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<blockquote data-quote="7mmMag" data-source="post: 468959" data-attributes="member: 1188">I hear the career vs marriage/kids argument from both sides of the aisle and I simply don't understand it. One side says to focus on the career and the other side says focus on the marriage/kids but nobody talks about doing BOTH. Men focus on careers and marriage/kids together, why is it not ok for women to do the same. My wife graduated with multiple degrees, engineering as one of them. When we got married and started having kids, her career never faltered. She is now in a managerial position with a high profile company with military and commercial applications. I couldn't ask for a better mom for our kids so never once did I think that she needs to give up her career because of the kids.This day and age it's hard for families to make a comfortable living with only one parent working. Is it do able? Yes, but is it comfortable? Most of the time, no.These women that give up careers for marriage/kids, what do they do after the kids are old enough to go to school? Stay at home? Work some meaningless job because they can't get a good job because they've been out of the work force for some long?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="7mmMag, post: 468959, member: 1188"] I hear the career vs marriage/kids argument from both sides of the aisle and I simply don't understand it. One side says to focus on the career and the other side says focus on the marriage/kids but nobody talks about doing BOTH. Men focus on careers and marriage/kids together, why is it not ok for women to do the same. My wife graduated with multiple degrees, engineering as one of them. When we got married and started having kids, her career never faltered. She is now in a managerial position with a high profile company with military and commercial applications. I couldn't ask for a better mom for our kids so never once did I think that she needs to give up her career because of the kids. This day and age it's hard for families to make a comfortable living with only one parent working. Is it do able? Yes, but is it comfortable? Most of the time, no. These women that give up careers for marriage/kids, what do they do after the kids are old enough to go to school? Stay at home? Work some meaningless job because they can't get a good job because they've been out of the work force for some long? [/QUOTE]

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