Please. YDI for not understanding that it should be the government paying you to raise your kids, not your husband.

Divorce him, give him sole custody, and he can pay 3x as much to day care, maids, and missed time off work...

There's only so much income your husband has. If he paid you, which of your joint expenses would you pay? ... I agree that stay at home Mom's have worth. But forget all the magazine articles about their monetary value. In the end, your family has expenses. Rearranging who pays what from your husband's income won't make any difference. If money is tight or you don't like being a stay at home Mom's, there's only one solution.

You are weird, sorry...does your husband keep his salary all for himself? Otherwise you're asking for a share of the family money for yourself...like do you expect to get 3k a month out of the family account just so you can blow it on yourself alone? Daycares are normal. Fine for you if you don't want that, but it's the reality for the majority of people. And I'm gonna assume that staying at home was your idea, since apparently your husband isn't opposed to you getting a job. If it was your own choice, you can't expect others to pay for it.

You are weird, sorry...does your husband keep his salary all for himself? Otherwise you're asking for a share of the family money for yourself...like do you expect to get 3k a month out of the family account just so you can blow it on yourself alone? Daycares are normal. Fine for you if you don't want that, but it's the reality for the majority of people. And I'm gonna assume that staying at home was your idea, since apparently your husband isn't opposed to you getting a job. If it was your own choice, you can't expect others to pay for it.

The government should recognize that being a SAHP should be considered a payable job. In the meantime, should you choose divorce, his child support and alimony should cover the wages you're owed.

Wow... just, wow... this is what society has come to. So much self-entitlement that people expect spouses to pay for them to watch their own offspring. News flash: stay-at-home parents NEVER get paid for being stay-at-home parents. It's called PARENTING. The pioneer women never had jobs, they all stayed home and took care of the house and kids, and didn't expect a penny for that. God, we've fallen as a species...

By paying ALL the bills, paying ALL the costs for your kids and you, your husband *is* paying you to stay at home. If you want him to pay you a damn wage on top of that, you're brow raisingly delulu, Love. Grow tf up. You want more money? Get a ******* job. Hubby is 100% correct about that and you are turning into a grasping, entitled cow.

The phrasing is weird. Yes, you should have some control over family income and generally your own separate account(s) under your control. Likewise both you and your husband should consider the costs of your being out of the workforce raising children, versus your present and future earning potential from being in the workforce and paying for childcare. However to think of raising your own children as a job is weird.

Hello, there your kids. Really? Really.