked more than once "Don't You want more out of life?"...read more

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by P W

I have been a housewife for the past 2 years. It all started when I got married to my Canadian husband, came to Canada and started my application process hence I wasn't allowed to work. We started with living in our small ...read more

by Jennifer Hager

Being a housewife definately has it's ups and downs, but what doesn't? My husband is in the army and I stay at home to raise my 2 children. Although I wouldn't mind working at times, I like being able to be here for my c...read more